Cork Opera House

Cork Opera House seeks to serve its city and surrounding region as a municipal theatre, offering its audiences a world class programme of events across all disciplines in the performing arts.

The Cork Opera House is the only purpose built opera house in the country, it includes:

• 1,000 seat auditorium and an orchestra pit that can hold 70 musicians
• One of the largest stages in Ireland measuring 12 x 10 meters with over 235 lights on the stage and an 60 foot fly tower, which accommodates up to 28 scenes changes in a performance
• The  first  Martin Line Array  with inverted 5.1 surround sound system and first to use digital sound desks in Ireland.
• The Half Moon Theatre, a flexible studio space located to the rear of the main theatre, fosters a more experimental range of interdisciplinary projects, mixing drama with music and comedy