Established in 1991 Corcadorca Theatre Company has produced over 30 shows. We take theatre out of traditional venues and bring it into unexpected places. Corcadorca has staged productions all over Cork city and county, in sites as diverse as Fitzgerald’s Park, the Guy’s building, Patrick’s Hill, the original Ford factory, Sir Henry’s nightclub and Cork city’s courthouse.

Corcadorca allow exposure to international theatre to influence our work, establishing ongoing links with some of the world’s leaders in the field of off-site theatre. In 2005, as part of Cork Capital of Culture over 17,000 people enjoyed the free tickets for Corcadorca’s Relocation. This programme saw us invite leading off-site theatre companies from Poland, France and the UK to stage a series of premiere productions in city centre sites such as the Elizabeth Fort, the Grand Parade and the city morgue.

Whether we are taking on the classics texts of Shakespeare and Bücher or work by a new writer Corcadorca produces exciting and innovative theatre. For the last three years our shows have sold within days. We’ve shown to 2,500 in one night for ‘The Trial of Jesus’ and to over 6,000 for the run of ‘The Tempest’. From the epic to the intimate, our shows are popular with a hugely diverse audience base.

Corcadorca foster new writing, establishing ongoing links with both national and international playwrights. We aim to operate an open-door policy, providing advice and support to theatre practitioners. To this end we have established a Register of Cork based actors available to anyone casting in the Munster region.

Awards

2007
Woyzeck was nominated for Best Production and Best Lighting in the 2007 Irish Times Theatre Awards.

2006
The Merchant of Venice received two Irish Times Theatre nominations, in the categories of Best Production and Best Director.

2006
Corcadorca and sponsors Murray O’Laoire Architects were nominated by Business 2 Arts for Best Collaboration in the Community for The Merchant of Venice.

2001
Toyota dealer Cogan’s of Carrigaline won Best First Time Sponsor category for their support of Corcadorca’s production of The Trial of Jesus. And Corcadorca was awarded the Business2Arts Award for its imaginative use of sponsorship by Cogan’s of Carrigaline.

2001
Special Judges Award, Tilestyle Business 2 Arts Awards

1998
Nominated for the "Irish Theatre Award". (Corcadorca was nominated for the Irish Theatre Award 2001 for its innovative staging of the Trial of Jesus, in a special judges award.)

1997 Steward Parker Award

1997 George Devine Award

1997 Scotland on Sunday Critics Award

1997 Observer Play of the Year

1996 Tyrone Guthrie / Cork Corporation regional bursary

1996 Best Fringe Production Dublin Theatre Festival

1994 Mary Robinson Goodman Theatre Chicago Fellowship

1994 Arts Council Playwrights Award — The Ginger Ale Boy

1995 Project Grant Award — A Clockwork Orange

1995 Arts Council playwright Award — Disco Pigs