Michael Patric’s play misses the opportunity to pull the drama of the end of Ireland’s sugar industry into the story of its craic-loving factory worker

Theatre: Al Dalton directs Ciaran Bermingham in The Cure. Leon Danza directs Niall Holland, Simon McKeon and Mike O’Dowd in After Luke

Theatre: Telling has the comedy of self-awareness but falters as it gathers its darkness

Theatre: Oisín Flores Sweeney’s play should be longer – the audience leaves laughing but longing for more

Cork Midsummer Festival 2024: A play of such dimensions could repay a few more than these 75 minutes, especially with so much gorgeous writing to savour

Cork Midsummer Festival 2024: The brilliance of these 12 five-minute plays lies in their containment

Theatre: creative and innovative display of stagecraft using video and lighting with glee that enchants audience

The closure of Corcadorca theatre company, in 2022, left a hole that the city’s remaining theatre community is battling to fill

Theatre: Mikel Murfi writes, directs and stars in the final play in trio that began with The Man in the Woman’s Shoes and I Hear You and Rejoice

Theatre: Directed by Dee Finn, this adroit production revives the passion for pigeon fancying that sent swirls of homing birds into Irish skies

Late soprano’s contribution to music is remembered in Cork Opera House’s Cara O’Sullivan Associate Artists programme

Theatre: Driven by very attractive singing and by Anth Kaley’s musical direction, the pace is helter skelter

Theatre: This pantomime’s energetic cast seize the production’s comic opportunities at every turn

Adare Manor is now a luxury hotel, but its construction in the 19th century by the Wyndham Quins family was a labour of love

Marking the 30th anniversary of Cork City Ballet Company, this is a work of extravagant display