Autumn Winter Season Brochure

& AUTUMN / WINTER 2013

SEPT 1 THE AUDIENCE 6-8 ROOM ON THE BROOM 10 CHIPPENDALES 13 BILLY OCEAN 2O CULTURE NIGHT - Open Mic Night 22 HOW GREAT THOU ART 26 & 27 OTHELLO 27 ROCKABILLY BALL 30 ALISON MOYET

OCT 4 JUNCTIONS - Laoise Kelly,

Cormac Breatnach &

Tommy Hayes 6 NO LIMBS NO LIMITS 8-12 51 SHADES OF MAGGIE 9-19 THE BIG YUM YUM 17 JIMMY MACCARTHY 19 STEWART LEE 20 CINDERELLA - The Royal

Moscow Ballet 22 AIDA 23 NABUCCO 25 EFTERKLANG 26 NILE RODGERS & CHIC 27 JAZZIE B & SOUL II SOUL

SOUND SYSTEM

BILAL & HIS BAND 28 PRIMAL SCREAM 31 ROCKY HORROR NIGHT

NOV 1 JUNCTIONS - We Banjo 3 2 THE IMPORTANCE OF

BEING EARNEST 4 LEO SAYER 6 DONAL SKEHAN 7 CHRISTY MOORE 8-23 KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN 9-17 CORK FILM FESTIVAL 18 NAME IN LIGHTS 21-23 BALLET SPECTACULAR GALA - Cork City Ballet 22 JUNCTIONS - Moxie 24 THE STYLISTICS

DEC 6 & 7 JIMMY CARR 6-21 THE IMPROVISED PANTO 12+ ALADDIN 15 DECLAN O’ROURKE 16 CHRISTMAS WITH

PHIL COULTER 22 NIALL CONNOLLY

JAN 5 22-24 25 & 26

THE HIGH KINGS A SKULL IN CONNEMARA THE SHOWBAND SHOW

UPCOMING FEB 1

TOMMY FLEMING

FEB 7

NEWTON FAULKNER

FEB 15

FINBAR WRIGHT

FEB 17-22 THE GRUFFALO FEB 25+

PARADE

MAR 3

BRENDAN COLE

MAR 27

AIDA

MAR 28

LA BOHÈME

MAY 7 & 8 PEPPA PIG MAY 9

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AUG 30 & SEPT 1

NT Live presents

The Audience

by Peter Morgan

Friday 7pm Sunday 2pm

ENCORE SCREENING Directed by Academy Award-nominated director Stephen Daldry, this screening of the critically acclaimed West End production The Audience, features Academy Award-winning actress Helen Mirren reprising her role as Queen Elizabeth II. Elizabeth II has met her twelve Prime Ministers in a private weekly audience, neither party ever repeats what is said.

The Audience breaks this contract of silence and imagines a series of meetings where each Prime Minister has used these private conversations as a sounding board and a confessional.

Tickets* â‚Ź10

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Room on the Broom

SEPT 6-8

Friday 10:30am & 1:30pm Saturday & Sunday 11am & 2pm

Illustration: Copyright © Axel Scheffler & Macmillan Children’s Books

The witch and her cat are flying happily along on their broomstick when a stormy wind blows the witch’s hat, bow and wand away into the night.

With the help of a daft dog, a beautiful bird and a friendly frog, her belongings are retrieved. But this broomstick’s not meant for five and – CRACK - it snaps in two! When a hungry dragon appears, who will save the poor witch? Adapted for the stage from the best-selling book by Children’s Laureate Julia Donaldson MBE and Axel Scheffler.

Tickets* €10 €15

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SEPT 10 SEPT 10

Tuesday, 8pm.

Tuesday 8pm

Tickets* €27, €30 Tickets* €27 €30

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It’s PARTY TIME! The biggest girls night out ever is coming to Cork.

With their “sinful schoolboy charm” the Chippendales elicit waves of screams from their excited audience as they dance and sing their way into the hearts of audiences who just want to have fun. The cast has captivated its audience in over 70 European cities, so what are you waiting for? Grab your girlfriends and make your way to the hottest party in Cork.

Billy Ocean

SEPT 13

Friday 8pm

Tickets* €30 €35 Billy Ocean is bringing his infectious blend of Caribbean soul, funk, pop and R’n’B to Cork. Grammy, Brit and MOBO award winning Billy struck worldwide success in the 1970s, selling over 30 million records and hitting the number one spot on pop charts across the globe. His reggae infused soulful voice is as strong and distinctive as ever and the show presents songs from his latest album ‘Here You Are’ including ‘No Woman, No Cry’ by the legendary Bob Marley, ‘You Send Me’ by Otis Reading and ‘It Was A Very Good Year’ by Frank Sinatra.

