Cork Midsummer Festival

CORK Midsummer Festival launches today with openings that include Rian at Cork Opera House; the world premiere of Fearghus Ó Conchuir’s Starlight at Firkin Crane; Pat Kinevane in Silent at the Commodore Hotel in Cobh; Catherine Wheels’ White at the Granary Theatre; and TPO Company’s Kindur: The Adventurous Life of Icelandic Sheep at the Cork School of Music.

Among the shows that have already previewed and continue this week are Playgroup’s magical Berlin Love Tour, which presents the landmarks of Berlin around the streets of Cork, and the opera Pagliacci at the Everyman. Also launching today is Parallel Cities, a series of eight theatrical experiences at venues about the city — these include Kent Railway Station, the Maldron Hotel, and the Boole at UCC.

Several exhibitions in the festival programme are open throughout the week. These include Burke + Norfolk and Simon Fujiwara’s Museum of Incest at the Crawford Art Gallery; Josef Albers: Sacred Modernist at the Glucksman, UCC; and Paul Gregg: Inductive Probability at Triskel Christchurch.