Cork Midsummer Festival to offer captioned performances

For the first time, Cork Midsummer Festival has programmed two captioned performances at this year’s event, which runs from 21 June to 1 July.

The performances have been facilitated by Arts & Disability Ireland, and funded by Arts and Disability Networking (ADN) Cork.

Silent, Cork Arts Theatre, 29 June, 8pm
Homeless McGoldrig once had splendid things. But he has lost it all – including his mind. He now dives into the wonderful wounds of his past through the romantic world of Rudolph Valentino, in this brave, bold, beautiful production.

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The Girl who Forgot to Sing Badly, Everyman Theatre, 30 June, 8pm 
Peggy O’Hegarty and her parents are packers. They squeeze fruit into tins, foxes into boxes, even bikes into brown paper bags. And all the while Peggy sings with the voice of an angel – a grossly unfortunate angel, who can’t sing at all …

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