Cork Midsummer Festival is extending into Cork County this year and we are delighted to have one of our highlight events opening in Youghal on Thursday June 19th. Sensazione is a mix of the carnival, theatre and fairground all rolled into one with the rides powered by you, the audience.

Sensazione The theatrical fairground
Imagine a fairground that runs off your energy. A high-octane carnival that’s a cross between a night at the circus and the thrill of the funfair.
Once through the gateway the audience, transported to a world of fairground folk with fantastic tales, are free to roam, following the performers from location to location and enjoying the array of custom fairground rides all made from recycled materials. In the true spirit of climate change all the energy to operate the rides comes form the patrons of the funfair….even the lighting.

A globascope, a ferris wheel, a merry-go-round, or a visit to the fairground fortune teller, are all activities on offer, ……the funfair, the carnival, theatre and circus all rolled into one fantastic spectacle that is Sensazione!

Laika is an international theatre company based in Antwerp that creates a ‘theatre of the senses’. Time Circus, also from Antwerp, specialise in building innovative theatre machines.

The Sensazione tour of Ireland is a co-production between Cork Midsummer Festival, Junction Festival and Earagail Arts Festival.

Awarded 1st prize Tarrega International Theatre Festival 2007

Venue St. Catherine’s Street Car Park, Youghal Town Centre, Co. Cork
Dates Thursday 19th – Sunday 22nd June @ 6.30pm, 7.45pm and 9.00pm
Tickets €16/14

There will be an Outside Broadcast from Sensazione on Saturday 21st, Today FM will be broadcasting LIVE from Catherine St carpark.
Belgium – Circus/Family/Take Part
Laika & Time Circus

Venue Mardyke Walk (next to cricket ground), Cork City
Dates Thursday 26th – Sunday 29th June @ 6.30pm, 7.45pm and 9.00pm
Tickets €16/14

Note 12 years old and up

Festival Director “Why I chose this?” Whatever your age, whatever your walk of life, Sensazione is a great experience. Pure, unadulterated fun. One visit to this fairground won’t be enough. We are also pleased to bring Sensazione to Youghal in county Cork, the home of the Irish funfair.