The Arts House

We all miss the Crawford, and during its closure you might be tempted to thing everything is wound down while the builders get on with the restructuring of the entire gallery, but nothing could be further from the truth! The invisible work behind the scenes may be quieter than usual but it's non stop as Conor Tallon found out when he caught up with Michael Waldron.

How we overcome adversity. How we recover from the worst possible moments. How we snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. How we live to tell the tale. How we do, in fact, tell that tale. And how even in the craziest of circumstances, the universal human recognition is still there - all bring us to the Cork Arts Theatre to hear Eoin Ryan's incredible true story. He told Conor Tallon all about it. Without giving away too much, of course!

We wish the Cork ETB Youth Orchestra so much joy as they take part in the Irish Association of Youth Orchestras Festival in the National Concert Hall next week! Elmarie and Conor went along to rehearsals to meet the musicians!

What a gorgeous chat Elmarie had with Fiona Kennedy, Evelyn Grant and Linda Kenny about some super shows this month in Cork! Fiona's show "Natural Woman" runs in the Cork Arts Theatre on February 15th, and Evelyn Grant joins the Everyman Sunday Songbook team as Narrator, as they recount and relive the music and story of Jim Reeves in The Everyman on February 9th!

In the second hour of the show Conor Tallon talks to Pakie O Callaghan about his show in the Cork Arts Theatre. Listen around 2.30. Laoise Leahy joins us live in studio to chat about a track they sang on the Tommy Tiernan Show which has taken the country by storm, and about her upcoming EP and show in Kinsale. Listen in around 16.15. And Aoife Clarke is the producer for Karen Casey's The Women We Will Rise, which is fresh from an acclaimed run in Scotland and returning home to The Everyman Theatre! Listen in around 39.10!

The first hour of Sunday 26th January, with Sinéad O Halloran of the Marmen Quartet and Ortús Festival joining Elmarie and Conor around 4.25 and Eibhlín Gleeson, CEO of Cork Opera House, with the first look at the new Strategic Plan for Cork Opera House, around 24.20. Plus lots of events news and listings!

Always good humour and banter when Gerry Kelly comes in to studio! On Sunday Jan 5th he called in to tell everyone about The Lord Mayor's Tea Dance 2025, held under the patronage of Cork's Lord Mayor, Cllr Dan Boyle.

This year’s final year MTU Theatre and Drama studies graduate show is Orlando by Neil BartlettMairead called in to meet the cast and director during rehearsals

Cork-based artist, Edel Ryder-Hanrahan has announced their first solo portrait exhibition: “Me, Myself & BTS”. It's in the Hideout Cafe and Art Gallery on Wellington Road, Cork city.You can check out the exhibition Monday - Friday 8am to 4pm until February 28th.