Advertising creates brand awareness, but sponsorship creates brand experience!
Why Sponsor the Arts?
Sponsorship is about engaging with your customers in a space they feel passionately about. It is a sensitive business more so now than ever, as we become cynical in response to having their personal space infringed upon by intrusive ads and logos. Being sensitive to the integrity of arts forms is what we are all about and as a sponsor this sensitivity and integrity rubs off on your brand giving it authenticity and winning you loyalty. Sponsoring the Arts ensures your brand is fully integrated with the experience and our patrons see you as the force which made that moment of magic happen. Why watch from the side-lines when you can take centre-stage?
1) Enhance your corporate reputation in the community
2) Inject authenticity to your brand
3) Engage with your customers on a personal level
4) Bring creative thought into your business
5) Develop your cause-related marketing strategy
Achieve all this with a well picked arts sponsorship and a clever activation strategy.
Why Sponsor Cork Opera House?
Cork Opera House has been part of the fabric of cultural life in Cork city for over 150 years. By positioning your brand name with a well established brand deeply rooted in the hearts of Cork people, you will not only assume a strong community image and prestige but you will benefit from hospitality, advertising, PR and promotional opportunities surrounding the sponsorship.
We have an extensive track-record of delivering a healthy return of investment on sponsorships and we have worked with some of the biggest brands in the world. Please get in touch to find out more about which opportunities are currently available.
BE PART OF THE SHOW
You are invited to take a seat in our new auditorium as a Seat Sponsor.
Cork Opera House received funding from the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism and Cork City Council to carry out long-overdue refurbishments of its 1000 seater auditorium, re-opened on 10th June 2009 by President Mary McAleese. Some seats in our auditorium had been therelese since the new Opera House was built in 1965!
The Sponsor a Seat campaign aims to raise money to bridge the shortfall in public funding and gives the people of Cork an opportunity to get involved and be acknowledged as a supporter for all our patrons to see.
There are still plenty seats left to sponsor! With your gift of €500 for a single seat or €750 for a pair of seats, you can play your part in the refurbishment of one of Cork's iconic buildings. In acknowledgement of your donation a plaque carrying your dedication will remain on the back for the lifetime of the seat. A certificate suitable for framing can be sent to you on request. Download brochure
OCCASIONS FOR SPONSORING A SEAT
You can use this unique opportunity to make a gift for a loved one on Valentine's Day, your wedding anniversary or Christmas. Sponsoring a seat is a wonderful way to commemorate a special event such as an engagement, marriage, the birth of a child or as a memoriam to honour a loved one who loved theatre.
The new seats have been installed! 1000 new seats in the stalls and dress circle offer patrons comfort and style and an altogether more enjoyable experience.
WHAT ARE THE TAX BENEFITS?
Full tax relief is available for our Seat a Seat scheme under the provisions of Section 848A Taxes Consolidation Act 1997. Cork Opera House is a registered charity no 17029. Please enquire for further details.
THANK YOU TO ALL OUR SEAT SPONSORS
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Gerry Barnes
Anthony Barry
Mitchell Barry
Peter & Margaret Barry
Barry Design
Barry M. O’Meara & Son
Sheila Beecher
Lord Mayor Brian
Bermingham
Máire Brady
Brown Thomas, Cork
Bishop John Buckley
Tom & Barbara Carroll
Dr. Tom Cavanagh
City Print
Cllr. Catherine Clancy
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Marie Houlihan
Aileen Hyde
Independent Workers Union
James Lucey & Sons
Fiona Kearney
Mnister Billy Kelleher
Marie Kelleher
Sarah Kelleher
John Kenefick
Cllr. Lorraine Kingston
Catherine Kirwan
Monica Loughman
Clayton Love Jnr.
Dermot Lovett
Barry Lynch
Kathleen Lynch
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Máirín Quill
Radisson Hotel, Cork
Rea Sound
Rose Reaney
Rochestown Park Hotel
Cllr. Terry Shannon
Cllr. Mary Shields
Cllr. Annette Spillane
Top Oil
Máire Úi Dhubhgáin
Tara Vernon
Maud Vernon
W. O’Brien Plant Hire
Damian Wallace
Dan Wallace
Whazon Cork
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Clarion Hotel
Deirdre Clune T.D.
