Friday 20th June - Performing Arts Focus

6:00 – 8:30 pm | BtoA Welcome Reception @ Cork Opera House 

We are excited to welcome you all and kick off our Misummer celebrations in style with drinks and canapés, networking, music, and little breakaways to immersive dance and theatre for our lucky guests as follows: 

6:00 - 8:00 pm | Immersive Dance and Theatre @ BtoA Welcome Reception ( Limited Capacity, Live Draw for Performance Access)

‘Lien’ by Lewis Major | One-on-one dance encounters @ Cork Opera House in the Green Room. (Duration 5-10 mins)

‘Theatre for One’ by Landmark Productions | Micro-theatre in a purpose-built booth @ Emmet Place in front of Cork Opera House. (Duration 5-10 mins)

9:00 pm | ‘Burnout Paradise’ by PonyCam @ Dance Cork Firkin Crane.  (Duration 65 min, Prebooking Required)

Following your music, dance and theatre sampling at our Welcome Reception, continue the evening just an 8-minute walk away with some comedy & dance on treadmills at Dance Cork Firkin Crane! In this exhilarating and chaotic performance, Pony Cam exposes the absurdity of a system that demands more than we can give. As the tasks escalate, so too does the realisation - this was never a fair game. Don't worry, you won't be forced on a treadmill, but you may risk enjoying yourself too much!

Saturday 21st June - Visual Arts Focus

11:00 am | ‘Helios’ by Luke Jerram (Duration 60 min, Capacity 20, Prebooking Required)

Guided tour of the 6-metre solar sculpture | St Fin Barre’s Cathedral 

Image: Luke Jerram with Helios at Seaton Delaval Hall. Credit Bec Hughes, House of Hues

1 pm | Cork Printmakers Demo & Gallery Tour

(Duration 60 min, Capacity 15, Prebooking Required)

3:00 pm | Island City: Cork's Urban Sculpture Trail Walking Tour (Duration 60 min, Capacity 14, Prebooking Required)

Sample-Studios in partnership with Cork City Council and Fáilte Ireland, bring you on a guided walking tour of Cork’s newest examples of public art led by Sample-Studios’ Art Historian and sculpture specialist Dr Matthew Whyte.