SUPPORT: BRIAN DEADY

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SEPT 20

The Green Room’s Open Mic Night

Friday 8:30pm

Admission Free

THE GREEN ROOM

Is there a puppet gathering dust in your drawer? A ukulele going out of tune in the cupboard? A gag you’re just dying to test on the world? Or a sneaky set of pipes you’re only mad to unleash on us all? Well now’s your chance! As part of the 2013 Culture Night we are hosting an Open Mic Night in the intimate surroundings of our backstage Green Room. Drop in, bring your guitar and let’s have a night of fun, joy and entertainment, for FREE! No booking required, ALL are welcome.

Pat Egan presents

How Great Thou Art

THE SPIRITUAL HITS CONCERT Featuring Red Hurley

With soprano Sandra Oman The Carrigaline Choral Group Voci Nuove Conductor Colm O’Regan For the first time in Cork - a unique evening of spiritual, gospel & pop hits featuring Ireland’s own Red Hurley. Since 2005, Red has been enjoying significant success in both the UK and USA with his inspirational Gospel Recordings. Luminaries such as Dr. Maya Angelou, America’s Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize Winner, Oprah Winfrey and Sir Terry Wogan number among his admirers. With a career spanning five decades, Red is one of the most successful solo male singers in Irish show-business history and remains one of Ireland’s best loved entertainers.

SEPT 22

Sunday 8pm

Tickets* €25 €30 €35

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SEPT

26 & 27

NT Live presents

Othello

Thursday 26 7pm Friday 27 11am

Tickets* €10 L. Cert Students 20% off

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LIVE SCREENING A live screening of the National Theatre’s Othello. Olivier Award-winning actor Adrian Lester (Henry V at the National Theatre, BBC’s Hustle) takes the title role. Playing opposite him as the duplicitous Iago is fellow Olivier Award-winner Rory Kinnear (The Last of the Haussmans, James Bond: Skyfall). Othello, newly married to Desdemona, is appointed leader of a major military operation. Iago, passed over for promotion by Othello in favour of the young Cassio, persuades Othello that Cassio and Desdemona are having an affair.

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SEPT 27

Friday 8pm

Tickets* €10

The Half Moon Theatre is proud to host the 1st Annual Rockabilly Ball for all you cats, hot-rodders and paper shakers! Featuring a host of DJs and performers including Ian Fiasco, Ian Richards, Mike Darcy, John Byrne, MC Ronan Leonard and more. Proceeds from this boss event goes to Oxfam. Do you dig it? Well, what you waitin’ for, grab your glad rags for a night that’ll have you on Cloud 9!

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SEPT 30

Alison Moyet

Monday 8pm

Tickets* €43

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World-renowned music icon Alison Moyet - the Basildon punk, the high priestess of electronic pop and the peerless soul singer who has warmed our hearts since the early 1980s, performs in Cork Opera House this September. She has achieved sales of more than 20 million, both as a solo artist and half of the influential duo Yazoo. Her performance follows the launch of her new album ‘the minutes’ released in May on Cooking Vinyl, which has received critical acclaim as “An extraordinary, modern-sounding and effortlessly stylish comeback”.

GREEN ROOM Sessions

‘Junctions – New Traditional Music Encounters’ is a series of concerts organised by brothers Niall and Caoimhín Vallely from the group Buille.

The new series will feature some of Ireland’s most exciting musicians working at the cutting edge of the tradition in the intimate surroundings of the Green Room at Cork Opera House.

OCT junctions

Laoise Kelly (harpist) has recorded over 50 albums with many of Ireland’s foremost artists.

Cormac Breatnach (whistles, flute) is most known for his work with the groundbreaking group, Deiseal.

Tommy Hayes (bodhran, percussion) has been at the forefront of traditional Irish music for over 30 years.

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Friday 8.30pm

Tickets* €12

THE GREEN ROOM

OCT 6

No Limbs No Limits The Joanne O’Riordan Story A Documentary World Premiere

Sunday 2pm

Tickets* €25 €35 Family Rate* €80

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No Limbs No Limits tells the extraordinary life story of Joanne O’Riordan.

