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Irish Examiner
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Examiner
Seven red giraffes to parade through streets of Cork city this weekend
Seven towering red giraffes will be seen parading through the streets of Cork city on Sunday as part of a Cork Midsummer Festival and Open Streets event. Les Girafes: An Animal Operetta7 is a Cork City Council-supported event as part of the Open Streets series, which encourages people to come to town without their car, either by walking, cycling, or using public transport. People can enjoy some of the city's streets without traffic and soak up the atmosphere with lively street performances, street play events, and public information stands on cycling and public transport. The parade will see seven red giraffes, accompanied by a troupe of bumbling keepers, musicians, and performers, make their way from North Main Street to Patrick's Street. Led by Compagnie OFF, a renowned performing arts school based in France, the parade will see its monumental giraffes, accompanied by a troupe of bumbling keepers, musicians, and performers, make their way from North Main Street to Patrick's Street. The procession blends circus arts, opera, and street theatre into one display of colour and sound which promises to entertain audiences of all ages. Compagnie OFF has captivated audiences worldwide with their large-scale performances that reimagine public spaces. Their celebrated production, Les Girafes, has visited cities across Europe, including Bourges and Rhone in France, Bradford in England, and Galway. For more information, click here. Read More Theatre For One review: Intimate setting makes for wonderful experience at Cork Midsummer
Irish Times
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
Theatre for One: Made in Cork review – One actor, one audience member and a life unravelling
Theatre for One: Made in Cork Emmet Place, Cork ★★★★☆ An assistant in a red jumpsuit ushers me into a black container on the plaza in front of Cork Opera House . I step into a tiny space about the size of a toilet cubicle and styled like a peep-show booth: inbuilt seat, red plush walls, stage lights. The door shuts behind me. Then a panel slides open to reveal a woman in tears. She begins to berate me for dumping her. I have been a total cad – that much is clear – and I begin to feel genuinely sorry. This is It's Not You, a short play by Cónal Creedon , performed with striking emotional realism by Áine Ní Laoghaire as part of Theatre for One: Made in Cork. Conceived by the theatremaker Christine Jones, the format is simple but powerful: six five-minute plays, each written for a one-audience-member-at-a-time booth, performed in succession throughout the day (and free to watch: you just join the queue). READ MORE This 2025 edition, presented by Landmark Productions and Octopus Theatricals in association with Cork Midsummer Festival and Cork Opera House, features new work by six writers with strong Cork ties: Creedon, Katie Holly, John McCarthy, Michael John McCarthy, Gina Moxley and Louise O'Neill. Directed by Julie Kelleher and Eoghan Carrick, the experience is confronting – and that's its strength. The extreme proximity of the performer, the unwavering eye contact and the impossibility of leaving demand emotional engagement. These are characters unravelling, opening the mess of their private lives to you; it's theatre as confessional. Theatre for One: Made in Cork – Tommy Harris in Amibition, by Katie Holly. Photograph: Jed Niezgoda Theatre for One: Made in Cork – George Hanover in The Wedding, by Louise O'Neill. Photograph: Jed Niezgoda In Katie Holly's Ambition, a depressed magician (Tommy Harris) fumbles through tricks during a job interview for a corporate party. It's clear how much he needs this gig. Even his rabbit, he suspects, looks at him with contempt, just as his girlfriend did – before she dumped him. In Louise O'Neill 's The Wedding, George Hanover plays a mother in a changing room, navigating layers of guilt and love as she searches for a dress to wear to her daughter's big day. Theatre for One is powerfully transporting; lightning-quick and raw. It leaves an emotional after-image that lingers as you step out of the booth and back into the plaza, back into the real world. Theatre for One: Made in Cork runs daily, except for Monday, June 16th, until Sunday, June 22nd, as part of Cork Midsummer Festival
