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.
Culture Night invites everyone, everywhere, on one wonderful night to discover and celebrate all that our culture is today.
There are over 200 family-friendly, free events on across Cork County for Culture Night. Friday 23rd September 2022
From Baile Mhúirne to Bandon, Carrigaline, Charleville, Clonakilty, Cobh, Fermoy, Kinsale, Macroom, Mallow, Midleton, Mitchelstown, Passage West, Skibbereen, Watergrasshill, Youghal and the surrounding towns and villages there is something for everyone to enjoy.
Crash Ensemble has commissioned video artist and filmmaker Jack
Phelan to create an installation responding to the visual themes of Irish
composer Barry O’ Halpin’s ground-breaking work Wingform. It will be
displayed in The Everyman’s back bar for three weeks in September.
THE STEWARD OF CHRISTENDOM – Presented by Gate Theatre
Gate Theatre presents a revival of The Steward of Christendom by Sebastian
Barry to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the handover of Dublin Castle
to the Provisional Government of Ireland.
A MATTER OF TIME BY TEATIME COMPANY – Presented by Circus
Factory and The Everyman
FRI 9–SAT 10 SEP, 8PM
TICKETS €18
Pitch’d Circus & Street Arts Festival invites you to see a unique show A
Matter of Time by TeaTime Company at The Firkin Crane. Three
performers disobey the laws of nature as they challenge each other to
break gravity and reach the impossible. Newton, eat your heart out.
In this interpretation of George Orwell’s Animal Farm, Louise White
explores the spectrum of morality, injustice, and the human condition.
Featuring ten performers and musicians, it experiments with the tools of
the Theatre to reveal the instruments of power.
DES BISHOP: MIA MAMMA – Presented by Lisa Richards
SAT 17 SEP, 8PM
TICKETS €29
Mia Mamma is inspired by the ‘star’ of Des Bishop’s life, his mother. She
died in March 2019 and, of course, it was sad, but he saw a lot of funny
in that too and that’s what the show is about.
PITCH’D CIRCUS & STREET ARTS FESTIVAL GALA – Presented by the
Circus Factory
SUN 18 SEP, 4PM
TICKETS €21 | CONC. €19 | FAMILY OF FOUR €64
Pitch’d Festival brings both Irish and International artists to Cork for a
contemporary Circus & Street Arts Festival. Hosted by the legendary Bryan
Quinn, the Gala show is an opportunity to see the cream of the crop perform
sweet and juicy numbers.
GHOSTLIGHT by Ger FitzGibbon – Presented by Theatre Makers Ltd
This new play by Ger FitzGibbon, written specially for The Everyman during the
period when the theatre was closed, explores the whole business of theatre
and performance itself.
SCULLION – Presented by Coughlan’s Live
SAT 24 SEP, 8PM
TICKETS €26
Acclaimed 70s band Scullion bring their successful ‘Down in the City’ series to
The Everyman stage. “I’m down in the city, you know where to find me, I’m up
on the top floor, just under the moon”.
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS 2022 – Presented by N.B.F.I.
SUN 25 SEP, 1PM
TICKETS €25 | UNDER 16S €15
The Everyman is delighted to welcome back the Natural Bodybuilding
Federation of Ireland to our venue for the National Championship Finals 2022.
FORGOTTEN by Pat Kinevane – Presented by Fishamble: The New
Play Company
As part of PAT KINEVANE FESTIVAL by Fishamble
A unique collage of Kabuki dance and Irish storytelling, Forgotten has been a
huge international success. It is a captivating portrayal of four elderly
characters living in retirement homes around Ireland. Pat Kinevane’s haunting
performance brings to life these sometimes forgotten voices of society.
SILENT by Pat Kinevane – Presented by Fishamble: The New Play
Company
As part of PAT KINEVANE FESTIVAL by Fishamble
Silent is the touching and challenging story of homeless McGoldrig, who once
had splendid things. But he has lost it all – including his mind. He now dives
into the wonderful wounds of his past through the romantic world of
Rudolph Valentino.
UNDERNEATH By Pat Kinevane – Presented by Fishamble: The New
Play Company
As part of PAT KINEVANE FESTIVAL by Fishamble
Sticks and stones didn’t break her bones, but words and pointing crushed
her. Is beauty really only skin deep? Does ugliness hide somewhere deeper?
This stunning play is a blackly comic, rich and vivid tale of a life lived in
secret, a testament to the people who live under the nose of everyday life
BEFORE By Pat Kinevane – Presented by Fishamble: The New Play
Company
As part of PAT KINEVANE FESTIVAL by Fishamble
Before is a new play with music, set in Clerys of Dublin, on the very day this
iconic department store shuts – for good. Pontius is inside, trying to choose a
gift for his estranged daughter, whom he hasn’t seen for almost 20 years.