Directed by her brother Steven O’Riordan; Joanne is only one of seven people in the world living with a rare physical disability known as Total Amelia. This means she was born without all four limbs. Despite this, Joanne has never allowed it to hold her back. The No Limbs No Limits documentary celebrates her personal relationships and explores her phenomenal achievements. You are to expect the unexpected.

Corcadorca presents

The Big Yum Yum

OCT

9 - 19

(EXCL. SUN 13)

Written by Pat McCabe Directed by Pat Kiernan

Previews 7&8

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‘A sad, complex song of the universe investigated over a plate of noodles’ is how acclaimed Irish writer Pat McCabe describes his latest work, The Big Yum Yum, which is premiered by Corcadorca. Written directly for the stage, this is a new departure for McCabe whose previous plays were adapted from his novels ‘The Butcher Boy’ and ‘The Dead School’.

McCabe’s writing has a unique vitality. With his ability to probe beneath the surface and powerfully reveal people’s unspoken thoughts and emotions, The Big Yum Yum promises to be a feast for theatre-goers.

Tickets* €20

(€15 Limited concessions available) Preview* €15

HALF MOON THEATRE

OCT 8 - 12

Robert C Kelly and Martin Lynch present

51 Shades of Maggie Written by Leesa Harker

Tuesday Saturday 8pm

Tickets* €20 conc. €25

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AGE SUITABILITY Please note due to the strong language and themes of an adult nature this show is deemed unsuitable for anyone under the age of 16.

Fifty One Shades of Maggie is the Number 1 best-selling comedy send-up of 50 Shades of Grey. Lovable Maggie is a working class girl who knows what she wants in a man, however, like most women, has been let down by all the men in her life. Attending an interview at the Social Security, Maggie meets the handsome and hunky Mr Big! Will he turn out to be the man of her dreams or will his “Private Room of Pain” put her off? This hilarious new play full of naughty bits will have you laughing out loud.

Join Maggie and her friends on this (slightly filthy) journey of love, booze and whips!

Jimmy MacCarthy

BRIGHT BLUE ROSE The Prophecy / Conspiracy Tour

OCT 17

Thursday 8pm

Tickets* €31

One of Ireland’s foremost songwriters Jimmy MacCarthy returns after a two year hiatus with a new ‘Greatest Hits’ Irish tour. While his songs have been recorded by major Irish artists such as Christy Moore, Mary Black, Mary Coughlan, Maura O’Connell and Westlife, Jimmy has also released four solo albums of his own. In this show, he pays homage to old favourites such as ‘Neidin’ while introducing more recent work such as ‘Andalucian Gray’ and ‘Children of Mile’. Famous songs penned by Jimmy include ‘Ride On’, ’No Frontiers’, ’Katie’, ‘The Bright Blue Rose’, ‘The Contender’, ’Mystic Lipstick,’ and ‘Missing you’.

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OCT 19

Róisín Dubh Comedy with David Johnson & John Mackay present:

“More bilious than ever” **** Guardian

Stewart Lee Saturday 8pm

Tickets* €26 €27.50 €29

MUCH A-STEW ABOUT NOTHING Following the sell-out Carpet Remnant World, the acclaimed writer and comedian presents a mixed stew of unrelated ideas in preparation for his 2014 TV series. See it live so you can begin the backlash ahead of transmission.

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“He’s the most exciting comedian in the country, bar none.” ****Times “Superlative”. ***** Metro “Marvellously funny: mordant, thoughtful and crafted”. Observer “...Stewart Lee, about as funny as bubonic plague”. The Sun

The Royal Moscow Ballet proudly presents

Cinderella

OCT 20

Sunday Sunday 20 2:30pm 2.30pm & 8pm

Tickets* €36 €41 €43 The Royal Moscow Ballet returns to the Cork stage and will bring to life the enchanting fairytale that is ‘Cinderella’ with lavish sets and sceneries that transform the stage into a fairytale wonderland for all to enjoy.

Cinderella is tormented by her spiteful stepsisters and longs to attend the Prince’s glamorous ball. Her Fairy Godmother appears and transforms her into a glittering Princess who shall go to the ball. But will she find her Prince Charming at the Ball and live happily ever after?

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OCT 22

Tuesday 8pm

Tickets* €26 €36 €41

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Sung in Italian with English surtitles.

