Pool (No Water)
Cork City, Co. Cork
12 June - 27 June 2026
Pool (No Water) is a shocking and savage play about friendship, ambition, jealousy and art. Staged in an empty swimming pool beneath The Metropole Hotel, this new production blurs the boundaries between installation, physical theatre and live art.

“I suppose it was one of the happiest nights of my life”

A group of artists, an exciting trip abroad, an event that distorts everything.

Pool (No Water) is a shocking and savage play about friendship, ambition, jealousy and art.

Directed by The Everyman’s Artistic Director Des Kennedy, with movement by internationally acclaimed Cork choreographer Luke Murphy.

Mark Ravenhill is one of Britain’s leading contemporary playwrights. His other work includes the plays Shopping and F**cking, Some Explicit Polaroids and Shoot/Get Treasure/Repeat.

An EVERYMAN MADE production in association with Cork Midsummer Festival and The Metropole Hotel

Event details
Dates
12 June - 27 June 2026
Time
Start 19:00End 20:15
Price
25
Contact details
Patrick's Quay entrance to Metropole Swimming Pool, Victorian Quarter, Cork, Co. Cork, T23 YC63, Ireland
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