The Arts House

Gerry Miller is one of Cork's story tellers and purveyor of anecdotes, and to brighten the month of January, he's sharing "Gerry's little Gems" with us! Short little anecdotes to bring a smile and a chuckle.

Come take part in an Abba night of fun and joy, without the weekly commitment to a choir! Pop Up Choir is a one-night-only, non-commitment choir where you'll learn, sing and record one full song in just one evening! Using just the lyrics and under our witty guidance, they’ll take the audience from zero to choir in only 2 hours!The final portion of the night will even be spent recording the song (video + audio), and the final result will be shared on theirsocials - a lovely memory to look back on. Nicki Griffin spoke to Conor Tallon.

Joe Carey at the White Horse chatted to Conor Tallon about this year's Ballincollig Winter Music Festival. Now in its 16th year, it takes place between the 26th January and 2nd February 2026. Expect a smorgasbord of music, dance, spoken word and art, liberally sprinkled with joy and community spirit!

LOVESONG by Abi Morgan is a story of one couple, told from two different points in their lives, as young lovers in their thirties and as worldly companions looking back on their relationship. Their past and present selves collide in this beautiful tale of togetherness. All relationships have their ups and downs; the optimism of youth becomes the wisdom of experience. Love is a leap of faith. Conor Tallon spoke to cast members, husband and wife, Jenny Fennessy and Dylan Kennedy!

Hunters Moon Theatre brings Never Going Back There, a new Irish play by Philip O’Byrne, to The Everyman stage.The play depicts the story of a powerful Irish woman who would not allow religion, or the Magdalene laundries, to define her. She chose her own path of success and independence. Based on a true story, it exposes the stranglehold that religion had on Irish people in the 60s and 70s. But it also shows the determination and resilience of one young woman to break that hold and set out on her own path of success and independence in another country and to vow that she will “never go back there”. Philip spoke to Conor Tallon.

A crackling fire and a cracking read! What better winter combination?! Fiona Farrell of Leaf and Bower picked some great book choices for Conor Tallon.

Sending and receiving gifts made in Cork is extrta special at Christmas when we all have so much. Georgia Hopkins told Elmarie Mawe all about the newly opened West Cork Collective in Ballinspittle!

It's the time of year to settle down and watch some great Christmas movies, and one of the big releases everyone is loving this year is "Tinseltown" starring Keifer Sutherland and Rebel Wilson. Cork's Damien Tracey is Associate Producer of the movie and chatted to Elmarie!

Impossible to fit everything in, and impossible to podcast them all, so here's a snip of some of the events we mentioned for your diary this week!