Catherine Mahon-Buckley on CADA, Cork panto and bringing Cinderella back to the Everyman

A fairytale classic comes full-circle with a new production that sticks to tradition while moving with its younger audiences' pace

The cast of the Everyman's production of Cinderella. Picture: Miki Barlok

Catherine Mahon-Buckley knows the one Christmas present she really, really wants. It’s the sound of a packed theatre with people laughing, cheering and shouting at the panto she’s directing.

Catherine, who runs the Cork Academy of Dramatic Arts (CADA), has been involved in the Everyman Theatre’s annual panto for 28 years. It’s all the fault of her husband, she says.