Have you or a member of your family ever received a letter (or email) containing a story so gripping, so memorable, so treasured that you just had to keep it for posterity? Did one of your relatives or ancestors leave the county and head away only to send back tales of distant lands and extraordinary happenings so intoxicating that the memory lives on? Would you like to share this hidden gem with the people of Cork, and together unearth our hidden history, the history of everyman and everywoman? Would you thrill at the thought of this lost history being brought back to dramatic life? Dear Cork is a county-wide project run by the Everyman together with writer-in-residence Carmel Winters and Cork City and County Councils. We aim to...
DEATH OF A SALESMAN
Ever since its premiere in 1949, this undoubted masterpiece has taken its rightful place as one of the most popular and enduring classics of all time. "You can't eat the orange and throw the peel away – a man is not a piece of fruit." A stirring critique of the "American Dream", the...
THE FACTORY GIRLS
By Frank McGuinness Frank McGuinness initially came to prominence with The Factory Girls, first produced in The Abbey Theatre in 1982. Since then it has become a much-loved staple of Irish theatre. ‘The Factory Girls’ tells the story of five women who stage a lock-in at a shirt factory in Co. Donegal when faced...
ROCK ON
Presented by Superstars Stage School & Annette Dilworth Enright Speech and Drama Academy Date & Time Sun 2 June, 6pm Tickets €17 | Family price €60 (four...
MOVIE MAGIC
Performance by the students of the Sarah Callanan School of Dance Date & Time Mon 3 June, 6pm Tickets €20 | Concession €17 | Family price €65 (four...
TOM CREAN – ANTARCTIC EXPLORER
Aidan Dooley returns to the Everyman to tell the tale of Kerryman Tom Crean who survived three of the most famous polar expeditions. Scott and Shackleton through the eyes of a man who served both, and outlived both. Tom Crean, the intrepid Antarctic Explorer and one of Ireland’s unsung heroes, is skillfully brought to life in this dramatic and humorous solo performance written and performed by Aidan Dooley. Hear the riveting true stories of Crean’s adventures in this “remarkable and uplifting” show awarded ‘Best Solo Show’ at its premiere at the 2003 New York International Festival. Presented by Play on Words ‘This magnetic revelation of a fascinating character, simply compels a standing...
IT’S THE REAL McCOY
A BRAND NEW IRISH COMEDY THAT WILL HAVE YOU IN STITCHES! A new play set in rural Ireland in 1964 and focuses on the life of 68 year-old Madge Mulloy who has spent more than 40 years struggling to survive on a small farm with her only daughter Maura. Sadly, Madge has had to live with the fact that her husband Tom simply vanished...
EVERYMAN TOY THEATRE
The Everyman Toy Theatre is the new home for the special magic that Chameleon create for all ages. Located in the playroom (behind main auditorium) it is child-scale and child-friendly with its own golden box office, quirky seats and a string of shows to delight and amuse the most junior of our citizens. Storytellers using...
BEST MAN
By Carmel Winters This bold new play from award-winning playwright Carmel Winters deals with the near-taboo topics of sex, power and parentage within modern relationships. Set in the intoxicating height of the boom and, finally, the sober fall of the bust, Best Man prompts a public reckoning of our most private struggles as questions of power within the family are examined with scorching insight. Following the nationwide success of the high profile B for Baby tour by the Abbey, we are delighted to present the world premiere of a new play from one of Cork’s most exciting writers. Best Man, starring leading Irish actors Derbhle Crotty, Peter Gowen and Bryan Murray, is sure to become one of the most publicly debated and triumphant...
HOWIE THE ROOKIE
Three hearts poundin’ loud, three lungs, pairs of lungs, suckin’ louder, suckin’ hard. Then softer, then calmer, then quieter. Then quiet. Howie tells a story. Then Rookie takes it up. Mark O’Rowe’s electrifying, epic tale is a wild, urban odyssey through a nightmare landscape, hilarious and grotesque by turns. Meet the enormous Avalanche, monstrous on the bar stool in her white ski pants. Meet Ladyboy, a dangerous gangland thug with Siamese fighting fish and (it is rumoured) three sets of teeth. Meet Mouse, Howie’s younger brother. Meet the Howie. Meet the Rookie. Mark O’Rowe’s ‘thrilling new play’ (New York Times), has been re-imagined for a single actor. Tom...
THESE HALCYON DAYS
by Deirdre Kinahan It took a while. But they found each other. Seán sits alone in a nursing-home, abandoned to his memories, when in storms Patricia, a feisty woman with a zest for life and handsome men in wheelchairs. This wonderfully funny, life-affirming play by the writer of Moment and Bogboy is infused with Deirdre...
PRIDE & PREJUDICE – THE MUSICAL!
In A New Musical Adaptation by Richard Croxford and Mark Dougherty To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, the Lyric Theatre, Belfast and The Everyman present a sparkling new musical adaptation of this dearly loved novel. The Bennets have been blessed with five daughters and it is Mrs...
THE LIVE LAST WALTZ
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! Following a sell-out performance in March, this spectacular live re-enactment of the music from Martin Scorsese's documentary returns to the Everyman. 'The Last Waltz' with ten piece band, full brass section, and all the special...
THE NATIONAL YOUTH THEATRE
Experience a fresh and thrilling performance from theatre’s younger generation. Under the guidance of acclaimed director Conall Morrison, 16 young people from youth theatres all over Ireland will come together in a production that will be staged at the Peacock Theatre, Dublin and Cork’s own Everyman. NAYD is the...
ORPHEUS
From the creators of last year’s triumphant Pagliacci (Winner Best Opera Production, Nominee Best Costume Designer Irish Times Theatre Awards 2012), this dynamic new co-production from Cork Operatic Society and The Everyman re-interpets Gluck’s Orfeo ed Eurydice for a contemporary audience and features the talented...