Directed by Ellen Kent and featuring the celebrated Chisinau National Opera and National Philharmonic with international guest soloists, this magnificent story of war, jealousy and revenge tells the tale of the doomed love between slave girl Aida and the hero Radames. A lavish production with amazing special effects, Aida includes spectacular ballet sequences, stunning sets inspired by the ‘Valley of the Kings’ and costumes taken from designs found in tomb paintings.

OCT 23

Wednesday 8pm

Sung in Italian with English surtitles.

Ellen Kent presents a new rendition of the first opera she ever produced.

Verdi’s haunting and melodic chorus of Hebrew slaves, follows the plight of the Hebrews as they are forced from their homeland into exile by the Babylonian King Nabucco. This powerful tale is laced with revenge, destruction and jealousy. A spectacular production featuring magnificent sets and costumes with amazing lighting and stage effects. Starring the celebrated Chisinau National Opera Chorus and guest soloists.

Tickets* €26 €36 €41

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OCT 25

Friday 8pm

Tickets* €30

Efterklang

“Here’s a band on top of the world, and on top of their game…

Piramida is a revelation.”

- Q Magazine

The majestic and magical music of Efterklang is making a return to Cork Opera House. Performing music from their album Piramida, Efterklang have engaged the inimitable talents of Missy Mazzoli (Kronos Quartet & Victoire), Karsten Fundal (Choir of Young Believers & Oh Land) and Daníel Bjarnason (Sigur Rós & Múm) to arrange their music for orchestra.

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Nile Rodgers & Chic

OCT 26

Saturday 8pm

Tickets* €31 SOLD OUT For fans of feel-good music and friends of the groove, there’s no better news than the visit of CHIC to the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival. Nile Rodgers has written, produced and played some of the most memorable pop music of all time, including music for David Bowie, Daft Punk, Duran Duran, Madonna, Diana Ross, Eric Clapton, Sister Sledge and more. Don’t miss one of the planet’s most entertaining live bands.

SUPPORT: BRIAN DEADY DOES DOO WOP

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OCT 27

JAZZIE B & SOUL II SOUL SOUND SYSTEM

BILAL & HIS BAND

Sunday 8pm

Tickets* €31

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British electro R’n’B pioneers DJ Jazzie B and Soul II Soul Sound System bring the ’80s and ’90s back to life as they meld together Philadelphia soul, disco, reggae and hip-hop in one swinging show. He’ll be accompanied by Charlotte Kane, whose powerful and versatile voice has featured on some of the band’s biggest hits.

Blessed with a fabulous voice, brilliant songwriting skills and great stage presence, Bilal has been an integral part of the premier division of the US neo-soul scene for many years. He has collaborated with artists like Beyoncé, John Legend, Jay-Z, Questlove, Erykah Badu, Q-Tip, Common, The Roots and many more.

Primal Scream

OCT 28

Monday 8pm

Tickets* €34 standing €30 seated Primal Scream will perform songs from their recently released 10th album ‘More Light’ which was recorded after their recent successful worldwide tour of their hit album ‘Screamadelica’. ‘More Light’ presents a musical state that lacks boundaries. Lead singer Bobby Gillespie describes songs from the album as intense and forward thinking, incorporating free rock and free jazz.

Most significantly, music from the album feels like a journey, a soundtrack to a road movie. If ‘Screamadelica’ was the sound of a rave era weekend, ‘More Light’ takes you further faster. In Gillespie’s words, “it’s beautiful and I wanted something that was coming out of a dark time and into a good time.”

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& CORK OPERA HOUSE present

THE NIGHT WILL BE crawling WITH

LIVE PERFORMANCES, COCKTAILS & FANCY DRESS!

Jägermeister & Cork Opera House invite you to join us ‘Over at the Frankenstein Place’ for a night of Rocky Horror magic this Halloween. We’ll be screening the 1975 cult classic ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ which, after four decades, is the longest-running theatrical release in film history.

Based on the musical stage play by Richard O’Brien, the production is a humorous tribute to the science fiction and horror B movies of the late ‘40s to ‘70s. And in keeping with the spirit of Halloween, we invite you to step into a ‘Time Warp’ and dress up as a Transylvanian for a night. ‘Dr. Frank N. Furter’ will be at the ready to give away some fantastic prizes, so book your tickets now!

OCT 31

Screening: Thursday 8pm

Tickets* €15

Prizes for

Best Fancy Dress

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NOV 1

We Banjo 3

Friday 8.30pm

Tickets* €12

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We Banjo 3 combine Irish music with Old-Time American, Ragtime and Bluegrass to produce an exciting, fun, invigorating sound guaranteed to thrill audiences. Tenor banjoist Enda Scahill has now teamed up with Ireland’s hottest young banjo players, brothers Martin and David Howley, who have over 10 All-Ireland titles to their name. Add in the world-class multi-instrumentalist Fergal Scahill on fiddle, guitar and bodhran and the whole melting pot comes alight!

