Our Purpose.
Help Us Bring a Theatre Back to Life for Cobh and the Great Island!
Great Island Theatre is restoring a derelict historic hall into a permanent community theatre for Cobh and Great Island.
About Great Island Theatre
Great Island Theatre is a community-led project to create a vibrant, accessible theatre in the heart of Cobh — built by the community, for the community.
Our future home is the Old Parochial Hall, secured and held in trust. We are now at a pivotal stage: raising the funds needed to complete the purchase and transform this historic building into a fully functioning theatre.
The theatre will seat 100 people, with approved parking in the nearby Cathedral Car Park, and will support a wide range of performances — from drama and music to dance, spoken word and community events.
The space will include a fully equipped stage with professional lighting and sound, a welcoming entrance on Roches Row, and accessible changing rooms and facilities — all designed with inclusivity and community participation at its core.
Our mission is simple:
to advance the performing arts on Great Island by giving local groups a permanent home to create, perform and connect.
Haulbowline Theatre Group presents an evening of dark comedy and poignant drama at Christchurch Rushbrooke.
A Small Family Murder by Simon Brett, directed by Pat Mahony, follows a police investigation into the suspicious death of an elderly woman. As her husband and two sons are questioned, family secrets begin to surface in this sharply observed black comedy.
The Nightingale and Not the Lark by Jennifer Johnston, directed by Ann Gibbs, takes us inside a darkened theatre, where its caretaker reflects on her life onstage and the successful actor who returns to her through memory.
📅 22nd–24th October 2026
🕗 8pm
📍 Christchurch Rushbrooke
🎟️ Tickets: €15
Great Island Theatre
Great Island Theatre
Contact us
EMAIL : info@greatislandtheatre.ie
Old Parochial Hall,
King’s Terrace,
Church Street, Cobh, Co. Cork