Lee banks to explode with light as Cork 2005 awakens

CORK city’s infamous riverbanks will be the central focus of the largest outdoor event ever to be staged here when the city is officially unveiled as the 2005 European Capital of Culture on Saturday night.

Lee banks to explode with light as Cork 2005 awakens

After a year of creative planning, design and construction, the Waterford-based street theatre group Spraoi are this week adding the final touches to the Awakenings show, which will be broadcast live from the River Lee on television and on screens across the city.

The show promises an entertaining spectacle of sound, vision and colour, but it’s the local culture which truly plays a part in telling something of the story of Cork.

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