What's on Cork stages this week? 

JD Steps Dance School presents its End of Year Showcase at the Everyman tonight.

A spectacular production is promised, performed by the school’s talented students aged from four up, from no fewer than 7 different locations – Aghada, Conna, Castlelyons, Kildorrery, Fermoy, Rathcormac and Ballindangan. 7pm start for this one, and tickets are going like hot cakes!

Neil Delamere is sold out tomorrow night, but they have managed to get him back on September 25, so try for that one quickly.

After a sold-out performance last year, David Nihill, winner of the prestigious San Francisco Comedy Competition, returns to The Everyman this Saturday with his brand-new show, Taking Tangents. His show draws on his wide travel experiences.

On Sunday, ACA Performing Arts Academy presents Fusion, an exciting blend of creativity, passion and performance, bringing together all students from the Baby Bop Club right through to adults, in a vibrant production. Shows at 12.30pm and 5.30pm.

If you’re concerned about paying the bills (and who isn’t?), head to the Everyman next Wednesday to hear tips and tricks from expert Eoin McGee in How To Tackle Your Finances.

And on Thursday, May 28, it’s that most worthwhile event, Jokes For Stroke, the annual fundraiser from Cork Stroke Support. Chris Kent has brought together a bundle of comedy legends including Ross Browne, Andrew Ryan, Cornelius O’Sullivan, Roger O’Sullivan, Sinead Quinlan, Breda Hegarty, Paul Crowley, Aaron McCarthy and Mannadh.

All bookings on www.everymancork.com or 021 450 1673.

There are only a few tickets left for Applause 2026, the end of year show from the Montfort College of Performing Arts, which runs at the Opera House from tomorrow until Sunday. This song and dance extravaganza will feature more than 1,500 students from all over our city and county, with performances at different times, so check it online or with the box office.

And next week, Tuesday-Thursday, one to delight the younger theatregoers, Peppa Pig’s Big Family Show, again at various times, morning and afternoon.

All bookings for the Opera House on 021 427 0022 or www.corkoperahouse.ie.

At Cork Arts Theatre until Saturday, Storytime presents Patient:Soldier, written by Barra Fitzgibbon and Katherine White, directed by Daniel Clarkson, and performed by Katherine White.

Black death, Spanish flu, cholera - now it’s 2020, and there’s a new plague in town. A darkly funny, but always true story of an Irishman’s fight for life and love in an overwhelmed hospital.

From Tuesday to Saturday next week, Diva stars Irene Kelleher and Laura Harte in a story of a professional career woman with a past, and a no-nonsense female garda who stops at nothing to get the truth. See www.corkartstheatre.com or call 021 450 5624.

Tomorrow night at the Briery Gap in Macroom, join Leevy as they debut their maiden album, Baile Mhúirne or The Soldiers March the Paps of Anú. 8pm.

On Monday and Wednesday next week, May 25 and 27, it’s cinema time there with Stand By Me - a timeless coming of age story which is based on a novella by Stephen King. 083 143 6884 or www.brierygap.ie.

Mick Creagh is at the Glen Theatre in Banteer this Saturday with C’mere Till I Tell Ya A Good One. 8pm. Call 029 56239 or see www.glentheatre.ie/contact.

Finally, it’s just a week to the fifth When Next We Meet Festival, which returns to Raheen House in Clonmel May 29–31.

Headlined by The Waterboys and Mick Flannery and Susan O’Neill, the packed music programme runs alongside a Makers’ Market, a curated Food Yard, and, new this year, Root & Rise, with guided yoga and breathwork sessions. All the info and booking on www.whennextwemeet.ie.