Mary Leland

Theatre: It is impossible not to try to guess what director Emma Jordan was aiming in terms of vocal style and script

Mary Lavin’s short story, In the Middle of the Fields, has been adopted rather than adapted as a play

What we’ve seen in week two of the festival

After the first week, here is what we have seen so far

Theatre: As Winnie, the actor makes the location and circumstance of Happy Days seem normal, although sorrow keeps breaking in

Director promises ‘wonder and joy’ as line-up announced for festival that will run from June 14th to 25th

The ancestral Co Cork home of the St Leger family is reopening with an extended exhibition about the noted writer

Theatre: Roderick Ford’s new play chronicles a neurodiverse experience of life in a neurotypical world

Theatre: Catherine Mahon Buckley and Fionula deliver elegantly meticulous performances in Declan Hassett’s play

Dance: Philip Connaughton’s confidence in the power of his artform is justified by the result

The key transformative moment is well-done but everything else in this production is a little underwhelming

Theatre: Despite the charm of its star and production, this pantomime is let down by some puerile writing

The gallery’s proposed expansion, a €49m project led by Grafton Architects, aims to amplify its unique link to the history of Cork city

The two-person Cork theatre company behind Disco Pigs is dead, leaving a ‘devastating hole’. Does this spell trouble?

Theatre review: lots of jovial energy but what’s missing is acidity