Miriam Hurley: Cork artist happy to return to the Opera House

The wheel turned full circle for Hurley when she exhibited some of her backstage photographs at a venue where she worked as marketing manager many years ago 

Miriam Hurley at her exhibition at Cork Opera House,  part of the Cork Printmakers 30th anniversary. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

When Miriam Hurley began taking candid shots of performers backstage at Cork Opera House, she knew that she was in a privileged position. “It was just that unique perspective. I knew it was very special, that not a lot of people get to see this,” she says.

In her role as marketing manager at the venue, Hurley was responsible for in-house production shots but when she began taking her camera behind the scenes to capture candid shots of the performers waiting in the wings, the real magic happened.