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Culture Night | MTU Cork School of Music

Friday 18 September 2026

 

To celebrate Culture Night 2026, MTU Cork School of Music plays host to an exciting programme of theatre, live music and visual art, culminating in a special late-night performance by the Fleischmann Choir and Irish Project Ensemble.
 

"According to My Eyes" | Foyer | 16:00 – 22:00

"According to My Eyes" is a solo exhibition by Siobhán Collins at MTU Cork School of Music. In this new body of work, paintings of familiar subjects hover between recognition and uncertainty, inviting viewers to linger and look again. The works draw attention to the physical act of painting as much as to what is represented.

 

Meet the Artist | Foyer | 18:00 – 20:00

 

Classical Music Recital | Curtis Auditorium | 17:30

A performance given by four current BMus and MA students who will be representing MTU Cork School of Music at the upcoming Irish Freemasons Young Musician of the Year competition, 2026. 

Featuring performances from: 

Seán O’Callaghan, Euphonium and Ciara Moroney, Piano 
AIbhlinn Bott, Harp 
Yevlaliia Yershova, Violin and Ciara Moroney, Piano 
Tomás O’Hea, Piano 

 

Theatre Encounters | Stack Theatre | 19:00 – 20:00

A variety of individual and ensemble performances, featuring recent graduates and current students of the BA in Theatre and Drama Studies degree at MTU Cork School of Music. 

Advisory: This show includes some adult themes.

Nostalgia's Not What It Used To Be by Aideen Wylde - reading excerpt 

In 2022, Aideen Wylde was commissioned by Asylum Productions to write a new play for her hometown of Clonmel which spoke to the dereliction crisis facing many towns across the country. Part-fever-dream, part-flash-mob, EVERYTHING MUST GO! enjoyed a sell-out run to audiences willing to experience theatre in a long-disused supermarket dominating the streetscape at the heart of the town.  

The collaboration between the two continues in 2027 with the development of a brand-new production for Clonmel Junction Festival - Nostalgia's Not What It Used To Be. The second of a trilogy of works written specifically for the town, the piece will be delivered as usual by a talented cast of local Citizen Performers. 

Asylum Productions "...make unusual theatre in unusual spaces, with unusual people, usually outside of a theatre, often in rural Ireland, usually with people that don’t usually work in theatre." Their aim is to create extraordinary acts of performance and community, empowering others to join in making great art. 

Aideen Wylde is an actor, writer and lecturer in Theatre and Drama at MTU CSM. 

 

Beautiful Little Robin by Davide Marinelli, excerpt  

Written & presented by current students and graduates of the BA in Theatre & Drama Studies at MTU Cork School of Music 

Beautiful Little Robin is a psychological drama that explores a hidden relationship between two men that find themselves in irreparable chaos. In attempts to repair the “mess”, they examine the fragile boundaries between reality and illusion. The couple are led back to a single incident that uncovers the harrowing reality behind their romance. 

The performance features a collection of moments within Man B's journey as he navigates the world of the play. He recites a refrained poem of admiration to his lover and then recounts memories of their time together. 

The full show will be performed on the 29th and 30th of September at the Cork Arts Theatre, for tickets and more info, visit: https://corkartstheatre.com/event/beautiful-little-robin/  

 

"Songs for Shelley" | Curtis Auditorium | 21:00 – 22:00

The Fleischmann Choir and Irish Project Ensemble join forces to present the second instalment of “Songs for Shelley”, a recital given in memory of Michèle de Foubert, a founding member of the choir for over thirty years. Featuring choral works by Mozart and Arvo Pärt, iconic jazz standards and newly commissioned arrangements, join us for what promises to be an unforgettable musical experience.

Free admission but ticketed (tickets available at the Box Office from 19:00).

 

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