In at the deep end: Cork artist will stage her latest work in a city swimming pool

For some, swimming pools conjure up images of speedos and floating verruca bandages. But Natasha Bourke is turning a Cork pool into her theatre during Cork Midsummer Festival

A scene from Natasha Bourke’s ‘Kilter, Matter and Ghosts’ which takes place at the LeisureWorld Douglas Gus Healy Swimming Pool during the Cork Midsummer Festival.

One Cork performer is reaching new depths as an artist — both in a figurative and literal sense.

Former ballet dancer Natasha Bourke has made a bold decision to stage her one woman show for this year’s Cork Midsummer Festival entirely in a swimming pool.