Festival: Cork Midsummer Festival events with captions

Cork Midsummer Festival is an annual multi-disciplinary arts festival that uses Cork city as its backdrop and inspiration.

It provides high-quality arts events, both national and international, for audiences of all ages. Its programme provides opportunities for significant public participation and engagement, supports the development of emerging artists across all artforms, and provides a unique platform for work by local and national artists.

The festival runs from 14 – 27 July 2021. This year the team at Cork Midsummer Festival have programmed 8 online events that will have captions available. Click on the links below to find out more about the captioned events and how to book tickets.

Landmark Productions presents The Saviour, a new play by Deirdre Kinahan. Directed by Louise Lowe.

Cork Midsummer Festival and Doireann Ní Ghríofa present A Ghost In The Throat, a live reading by Doireann Ní Ghríofa.

Hatch Theatre Company and The Everyman in association with Pavilion Theatre and Cork Midsummer Festival present To The Lighthouse, by Virginia Woolf. Adapted by Marina Carr. Directed by Annabelle Comyn.

The Art Of Swimming, a solo performance written by Lynda Radley. Directed by Tom Creed.

Firkin Crane and Cork Midsummer Festival present Bád Shiobhán a performance by Siobhán Ní Dhuinnín.

Jag a mumblecore film, written and directed by Abreain Blake and Arann Blake.

The Midsummer Monologues: Solo Le Quays, a series of monologues and music videos by Jessica Courtney Leen.

My Connection Is Unstable, a work-in-progress sharing written and performed by Lesley Conroy.