Tom Keating Presents in association with the Cork Folk Festival…
Sharon Shannon, Frances Black and Mary Coughlan unite for a unique show bringing together their collective talents.
Sharon Shannon, Frances Black and Mary Coughlan are some of the most successful female artists Ireland has to offer and are no strangers to each other, having performed and recorded together as an integral part of the successful Woman’s Heart albums and tours. The three artists will play a set each with their own musicians, performing many of their greatest hits before joining each other on stage together at Cork Opera House to complete the night.
Sharon Shannon received worldwide recognition with the song ‘Galway Girl’ from the Hilary Swank movie, PS I Love You. Traditional Irish music is Sharon’s background, but she has been fearless in her musical exploration, having defied genres and woven her unique style through country, French-Canadian reggae, hip-hop, dance and classical.
When Nanci Griffith called Frances Black “the sweetest voice of Ireland,” she was paying tribute to someone who has been one of Ireland’s best-loved and most enduring artists since the late 80s, with a string of best-selling albums, awards and other accolades behind her. The extent of Frances’ popularity and talent has been reflected in the awards and accolades that she has received for her albums and live performances.
Mary Coughlan is the only singer these shores have produced to rival the greatest of European cabaret and American jazz club blues because of one thing: her voice. She is unique in blending the whisky-blurred, smoke-seared, husky notes and laconic wit of Billie Holiday and Peggy Lee and the line of deep, down and dirty blues singers back to Memphis Minnie and Bessie Smith with the sardonic, bitter-sweet defiance and despair of the Piaf chanteuse, born out of war, in the shadow of Brecht, at war with the world, men, and finally, herself.
This is an evening of Irish female talent not to be missed.
Tickets €32.50. Booking fees may apply.
Tickets €32.50 + booking fee where applicable
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Cork Opera House is a wheelchair accessible venue.
The main doors have automated access/egress controls.
The ground floor stalls have 4 wheelchair positions: P2, P17/18, P22/23 & P38
We can also accommodate up to 6 wheelchairs in Row Lin the upper circle if required.
PLEASE NOTE:
• These tickets are not available online; please contact the box office on (021)4270022 to book these tickets. We also hold the seat adjacent to wheelchair accessible seats for partners/carers if required.
• Unsold wheelchair accessible seating will be released to non-wheelchair users a number of days before the performance.
• Wheelchair accessible bathrooms are located on the 2nd (top) floor, via passenger lift, and also on the ground floor via wheelchair lift.