NOV 2

Gerald Barry’s

The Importance of Being Earnest (Opera)

Directed and designed

by Antony McDonald

“The opera is hysterically funny.

The score is highly sophisticated and indescribably zany.

The world now has something rare: a new genuinely comic opera” - Los Angeles Times

The Importance of Being Earnest as you’ve never heard or seen it before. The much-loved play turned into the most stunningly virtuosic opera by composer Gerald Barry receives its first Irish staging in a co-production between NI Opera and Wide Open Opera. Performed by a stunning international cast, played

by Ireland’s leading new music group Crash Ensemble and conducted by Pierre-André Valade. A whirlwind of non-stop wit together with a high-octane uncompromising score.

Saturday 8pm

Tickets* €26 €36 €41

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NOV 4

Leo Sayer

Monday 8pm

Tickets* €30 €35

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UK musical icon, Leo Sayer will perform exclusively at Cork Opera House this November. This singer / songwriter has sold millions of albums around the world and has had 20 worldwide top ten hits. He’s also won a Grammy and various other awards during his 40 year musical career.

Leo’s uniquely powerful and recognisable voice continues to entertain audiences around the world and as part of his ‘Silverbird Anniversary Tour’, he’ll perform some of our favourites such as ‘You Make Me Feel Like Dancing’, ‘Thunder In My Heart’, ‘When I Need You’, ‘Long Tall Glasses’, ‘Orchard Road’, ‘More Than I Can Say’ and many more. This live show is guaranteed to make you feel like dancing!

NOV 6

Wednesday 8pm

Donal Skehan

KITCHEN HERO The HomeCooked Tour

AVAILABLE OCTOBER 2013

RTÉ One’s Kitchen Hero, Donal Skehan will be cooking up a storm right here on the Cork Opera House stage during his first live Irish ‘HomeCooked’ Tour. There’ll be loads of food and audience participation in what promises to be fun evening with one of Ireland’s rising stars.

Things are really heating up in Donal’s kitchen with tours (‘HomeCooked’), book launches (‘HomeCooked’ out in October), TV shows (Junior UK MasterChef on BBC One in 2014), blogs and online videos (Simple Suppers on Jamie Oliver’s Food Tube), films (Grandma’s Boy on FOX in 2014) and a new food range SKOFF set to launch this autumn. This is one meal you don’t want to be skipping!

Tickets* €20 €25

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NOV 7

Thursday 8pm

Tickets* €35 €40 €45

On sale from September 16

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Cork Opera House is delighted to welcome back

Christy Moore

58th Cork Film Festival

NOV 9 - 17

Details to be announced

Photo: Marcin Lewandowski

The Cork Film Festival is back for its 58th edition, as proud and strong as it has ever been. Expect the best new narrative and documentary features from home and around the world, alongside Ireland’s best programme of short films, special music and film events, parties and surprises.

Venues: Cork Opera House // The Gate Cinema // Triskel Christchurch Booking: www.corkfilmfest.org // 021 427 1711 Season & Value Passes available

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NOV

8 - 23

(EXCL. 11 & 18)

Performance 8:30pm

Starring MICHAEL GRENNELL, MICHAEL SANDS & CAROLYN GOODWIN Book by TERRENCE McNALLY Music by JOHN KANDER Lyrics by FRED EBB Based on the Novel by MANUEL PUIG Directed by JOHN O’BRIEN Designed by LISA ZAGONE Percussion CAITRÍONA FROST & ALEX PETCU Bass DEIRDRE FROST

Tickets* €25 Preview* €20

HALF MOON THEATRE

Kiss of the Spiderwoman is a heart wrenching tale of courage, compassion and loyalty that will stay with you long after you have left the theatre. It tells the story of Molina, a gay window dresser serving an eight year prison sentence in a Latin American prison.

To flee the torture and humiliation of prison life, he hides in a fantasy world where diva actress Aurora takes the starring role. He forms an unlikely friendship with his cell mate, Marxist revolutionary Valentin. The two endure much together and when Valentin begs for Molina’s help one last time, his loyalty is put to a final test.

