It’s been a bumper year for pop hits, which Sleeping Beauty uses to full effect in a hugely enjoyable production that will entertain all three generations that usually make up panto audiences.

The death earlier this year of Cork Opera House panto stalwart Bryan Flynn has made for an emotional show for the cast and crew of Sleeping Beauty, writes Colette Sheridan

Cork Opera House has consolidated its financial recovery to record a €250,000 profit — its second profitable year in a row.

Colette Sheridan pays tribute to the late musical director and legend of Irish theatre, Bryan Flynn.

When an Irish composer with stacks of choral works to his credit and an enviable international reputation announces he is composing his first opera, it generates a wave of interest that reaches beyond the confines of new music cognoscenti.

Theatre: The Matchmaker

The 1950s musical is at Cork Opera House for two weeks, says Richard Fitzpatrick.

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Cork Opera House: Judging by the shapes thrown at Cork Opera House last night, there can be no debate about the number one festive dance craze: ‘What Does the Fox Say?’.

THEATRICAL stalwart Catherine Mahon-Buckley has surely earned the title of Mammy of Cork pantomime season now that she is directing her 20th seasonal show for the Everyman. Mahon-Buckley is directing Jack and the Beanstalk for the theatre, and says that every five years, a new generation emerges.

The choice of summer blockbuster musical at Cork Opera House would seem to have been an inspired one.

The ’50s musical brings high-school love, quiffs and bobby soxers to Cork Opera House, says Jo Kerrigan

Musical theatre director Bryan Flynn’s ten years of directing the Cork Opera House’s biggest productions will be marked on Saturday in a tribute show entitled Hey, Mr Director!.

The success of The Sound of Music has ensured its return to Cork Opera House, Colette Sheridan reports

THEY say the play’s the thing.

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Pic 1: Alesha Dixon at the opening of the Arnotts Shoe Garden at the Dublin store.

Cork Opera House has launched its autumn and winter season, an eclectic mix of musical and theatrical events as the theatre seeks to make good on the success of its summer musical, The Sound of Music.

Founder Eileen Nolan is still at the helm of the Montfort College of Performing Arts as it launches its new HQ, says Colette Sheridan

A new documentary on Michael Collins: The Musical will be premiered at Cork Opera House tonight, says Colette Sheridan

AN AURAL and visual treat is what director Bryan Flynn is promising audiences with his production of The Sound of Music at the Cork Opera House.

Jo Kerrigan talks to Bryan Flynn about the demands of staging pantomime

WITH children watching 3D movies, playing on XBoxes, iPads and Nintendos, not to mention being captivated by the hysteria of The X Factor and other reality shows, going to a pantomime over the Christmas holidays may seem old fashioned.

A PRINCE Charming is roaming the streets of Cork in search of a missing glass slipper.

THE story of Michael Collins is the theme of the Tralee Musical Society’s 25th anniversary production which opened last night and runs until this Sunday, in the Siamsa Tire Theatre.

Captain Craig Bellamy is out of Wales’ Euro 2012 qualifiers against Bulgaria and Switzerland next month.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was left counting “heavy losses” from the international break as his depleted squad prepared for Saturday‘s Barclays Premier League clash with Everton at Emirates Stadium.

John Toshack will herald a new Wales era when he names his first squad since being appointed in November for the friendly against Hungary.

John Barnes believes his former Liverpool team-mate Ian Rush would make a successful Wales manager.

MARK HUGHES admits he has been picking the managerial brains of Alex Ferguson as he goes about transforming Wales from no-hopers into a team feared on the world stage.