27/07/2026
Nope, it's not a Christmas announcement, BUT, we're posting to tell you the Improv Panto gang bring you CRAIC! The Improv Irish Play to the Cork Arts Theatre this August 18-22.
This is every classic Irish play you’ve ever seen and yet nothing you have ever witnessed before!
We’re taking the sharp tongues of the tenements and the high-stakes feuds of the rural West and setting them on fire. Each night, the audience hand-pick the players from an arsenal of Irish stereotypes you’ve all seen before. From the pining Widow to the sharp-tongued Barkeep, the begrudging Priest, to the mysterious Stranger, you decide who faces the music. Will there be a blood-feud over a boundary ditch, a secret pregnancy, or a civil war in the snug!?
Featuring all your favourite improvisers: Laura O Mahony, Dominic MacHale, Laura Harte, John McCarthy and Declan Wolfe, with musician Dylan Howe conjuring haunting pipes and foot-stomping jigs on the fly.
Expect craic, razor-sharp wit, wild Irish dancing, and a total lack of restraint. No script. No safety net.
Prepare for Cork Arts Theatre’s most riotous, and unhinged summer highlight of the season!
Craic! The Improv Irish Play
Tuesday 18th – Saturday 22nd August at 8.00pm
📍 Cork Arts Theatre
Book now: https://corkartstheatre.com/event/craic-the-improv-irish-play/
“If you want a night out that’ll have you laughing ’til you cry, this is it” – Cork’s 96FM
Running time: 2 hours incl. an interval.
Not suitable for under 16s.
