Michael Twomey is a true stalwart of Cork theatre

Michael Twomey may be best known for Cha and Miah, but his reflections on over 70 years in Cork theatre include some incredible history, writes Jo Kerrigan

THE Everyman Palace, is celebrating its 120th anniversary this year. And who could know more about not just Everyman but everything to do with theatre in Cork over the past 70-odd years, than Michael Twomey?

Creator of characters, doyen of directors, master of every kind of ceremony, he won’t mind being identified as an octogenarian. In fact he can’t, since he is proud of the fact that his first ever stage appearance was at the old Opera House in 1944 at the age of 11.