Winner of 7 Tony Awards, including Best Musical (1993)

Cork Opera House presents from the writers of ‘Cabaret’ and ‘Chicago’

NOV 18

Name In Lights

Produced by CORK ARTS STUDIO STAGEWORKS Directed by Philip McTeggart Walsh

Monday 8pm

Tickets* €18 €22 €25

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A musical theatre journey of Broadway and West End shows will be brought to life by past and present students of Cork Arts Studio Stageworks. Amazing scenes from Chicago, Oliver, Matilda, Hairspray and Les Misérables and more will showcase Cork’s remarkable talent.

Cork Arts Studio Stageworks - one of Ireland’s leading theatre schools - invites you on this journey where each student will place their name in lights.

NOV

21 - 23

Cork City Ballet’s 21st Anniversary Production

Ballet Spectacular Gala Thursday & Friday 8pm Saturday 2:30pm & 8pm

Tickets* €31 €38 €43

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Cork City Ballet celebrates the company’s 21st Anniversary with a magnificent production of Ballet Spectacular Gala directed by Alan Foley, starring world-renowned Prima Ballerina Lucia Lacarra and her partner Marlon Dino.

Overflowing with a rich and varied repertoire to delight all tastes, Ballet Spectacular Gala features highlights from Swan Lake, Paul Simon’s Bodyguard, Asaf Messerer’s Spring Waters, Royston Maldoom’s Celebration and Patricia Crosbie’s Playboy of the Western World.

Speaking at the recent launch of this production, Artistic Director Alan Foley said, “After 21 years of bringing the best of ballet to Cork, I am confident that we will meet the challenge once again of presenting a first-class show at the Cork Opera House in November.

This is helped greatly of course by being able to attract one of the world’s finest ballerinas, Lucia Lacarra, to perform with the company for this wonderful event”.

“Each performance is packed with vitality and passion�

- Irish Examiner

NOV 22

Friday 8:30pm

Tickets* â‚Ź12

THE GREEN ROOM

Moxie is a group of five young Irish musicians who are inspiring audiences with their new palette of 21st century Irish music. The band includes Cillian Doheny (tenor banjo/guitar), Jos Kelly (button accordion/keyboard), Darren Roche (button accordion), Ted Kelly (tenor banjo) and Paddy Hazelton (percussion). Their music has a solid traditional backbone. Jazz, rock, bluegrass and world music rhythms and harmonies are creatively structured around this base. Moxie will treat listeners to a punchy programme of both their own compositions and old tunes.

NOV 24

Sunday 8pm

Tickets* €40 €45 €50 They’re back - direct from the USA! Hear the hits as featured on Steve Wright’s Radio 2 show ‘Sunday Love Songs’ - ‘Betcha By Golly Wow’, ‘I’m Stoned In Love with You’, ‘You Make Me Feel Brand New’, ‘Let’s Put It All Together’, ‘Sing Baby Sing’, ‘Can’t Give You Anything (But My Love)’ – the list goes on and on, sung as only The Stylistics can sing them!

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THE BLUE ANGEL BAR | HALF MOON THEATRE | THE GREEN ROOM AVAILABLE FOR PRIVATE PARTIES T: + 353 (0)21 490 5213 | E: parties@corkoperahouse.ie

DEC 6-7

Friday & Saturday 7pm

Tickets* €34

Brand new show, brand new jokes, same old Jimmy. ‘Gagging Order’ promises to be an hilarious night out...let’s see shall we! The show will be packed with one-liners, stories and jokes. Some clever, some rude and a few totally unacceptable. Everybody’s welcome. Just leave your conscience, sense of common decency and moral compass at home and come on out for a laugh. Jimmy has sold over a million DVDs and hosted countless TV shows but live comedy is what he does best. Come and see for yourself.

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DEC

6 - 21

(EXCL. SUNDAYS)

Performance 8:30pm

Tickets* €12 €15

Group rates available

HALF MOON THEATRE

For the third year running, the hugely popular Improvised Panto is back to present a panto that’s chosen by the audience each night - a grown up alternative to a certain fairy tale on the main stage. It’s all improvised, so nothing is prepared or scripted. Expect the unexpected, the hilarious and the outrageous; it’s a whole new world of panto where anything is possible.

Ideal for Christmas and Office Parties. Post-show DJ and packages available on request.

Panto as you’ve never seen it before…

“If you want a night out that will have you laughing till you cry, this is it.�

- Cork Independent

Hop on your MAGIC CARPET and fly over to Cork Opera House this pantomime season for an exotic adventure that will capture the imaginations of children and adults alike.

