Come From Away: Cork group to stage tale of Newfoundland town on 9/11

Killian Donnelly is directing the production featuring a group of students from the BA in Musical Theatre at MTU Cork School of Music

Cast members and others gather for rehearsals  of Come From Away, featuring students from the BA in Musical Theatre at MTU Cork School of Music. Picture: Leah O'Shea

The tragedy of 9/11 may seem an unusual and sombre topic for a musical. 

However, when Come From Away, inspired by the true story of a small Newfoundland town taking in stranded airline passengers in the wake of the attacks, opened on Broadway in 2017, it was an instant hit. The show is now being staged for the first time in Cork by the final year students of the BA in Musical Theatre at MTU Cork School of Music.