Theatre Nights: Comedy, music... or catch a ballet

Comedian, author and Tiktok sensation Serena Terry is at the Opera House tonight with her new show, Therapy.

In it, she shares the different ways she has endeavoured to improve her physical and mental health, as well as being a busy mum who is about to turn 40.

Enjoy a night of searingly honest hilarity that will provide more than a bit of therapy for yourself!

Breathe – The Pink Floyd Experience is selling fast for tomorrow, while they are down to the last few seats for Remembering Joe Dolan on Saturday. All those at 8pm.

There is a chance to see Sofia City Ballet with their beautiful production of Swan Lake on Sunday, at 2pm or 7pm, while on Monday it’s the Kiely Walsh Academy of Dance with Celtic Beats. 7pm.

Kyla Cobbler with Not My Lemons from Tuesday to Friday next week is sold out.

Call 021 427 0022 or see www.corkoperahouse.ie.

That children’s delight, Zog, the story of a brave little dragon, is hauling ’em in at the Everyman right now. Running until Saturday, at different times: Thursday and Friday, 10.30am and 4pm; Saturday, 10.30am, 1.30pm and 4pm. Book quick!

Neil Delamere is sold out on Saturday for Reinventing The Neil, the same for his booking on May 22, but they have got another date out of him for September 25.

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

Mary’s Hopes And Dreams, written and performed by Michael Ryan and Seán Kelleher for Hubcap Theatre, is now providing plenty of laughs at the Cork Arts Theatre with its exploration of life in contemporary rural Ireland. Until Saturday at 8pm.

On Tuesday and Wednesday next week, (Patrick’s Night and the 18th) the Montfort College of Performing Arts stage The Periodicals, about a group of young people who live as a feral group of techno-savvy fugitives, surviving off the land – which is a rubbish dump. 7.30pm start.

And from Thursday to Saturday, March 19-21, the same Montforts present A Grand Night For Singing, with everything from the bright lights of Broadway to the magic of the West End. 7.30pm again, with a matinee also on Saturday at 2.30pm. Great things coming out of that College! 021 450 5624 or www.corkartstheatre.com.

Coming up at the Briery Gap in Macroom this weekend, two great films from IFI, Rún Cheanannais Mhóir (The Secret of Kells) on Sunday at 3pm for the kids, and Báite on Monday at 8pm for those who love an Irish murder thriller.

On Friday, March 20, there is a rare chance to see Hamlet live from the National Theatre via satellite link. This is a contemporary version in which a young prince, surrounded by power and privilege, starts asking questions. Olivier Award winner Hiran Abeysekera stars.

Down at Rossmore, the 63rd West Cork Drama Festival gets underway this Sunday, with Memory Lane Theatre Company, Holycross Ballycahill, Brideview, Kilmeen, Gaggin, Gorey, and Nenagh all competing for that coveted prize. 086 488 1086 or info@rossmoretheatre.com.

This Saturday, March 14, City Limits – The Cork Comedy Club hosts Patrick Murray and his guests. One of the top acts in Ireland right now. Tickets on the door from 8pm to 9pm or email tickets@thecomedyclub.ie.

If you missed Key For Two at the grand little Glen Theatre in Banteer last week, you have one more chance to see it on Patrick’s Night, next Tuesday. Written by John Chapman and Dave Freeman, and directed by Tadhg O’Keeffe, it’s the story of divorcee Harriet, who dates two married men on different days of the week. Then her friend Anne unexpectedly turns up, hotly pursued by her husband (and Harriet’s ex-lover), closely followed by two irate wives in search of stray husbands… Great fun. 029 56239, ext.1 or theglentheatrebanteer@gmail.com.