My Life with Geraldine O'Connell: I turned my home into a theatre

This was not my first foray into community-based performing arts

Geraldine O'Connell who opened up her garage for people in Cork to do theatre. Picture Dan Linehan

While Cork Opera House has long been an institution for theatre aficionados in the rebel county, there was a time when our humble home was the hottest ticket in town.

That’s if the reactions from our audience were anything to go by. It was 2017 and my husband Len and I had rediscovered our love for performing. After ambling into a drama class on Culture Night we were hooked. From that day forward, we participated in every clowning workshop and drama class in Cork which came as such a release