Join our hapless hero ALADDIN TWANKEY and a host of hilarious and colourful characters as they join forces with the exotic GENIE in an epic quest to rescue PRINCESS JASMINE and retrieve the MAGIC LAMP. But will they succeed?

From: 12 December Time: 1pm, 2:30pm and 7:30pm Tickets: €25-€30 Family Rates: €80-€100 Booking Fees Apply.

DEC

“He writes the sort of classic songs that people don’t write anymore, songs that sound like they’ve been around forever” - Paul Weller, MOJO magazine

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Sunday 8pm

Tickets* €22 €26

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Declan O’Rourke Declan O’Rourke, the gifted multi-platinum singer / songwriter presents songs from his third chart-topping album, ‘Mag Pai Zai’. Declan’s incredible song-writing ability has seen his songs being covered by many artists including Josh Groban and Eddi Reader. He has been the opening act for artists like Paul Weller, Snow Patrol, The Cardigans, Paulo Nutini, Badly Drawn Boy, Divine Comedy and Paul Brady. He also recently shared the stage at a benefit concert with Bono, Bob Geldof, Damian Rice and Vanessa Redgrave. This is one not to be missed.

CHRISTMAS with Phil Coulter

DEC 16

Monday 8pm

Tickets* €25 €30.50 €36.50 Up in that Pantheon inhabited by the biggest selling recording artistes of all time in Ireland, rubbing shoulders with Bono and the Boys, you might be surprised to bump into Phil Coulter. He has performed with everyone from James Galway and the London Symphony Orchestra to Nanci Griffith and The Blue Moon Orchestra, not to mention Henry Mancini, Elmer Bernstein and Quincy Jones. Come and join Phil at Cork Opera House this Christmas where he will perform new arrangements of all his favourite classic songs from ‘The Town I Loved So Well’ to ‘Steal Away’ along with a seasonal selection with his very special guest Geraldine Branagan.

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DEC 22

Niall Connolly

Sunday 8pm

Tickets* €15

HALF MOON THEATRE

“Niall Connolly is a folk icon…

Among the most vibrant, poignant, and authentic indie folk artists in New York City.”

- No Depression

Niall Connolly is a compelling live performer with infectious melodies and engaging lyrics that regularly move listeners to tears and laughter.

Whether it is his observations of the vibrant city of New York where he has spent the last six years, or the lives, personalities, and circumstances of his fleeting encounters with strangers on the road, Connolly writes intelligently, with extraordinary clarity and curiosity. His songs have been covered by more than 20 acts worldwide and he has spent several years touring the U.S. and Europe.

The High Kings

JAN 5

Sunday 8pm

Tickets* €24 €28 Ireland’s Folk Band of the year, The High Kings, featuring Brian Dunphy, Martin Furey, Darren Holden and Finbarr Clancy kick off 2014 at Cork Opera House. Coming from accomplished musical pedigrees, The High Kings grew up in households soaked in the Irish musical tradition. They’ve sold out hundreds of shows in Ireland and the US, made numerous TV appearances and achieved platinum status with both of their albums. They’ll showcase their incredible versatility and skills as multiinstrumentalists, bringing a rousing acoustic flavour to brand new songs as well as some old favourites.

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JAN

22 - 24

Wednesday - Friday 8pm

Tickets* €20 €25 €27.50

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Martin McDonagh’s ‘A Skull in Connemara’ is a sparkling black comedy about Mick Dowd whose gloomy job as a gravedigger sees him unearthing bones from his local cemetery to make space for new tenants each autumn. When Mick has to dig up the grave of his dead wife, Oona, it revives muffled rumours about Mick’s role in her sudden death. Is he a sad widower or in fact a ruthless murderer?

“Andrew Flynn’s assured stylish production is less a revival than an illuminated restoration…. Nothing encapsulates Decadent’s imaginative production more than the transition – courageous, brilliantly executed transition - of MacCarthaigh’s inspired set.” Irish Theatre Magazine

JAN

25 & 26

Saturday & Sunday 8pm

The Ronan Collins’ sell out show is back! With a stellar line-up, this year’s show promises to be even better. Ronan will host and compare (and sing a few tunes) while Brendan Bowyer - ‘The King’- returns with songs like ‘The Hucklebuck’, ‘It’s Now Or Never’ and ‘Boolavogue’. They’ll be joined by the well-known Paddy Cole, a multi-instrumentalist who was with the Capital Showband and The Big Eight. For the first time, these showband legends will be joined by Gina from The Champions who will sing some of her hits like ‘Minnie Minnie’, ‘Drunken Sailor’, ‘Give Me Back My Love’ and her debut hit ‘Dreams are Good Friends’. Accompanied by The Conquerors Showband with special guests including Lorraine MacDonald and others, the show will send you home with wonderful memories of Irish popular music.