This father’s journey is both beautiful and strange.
[REACTIONS] by Crash Ensemble
FRI 30 SEP, 8PM
TICKETS €21 | CONC. €19
Crash Ensemble brings [REACTIONS] – an honest, human and emotive
response for now and the future – to The Everyman stage. Crash Ensemble is
Ireland’s leading new music ensemble; a group of world-class musicians who
play the most adventurous, ground-breaking music of today.
The event is a collaboration between Cork Kerry Community Healthcare, Mallow Chamber of Commerce, Cork County Council and See Change initiative.
Together at the Castle will include a diverse range of entertainment, recreational activities, workshops and informational spaces, which will be provided by local community groups and other organisations.
We welcome everyone to come along and support this FREE EVENT on Sunday September 11th between 1pm and 5pm.
The event will promote a sense of community and highlight the importance of the local services providing support for mental health and wellbeing.
Martin Ryan, HSE Resource Officer for Suicide Prevention with Cork Kerry Community Healthcare said:
“We are delighted to collaborate with Mallow Chamber of Commerce and Cork County Council to bring this event to the community. Over the last number of months, we have worked collectively to make sure this event offers a practical and positive approach to mental health and wellbeing in your local community. With up to 50 services expected to attend, there will be something useful for everybody to get engaged, or to understand where to seek help. We really want to promote the concepts of hope and recovery within our own communities and to remind people that there are huge benefits to our overall wellbeing by keeping physically and mentally healthy – with many supports available to help us to do just that.”
Martin added:
“It’s important that everyone is aware of the supports available to them in their community, and I would encourage everyone to seek out local events, programmes, trainings, sports clubs and youth services available to you. In my role, I’m very much aware that when I meet with groups or individuals, often they want to know what supports are available in their local area. Therefore, it is really important that we can signpost people to relevant services, matching the right service with their needs.
The event is being run to coincide with See Change’s national annual mental health awareness campaign, the Green Ribbon campaign, which runs throughout the full month of September. See Change Ireland’s programme dedicated to ending mental health stigma and discrimination, will be celebrating 10 years of the Green Ribbon campaign this year.
Launch of The Slow Camera Exchange and Shared Memories exhibition series in lead up to Cork Culture Night
Exhibition in Hollyhill Library from the 8th–30th September 2022
Launch on the 8th September 2022 @ 18:30 in Hollyhill Library
The Slow Camera Exchange is being launched in Hollyhill Library running from the 8th to the 30th September.
The Slow Camera Exchange, supported by the Creative Ireland Creativity in Older People Fund, was established in memory of Hermann Marbe and speaks to his aspiration of making the arts and creativity more accessible. It supports people from all walks of life to use analogue photography processes to slow down and see the world through a variety of different lenses.
The exhibition will include a unique series of mini-exhibitions. The Shared Memories exhibit will feature a selection of images created with residents from the Westgate Centre. Led by artists Carmel Creaner and Anne Kiely, participants used a unique 4X5 monorail bellow camera previously used by Hermann.
Images from members of the FProject Collective will also be displayed in the exhibition. The groups used equipment from the collection of over seventy analogue cameras collected and used by artist Hermann Marbe during his lifetime to create the exhibition. Completing the exhibition series will be a collection of polaroid images taken Hermann Marbe and his family.
Together with Cork Film Centre, Cork City Library Service and funding support from the Creative Ireland Programme, the initiative will establish a camera loan scheme via a pilot initiative at Hollyhill Library – the first of its kind in the country. The initiative will facilitate access to a selection of analogue, user-friendly cameras and kits from the collection for a cohort of older people and intergenerational groups.
Founder and artistic director of the project, Jessica Carson Marbe speaks to the goals of the project:
“Hermann and I were not only partners in life but creative collaborators. We were fascinated by creative expression that usually goes unseen and stories that are often unheard and loved to work in spaces where participation in the arts is broad and accessible. We viewed that creative expression as a right. It seems fitting for his cameras to be made available for use and to celebrate that creativity that will emerge.”
The Slow Camera Exchange is supported by the Creative Ireland Programme, an all-of-government five year initiative, which places creativity at the centre of public policy. Further information from creative.ireland.ie and Ireland.ie
To celebrate our 30th anniversary we're delighted to present Fiddle Fair at Cork Festival.Featuring some of our all-time favourite acts, from way back in the early 90s, right up until the present day, with musicians from Sweden, Finland, Shetland, Scotland and from every corner of Ireland. As well as some great tunes we’ll also be bringing the Fiddle Fair vibe to the big smoke for what promises to be a very memorable evening. We hope you can join us!
These activities fill up quickly so if you would like to take part in any of them please call Pauline on 087 4335047 or send an email to chp@lecheilefrc.ie
