Who we are

Cork Cultural Companions is an Age & Opportunity Arts initiative, delivered by Muintir Cork and supported by the HSE and Cork City and County Councils. Cork Cultural Companions has local networks of members who attend events together regularly in Cork City, Mallow, Bantry and East Cork.

Tuesday, 5 March 2024

March in Cork Arts Theatre

 


Outburst Arts presents


Border Fairies

written & performed by Richard O' Leary


For 2 Nights Only

Friday 8th and Saturday 9th March @7pm


A Catholic fairy escapes from 1980’s Cork to Belfast.

A 1920s Protestant with a Cork accent flees the Irish Free State for the freshly bordered North.What buried stories bring two dislocated fairies together in life and in death? Hiding out in “Bandit Country” of the borderlands, who is actually the bandit?

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Cork Arts Theatre - "The Little Theatre with a Big Heart!"


Monday 11th – Friday 15th March @ 11am
Friday 15th March @ 8pm

Beo ar Stáitse

Drámaí, filíocht, agus amhráin ó Shiolabas an Teastais Shóisirigh.
Dramas, poetry, and songs taken from the Junior Certificate syllabus.

Mission & Work:
Is compántas léiriúcháin dátheangach é Cois Laoi Productions, atá lonnaithe i gcathair Chorcaí. An aidhm atá againn ná chun na healaíona trí Ghaeilge a chothú, agus a chur chun cinn sa chathair, ach go háirithe i measc daoine óga. Bíonn geamaireacht dhátheangach bhliantúil ar siúl againn chomh maith le drámaí éagsúla chun céiliúradh a dhéanamh ar Sheachtain na Gaeilge.

Cois Laoi Productions is a bilingual production company situated in Cork City. Our aim is to nurture, and promote the Irish Language Arts in the city, especially amongst young people. Every year we put on a bilingual pantomime as well as a variety of shows to celebrate Seachtain na Gaeilge.

Tickets: €7
*Booking fees apply.

Cork Arts Theatre

Thursday 28th March @ 8pm and
Saturday 30th March @8pm

Natural Woman

A show by Fiona Kennedy

What inspires a songwriter to create a piece of music? For singer-songwriter Fiona Kennedy, writing a song about author Dervla Murphy, whose work had a real effect on her approach to life, was the catalyst for her new show, ‘Natural Woman’. This is a wonderful mélange of thought-provoking and uplifting songs and readings.

Fiona’s journey as a musician began in the mid 1980s. The realization of how so many different women influenced her along the way prompted a creative surge, resulting in a collection of songs & stories. These are all very different and emerge both from her personal and professional life. They are performed with the warmth and skill that has helped to build Fiona’s loyal fan-base over the decades. The show’s title ‘Natural Woman’ is a nod to an encounter with legendary songwriter Carole King.. but you have to come to the show to hear that story!

As ‘Natural Woman’ features songs about various personages, either living or from history, relevant readings are included in the show, performed by Cork author Ethel Crowley. Ethel’s latest book ‘Life at Full Tilt’ inspired Kennedy’s song ‘The Maverick’ about the life & travels of groundbreaking Irish author Dervla Murphy. This book featured in the Irish Examiner’s Top 30 Books of the Year for 2023. Legendary travel writer Sara Wheeler called it ‘a book to cherish and relish’.

Fiona Kennedy has carved out a long & prestigious musical career as an independent artist, thanks to her dedication & emotive prowess. She’s been nominated for an IRMA Award, had her own one hour TV special on RTE, and has supported international artists such as Carole King, Kris Kristofferson & John Martyn.  The Cork native released her latest album, ‘Find Me’ in March 2023. In its first week of release, ‘Find Me’ was made Album of the Week on RTE Lyric Fm’s ‘Marty in the Morning’ show. Kennedy’s distinctive voice & songwriting brought her to the attention of leading presenters such as John Creedon and Ronan Collins and the opening track ‘All Together Now’, stayed on the RTE Radio 1 Recommends list for several weeks on its advance release and reached No. 4 in the Irish & U.K. playlist chart. Another earlier single release ‘The Place of my Resurrection’ went straight into the ITunes chart at No. 1.

“Fiona has a beautiful voice” – Crystal Gayle.

You will leave this show with your head and heart filled, and with a new appreciation for the inspirational women in your own life.

Tickets: €20
*Booking fees apply.

Cork Arts Theatre


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