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The Abbey Theatre, today, announced it will reopen its doors and welcome audiences back to the building for the world premiere of Una McKevitt's One Good Turn.

This week sees the launch of A City and A Garden, commissioned by Sounds from a Safe Harbour in association with Body & Soul and presented as part of Brightening Air | Coiscéim Coiligh, a nationwide, ten-day season of arts experiences brought to you by the Arts Council.

Cork Opera House has announced that it has been selected to participate in a test event on July 10th in collaboration with the Irish National Opera.

Irene Kelleher's award winning and critically acclaimed “Mary & Me” has been reimagined for on demand video streaming and presented by The Everyman it will be available from Saturday,  June 5th to Saturday, June 13th.

Cork city's architecture, design and food festival, Design POP, is set to return to the streets of Cork and online this August 27th - 29th.

A City and A Garden, commissioned by Sounds from a Safe Harbour in association with Body & Soul is presented as part of Brightening Air | Coiscéim Coiligh, a nationwide, ten day season of arts experiences brought to you by the Arts Council.

Get a first look video and behind the scenes information about the most exciting visitor attraction concept of the 21st century.

Corcadorca Theatre Company are currently in the process of developing a large-scale, outdoor, theatre piece based upon Frank O'Connor's seminal short story 'Guests of the Nation' which will be presented as part of Cork Midsummer Festival in 2022.

The residents of one of the oldest parishes in Cork, South Parish, are celebrating local lifelong learners through the launch of a photographic exhibition.

Director and choreographer Michael Keegan-Dolan has been nominated for UK Critics’ Circle National Dance Award for Best Modern Choreography for his piece MÁM, and dancer Rachel Poirier has been nominated for the Outstanding Female Modern Performance in the piece.

West Cork has always had a reputation as a fun place to escape to, full of singers and dancing and craic.

Today, Artistic Director Rosetta Cucchi announced details of the 2021 WFO programme, celebrating Wexford's 70th anniversary, which looks forward to welcoming live audiences back into the National Opera House, to experience in person the magic that is Wexford Festival Opera.

Ballydehob, in West Cork, will roll out an outstanding festival programme of music and art this weekend, featuring some of Ireland's finest contemporary Jazz artists over five online concerts, a village art project, a village mural, and Jazz Photography exhibition.

This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing by Finnegan Kruckemeyer, the highly acclaimed writer for young audiences, and presented by The Everyman and Graffiti Theatre Company is part of Play It by Ear, a programme of shows performed on The Everyman stage and available as an audio

Ballydehob, against all the odds this year, are rolling out another outstanding festival programme featuring some of Ireland's finest contemporary Jazz artists.

The Everyman have announced additions to their exciting and varied Spring/Summer 2021 programme, featuring live audio and on-demand streams.

A new Druid theatrical production, Boland: Journey of a Poet, will be live streamed from The Mick Lally Theatre, Druid’s home in Galway, Ireland, from Thursday 22 to Saturday 24 April.

A new solo work written by John McCarthy is performed on The Everyman stage and streamed online Friday 16th April – Sunday 25th April 2021.

Rachel Gleeson has been announced as the new company manager at Corcadorca Theatre Company.

A collaboration between The Everyman and Islander will launch the first in a series of Behind the Curtain live music events which will have music streaming from the most iconic Cork venues.

Druid has announced that audiences around the world can access a free stream of its 2020 production of The Cherry Orchard.

The Everyman has gone digital.

Due to popular demand and five star reviews, Dublin based theatre company, Boulevard Productions has announced a week long extension of streamed performances of the award-winning stage musical, Daddy Long Legs in association with Stream.

Conor Mitchell’s darkly comic children’s opera retells a familiar story: ‘who was the Pied Piper? and ‘Why did the rats all dance to his tune?’ This world premiere from the award-winning Belfast Ensemble brings opera home to Northern Ireland.

The Cherry Orchard will premiere online at Friday 19 March at 8pm GMT and will be available to stream for 36 hours.