Cork Opera House, 22 September 2023
Find out more about The Lantern Community Project, collaborators on this project, here.
Read more about This House a Home for Culture Night 2023 here.
Join local historian Brigid McCarthy on an audio tour through Cork Opera House, exploring hidden parts of the building and the history of this cultural landmark; a symbol of music and theatre for the people of Cork since 1855.
As we delve into the building’s history, including the destruction of Cork Opera House by fire in 1955, we learn the impact of the past on the present, and how people of Cork truly feel about this building today.
Interrogating who gets to call the Opera House a home, and why some people get to feel more “at home” in cultural spaces than others, This House a Home asks of its audiences: can Cork Opera House ever be a space where we all belong?
| Track 1 | https://on.soundcloud.com/tV73T |
| Track 2 | https://on.soundcloud.com/3rBjp |
| Track 3 | https://on.soundcloud.com/qm93W |
| Track 4 | https://on.soundcloud.com/Twau6 |
| Track 5 | https://on.soundcloud.com/Bpmkx |
Note: The above five tracks were designed to be experienced in the Cork Opera House building and accessed through QR codes in the Lobby, Green Room, First Floor Bar, Blue Angel Lounge and Auditorium.
This House a Home was created as part of a Masters by Research studentship with UCC and Cork Opera House by Angela O’Callaghan, in collaboration with the Lantern Project and its participants.
Creative Team:
Writer & Facilitator: Angela O’Callaghan
Co-facilitator: Hannah Kate Healy
Graphic Designer: Aggie Dolan
Sound Designer & Composer: Padraig Ryan Bob
Voice Artist: Niamh Santry
Made in collaboration with participants at the Lantern Community Project.
This event requires you to bring your own smartphone and headphones.
The route of this tour through Cork Opera House has step-free access.
Angela O'Callaghan 