Cork Midsummer Festival: When all the city becomes a stage
THE main theme emerging from the forthcoming Cork Midsummer Festival (Jun 21-30) is that “it’s all about Cork,” says Tom Creed, now in his second year as artistic director.
From 100 Cork-based citizens taking to the stage of the Cork Opera House in a show called 100% Cork, to local school children learning how to be restaurant critics, the festival is reaching out to the city’s populace in a way that is imaginative and clever in these straitened times. Such events are curated by international artists who are re-imagining the city, having executed the same shows in different cities all over the world.