Charles Colthurst
David & Ann Condon
Cork Business Association
Cork’s 96 Fm
Cllr. Jim Corr
Pat & Cathy Cox
Cllr. Denis Cregan
Brian Crowley M.E.P.
Patricia Desmond
Michael Dillon
Douglas Renault
Conor Doyle
Pat Egan
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Heather MacKeown
Tom McCarthy
McCutcheon Mulcahy
Cllr. Laura McGonigle
Michael McGrath
Mairéad McSweeney
Nora McSweeney
Marian Mullins
David Murphy
Stacey Murray
Murray O’Laoire Architects
Claire Nash
Viv Nathan Jnr.
Maróg & Sally O’Brien
Cllr. Mick O’Connell
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Tim Falvey
Mary Feehily
Maurice Fenton
Pat Fenton
Ann FitzGerald
Jim FitzGerald
Roger & Alison Flack
Alan Foley
Gibbons Electrical & Alarms
Dermot Gleeson
Michael Gleeson S.C.
Cllr. Patricia Gosch
Healy Kelly Turner &
Townsend
Pat & Anne Hegarty
David Holland
Anne L. Horgan
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Val O’Connor
Fachtne O’Driscoll
Karen O’Driscoll
James O’Driscoll S.C.
Cllr. Ken O’Flynn
O'FLynn Construction
Minister Batt O’Keeffe
Dermot F. O’Mahony
Gerry O’Malley
Dekki O’Mullane
Clare O’Regan
Kevin O’Regan
Miriam O’Riordan
Port of Cork
Poster Displays
Print Pro
Ita Quill
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Get the best seats in the house and call them your own!
Cork Opera House’s four private corporate boxes (Verdi, Puccini, Mozart, and Bizet), offer sponsors an excellent opportunity for you to entertain your clients and colleagues, and indeed friends and family for that exclusive night out. A sponsorship package can be tailored to meet the needs of your entertaining or marketing objectives and may include:
8 box tickets for the opening night of ALL shows for 1 year
VIP Service including champagne on ice and bar service. Canapé/buffet menus and bar tab facilities are available on request.
Complimentary tickets for the Annual Pantomime
Complimentary tickets for selected shows at the Half Moon Theatre, our intimate, rear of house theatre
Complimentary hire of the Blue Angel Lounge, our top-floor front of house bar with spectacular views over the river
Discounts on exclusive use of the Blue Angel Lounge
Discounts on Advertising Rates
Discounts on subsequent box bookings
VIP Priority booking for shows outside of your opening night
Advance Notice via e-mail of shows and events
Box Sponsor Branding on website, supporter’s board and signage at your box
Box Sponsor Publicity including photocall announcement
*** The Mozart box is currently available. ***
Get in touch!
The Cork Opera House brand offers a highly effective and affordable investment opportunity for corporate sponsors. Opportunities include full title sponsorship of a show, a touring production or series and one-off performance sponsorship.
Link your company name to a show which attracts your target audience from our wide ranging programme including panto, drama, dance, opera, comedy, musicals, concerts and family & educational shows. Packages can be tailor-made to suit the business and marketing objectives of your company.
Sponsoring a show at Cork Opera House will give your company unprecedented exposure and specifically;
Unique brand identity and association with a show/event
Corporate branding on promotional materials
In-venue branding
Advertising across newspaper, magazine, poster and outdoor, electronic and radio media associated with a show
Excellent PR coverage
Exclusive corporate hospitality packages, including VIP ticket allocations, corporate box tickets and use of the Blue Angel Lounge for private receptions pre or post-show
*** Title sponsorship, touring production and performance sponsorship opportunities are currently available ***
We actively seek grant support and corporate donations from partners and businesses to continue the valuable work of our Education and Community Programmes. For further information on how to become an Education Mentor and support our work, see Education & Community Outreach.
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