Superb initiative from The Everyman

Cork’s Everyman Palace has launched ‘Made in Cork | Play It By Ear Rehearsed Readings’ allowing audiences to purchase one digital theatre ticket to gain access to the full collection of nine of their rehearsed audio readings.

This highly successful audio broadcast programme, all with a very Cork flavour, will be made available March 1.

The list includes ‘Marion’ by Katie Holly, which launched Play it by Ear back in October. The brilliantly funny Marion stars Laura O’Mahony of Cork Comedy troupe Cca hoots fame. The voices of the four faces of Shandon Steeple come alive with a commentary on the city’s inhabitants in ‘The Four Faced Liar’ written by Ger Fitzgibbon.

‘Lex Talionis (A Tale of Vengeance & Feathers)’ by Liam Heylin, is a play about savage craic on the streets of Cork. ‘Two Lord Mayors’ by James McKeon and Patrick Talbot, was inspired by the extraordinary events in the city in 1920 and the two men at the centre of those events, Tomás MacCurtain and Terence MacSwiney.

Second City Trilogy which comprises three stage plays, ‘The Cure’, ‘When I Was God’ and ‘After Luke’ by Cónal Creedon, is a tragicomic exploration of various father-son relationships, set against the social, historical, and topography of Cork City. ‘The Misfit Mythology’ by Irene Kelleher, tells the story of a dark secret in a small Irish town and ‘The Herd’ by John McCarthy, is a big-hearted ode to family and relationships — and death and butchery.

Made in Cork | Play It By Ear Rehearsed Readings will be available from Monday, 1st March to Wednesday, 31st March. Tickets: €18 to access the full compilation for the month of March. You can access them on www.everymancork.com.