Tickets* €28.50 €31 €33.50

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Tommy Fleming FEB 1 | 8PM | â‚Ź32 Tommy Fleming is now recognised throughout his homeland of Ireland and across the world as one of the finest singers of his generation.

Appealing to all ages, musical tastes and cultures, audiences have now recognised Tommy Fleming as a truly unique talent.

Newton Faulkner FEB 7 | 8PM | €21 / €25 Double number 1, multi-platinum selling, Brit nominated, acoustic guitar virtuoso Newton Faulkner is coming to Cork Opera House as part of his Ireland & UK tour.

He’ll be here to perform songs from his soon to be released album ‘Studio Zoo’. Newton has sold over 1.5 million albums in the UK alone, has most recently performed at the Isle of Wight festival and finished a sold-out world tour earlier this year which took him to Australia and the Far East.

Finbar Wright FEB 15 | 8PM | €33.50 / €36 Tenor Finbar Wright celebrates the legendary Luciano Pavarotti in a performance that tells his life story in pictures, music and song including Volare, Caruso, Torna A Surriento, O Solé Mio, Mamma, Catarí, Passione, Ave María, Chitarra Romana, Santa Lucia, Parlami D’Amore & the glorious Nessun Dorma.

The Gruffalo FEB 18 - 22 | €10 / €15 TUES 18: 1:30pm & 4:30pm WED 19 - SAT 22: 10:30am & 1:30pm Direct from a West End Season, don’t miss Tall Stories’ hit musical stage adaptation of the award-winning picture book, The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. The Gruffalo is the ideal introduction to theatre for pre and primary school children and their families; with plenty of songs, laughs and fun for children aged 3+ and their grown-ups.

Running time 55 minutes ‘A fine piece of children’s theatre’ **** Sunday Times All illustrations copyright © Axel Scheffler 2004, published by Macmillan Children’s Books.

Monstrous fun!’ ****Daily Mail

Brendan Cole (one of Strictly Come Dancing’s most charismatic choreographers and performers) and his cast of 20 musicians and dancers will treat you to an evening of Ballroom magic and Latin excitement in Licence to Thrill – a sophisticated dance extravaganza not to be missed.

Brendan is joined by a sensational international cast of professional dancers accompanied by a stunning on-stage 14-piece band under the direction of Mr Barry Robinson in the hottest dance show around!

‘It’s like the best of Strictly multiplied by ten.

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MAR 3 | 8PM | €36

MAR 27 | 8PM €26/€36/€41

AIDA returns to Cork Opera House in a captivating production directed by Ellen Kent and featuring the celebrated Chisinau National Opera and National Philharmonic with international guest soloists.

Puccini’s LA BOHEME is back by public demand, featuring internationally acclaimed Ukrainian National Opera of Kharkiv and starring International Soprano’s Rosa Lee Thomas & Elena Dee*. Directed

by Ellen Kent with stunning designs by the renowned Ukrainian designer Nadezhda Shvets.

‘Authentic, tender and passionate’ Daily Telegraph ‘The Best La Boheme I have ever seen’ The Stage *Cast subject to change

MAR 28 | 8PM €26/€36/€41

MAY 7 | 1PM & 4PM MAY 8 | 10AM & 1PM €16 / €19

Brand new live show!

Fresh from the success of ‘Peppa Pig’s Party’ and ‘Peppa Pig’s Treasure Hunt’ comes Peppa’s brand new show ‘Peppa Pig’s Big Splash’. Come join Peppa Pig and her super cute puppets and friends for an all-singing, all-dancing adventure full of songs, games and muddy puddles!

Russell Kane: SMALLNESS MAY 9 | 8PM | €22 What is it with us and smallness?

Being tiny but fierce, close but distant.

This Jedward-haired award-winning twat is the same. Russell Kane returns with a new blisteringly big-small show about keeping things small when life gets big.

‘A seriously good comedian.’

The Times ‘A smart, probing brain lurks below the vertiginous quiff’ The Evening Standard

G RO U N D F L O O R

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