Cork Midsummer Festival is in full swing and there are still plenty of events to be enjoyed over the weekend before it comes to a close on June 27th.
There are so many events to choose from and the full programme can be found here:
Some highlights are the world premiers of two theatre productions. The Saviour and To the Lighthouse.
The Saviour is a new play that charts the extraordinary shift in social, political and religious life in Ireland over the past thirty years. It is a play that asks questions about responsibility, about how we respond to trauma, and about the tricky question of forgiveness.
Landmark Productions presents the world premiere of Deirdre Kinahan’s blistering new play. Louise Lowe directs Marie Mullen and Brian Gleeson, filmed with the beautiful The Everyman auditorium as a backdrop.'Marie Mullen and Brian Gleeson shine in a world premiere streamed live from the Everyman'...Irish Examiner
Available on demand until June 27th: https://www.corkmidsummer.com/whats-on/the-saviour
To The Lighthouse. Hatch Theatre Company and The Everyman in association with Pavilion Theatre and Cork Midsummer Festival present Virginia Woolf’s masterpiece of modernism. Brought vividly to dramatic life by Ireland’s foremost playwright Marina Carr in a world premiere from award-winning director Annabelle Comyn. Filmed on The Everyman stage this digital capture of the stage production will be broadcast as part of the Cork Midsummer Festival from 25th June 2021.
From June 25th to June 27th at 7.30p.m: https://www.corkmidsummer.com/whats-on/to-the-lighthouse
If you plan to attend To the Lighthouse then this event may be of interest to you also.
'In Conversation: A Talkback with Marina Carr and Catherine Hollis' As part of the world premiere of Marina Carr's stage adaptation of To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf's 1927 masterpiece of modernism, The Irish Arts Centre in New York will host a talkback with the playwright, moderated by Virginia Woolf scholar and UC Berkeley professor Catherine W. Hollis, on Carr’s work and Virginia Woolf’s world.
Saturday, June 26th, 1pm ET (6pm IST) Free, but reservations are required
A Ghost in the Throat. Drawing on the award-winning book, Doireann Ní Ghríofa presents a live reading with accompanying visuals by filmmaker Tadhg O'Sullivan and a soundscape by composer Linda Buckley. The reading will be broadcast from The Everyman stage.
June 27th at 8p.m: https://www.corkmidsummer.com/whats-on/a-ghost-in-the-throat
The Best of Beethoven. Celebrate the best of Beethoven with Triskel and the National String Quartet Foundation.
Available until June 27th: https://www.corkmidsummer.com/whats-on/the-best-of-beethoven
That is just a very small selection but there are so many more events that it is really worth checking out the full programme at the link above. Some of the events that are over may be available to view on the festival's YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/MidsummerFestival
Enjoy and have a lovely weekend!
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