Smash-hit musical puts theatre back on its feet

A sell-out smash-hit summer musical has helped secure the financial future of Cork Opera House for the first time in almost two years.

The theatre’s chief executive Mary Hickson said Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music — which played to around 25,000 people over the last three and a half weeks — was a major watershed in the theatre’s journey towards financial viability.

“The Sound of Music secures our financial future for this year,” said Ms Hickson.