Cork Opera House provides balanced popular entertainment with an emphasis on education and outreach activities. A high variety of genres of activity such as opera, drama, dance, concerts, musicals and family productions are received. In addition to that Cork Opera House has enjoyed a long history of producing quality in-house productions across all genres.

The Cork Opera House is the only purpose built opera house in the country, it includes: 1,000 seat auditorium and an orchestra pit that can hold 70 musicians. One of the largest stages in Ireland. The only Wi-Fi control Martin Line Array sound system in Ireland

The Half Moon Theatre, a flexible studio space located to the rear of the main theatre, fosters a more experimental range of interdisciplinary projects, mixing drama with music and comedy.