10 highlights of the Cork Midsummer Festival

Cork Midsummer Festival launches today for 10 days of theatre, art and family fun. Des O’Driscoll selects a few of the upcoming highlights.

Dance: Cappaghlass

West Cork native Tara Brandel has used the name of her home valley near Ballydehob for this contemporary dance created in response to the current refugee crisis. Brandel will also perform Gawky and Awkward, a short solo that looks at one woman’s experince of having dyslexia.