What's on Cork city and county's stages this week?

COMEDIAN Sarah Millican with Late Bloomer is completely sold out at the Opera House tonight (Thursday, March 14), but there are still tickets for Friends In Low Places, the ultimate Garth Brooks tribute show, tomorrow night.

Paddy’s Day is marked by Caint, Ceol & Craic, presented by St Vincent’s GAA Club, and featuring Joe Corbett, the St Vincent’s Male Voice Choir, Anthony Cotter, Michelle Fitzgerald, Lottie O’Driscoll Murray, and the Children’s Choir from Gaelscoil Pheig Sayers.

Plus, on the sporting side, St Vincent’s own Amy O’Connor, Gemma O’Connor, Davy Fitzgerald, and Dónal Óg Cusack.

Eoin Sheahan from Newstalk’s Off The Ball is MC and that show starts at 7pm, with only a few tickets left as we write.

Bank Holiday Monday brings Cliona Hagan with The Dolly Songbook.

Opera House bookings on 021 4270022 or www.corkoperahouse.ie

You just might get lucky with a ticket for David O’Doherty’s Tiny Piano Man tonight (Thursday) at Everyman - they managed to get this extra date after his booking on Saturday night next sold out immediately.

Eddi Reader is at Everyman tomorrow (Friday) night, while Tuesday to Friday next week brings Hamlet - Cybermadness, Cyclone Rep’s newest production of the classic Shakespeare text, with relevance for young audiences. 9.45am and 1pm daily.

Call 021 450 1673 or see www.everymancork.com.

Unmasked ’24, from CADA Performing Arts, opens at the Cork Arts Theatre on Tuesday, March 19, running until Saturday, March 23. Performers from the tender age of three upwards will share their magical energy in an evening of dramatic art. Or rather several evenings, as it’s different every night! 7pm start, plus additional matinee Saturday at 2.30pm.

Call 021 450 5624 or see www.corkartstheatre.com.

And now to some lively shows coming up in county Cork venues. A golden Keane oldie at the Glen Theatre in Banteer next Sunday and Monday. The Rain At The End Of The Summer was premiered by the Southern Theatre Group, first at Dublin’s Gaiety in the summer of 1967, then at our own Opera House, before it went on tour around the country.

The strong Cork cast included Dermot Crowley, Michael Twomey, Abbey Scott, Mairin Morrish, and Eilish McSweeney, with James N. Healy as the domineering parent of a family falling apart.

Given Banteer’s expertise in Keane productions (remember their Many Young Men of Twenty?) this one has got to be seen. “It’s a play very relevant in today’s society,” says producer Tadgh O’Keeffe. March 17/18 at 8pm, Bookings: 029 56239 or 087 755 8752.

In Aghada, Hubcap Theatre is presenting The Parish on Saturday, March 23, as a fundraiser for Corkbeg AFC in Whitegate.

“Our clubhouse and shop were badly damaged by Storm Babet in October,” says Jim Reaney, chairman of Corkbeg AFC.

The fundraiser offered by the kindness of Hubcap, with the assistance of Aghada Community Theatre Group.

Seats are going like hot cakes, apparently, so if you haven’t got yours, hurry up! 8pm start, and there is free parking alongside the community centre. See www.gr8events.ie.

Also on March 23, the West Lodge Hotel just outside Bantry will play host to Killarney Theatre Company presenting a very topical play, Stones. A beautiful valley is about to be ruined by development. Sheep farmer Dan, and nutty English professor, Conrad, set out to save the countryside, but just how far will the dynamic duo go to stop the wind turbines and destruction?

From Glengarriff playwright, Ray O’Sullivan who brought you The Rise and Rise of the Healy-Raes, A Papal Blessing, and Weight Watching. Tickets from hotel reception (027-50360/ westlodgehotel.ie) or on Eventbrite.ie.