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 WELCOME 2
GET YOUR TICKETS! 4
BIG NIGHTS OUT 5
SOME PLACE NEW 11
IN STITCHES 23
RHAPSODIES 37
ARTIST SUPPORT 45
BODYSCAPES 51
FESTIVAL CLUB 64

CONTENTS YOUNG RADICALS

PLAYS, PLAYS, PLAYS
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LIMITLESS 85
DAY-BY-DAY 106
INDEX 114
VENUES 115
AWARDS 116
THANK YOU 117
TEAM 118
FRONT COVER SUPPORT US 119
Creative Agency
bigO
Illustrator
SPONSORS 125
Laura Callaghan
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 WELCOME
TO DUBLIN
FRINGE
FESTIVAL 2023
We are excited for you to join us on this captivating
artistic odyssey, where the city of Dublin emerges
as an expansive canvas for endless imagination
and boundless potential. The artists in this year's
programme are the visionary architects who infuse
vitality into every nook and cranny of our thriving
city, weaving a tapestry of boundless creativity,
diversity, and vision.
Prepare yourself for an enrapturing expedition into
the realm of artistic expression, where the potency
of performances, the profundity of narratives,
and the audacity of experimentation will captivate
your senses. Our artists serve as catalysts, master
weavers, and pioneers, seamlessly integrating
their narratives into the very essence of Dublin.
They transcend conventional artistic boundaries,
prompting us to question, reflect upon, and
reimagine the world that surrounds us.
Within the pages of this programme, you will witness
the convergence of cultures, clash of ideas, and
harmonious interplay of diverse perspectives. From
pioneering theatre productions to mesmerising
dance performances, from immersive installations
to unforgettable nights out, each event has been
meticulously curated to ignite your imagination and
leave an enduring imprint on your soul.
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LET’S RENDER
THE CITY
LIMITLESS
Every artist possesses a unique storytelling prowess,
effortlessly evoking emotions that resonate within
us. They remind us that art is not confined solely to
galleries or stages, but rather flourishes within the
city's streets, gardens, and hidden corners. Through
their artistic endeavours, they beckon us to break
free from the constraints of daily life and embrace
the transformative power of artistic expression.
We extend a warm invitation to open your hearts
and minds to the enchantment that lies in wait.
Immerse yourself in Dublin's vibrant energy
as it metamorphoses into a living, breathing
entity, shaped by the boundless creativity and
fervour of these extraordinary artists. Allow
their performances and creations to transport
you to unexplored dimensions, challenge your
preconceptions, and unite you with the universal
language of art.
We sincerely thank you for embarking on this
exhilarating voyage with us. Together, let us
celebrate the artists who liberate our city from
limitations and breathe life into it with their
remarkable work. Welcome to the 2023 Dublin
Fringe Festival, where art defies boundaries, and the
possibilities are truly extraordinary.
David Francis Moore,
IN 2023,
Dublin city has been sleeping, preening, trapping tourists
and consuming cultural hubs. This year festival artists are
holding the map to the light; seeing sprawling complexes,
huddles of artists shifting off the sides, hotels booming
up up up, the echo of dancefloors that once beat through
city nights. In this year’s festival the individual and the
communal meet to activate our city streets, lit by a great
glowing grid, the energy of these stories ready to write the
city into existence, the artists that bring it into being.
The artists in this year’s programme are making moves:
thinking, dancing, laughing, scrawling sense into the streets,
breathing life into our little pop-up town. They’re showing us
the forgotten gust and pulse of the beating ecosystem that
is our city. They’re leaning into the singular, the specific,
inviting us to reimagine our place in our re-expanded world
by examining the minutiae. They’re setting the compass
for how to navigate our newly singular identities in the
playground of our recovered city, exploring how we work,
date, dance, exist.
Dublin Fringe Festival 2023 is busting us out of solitude in
a ball of joyous, communal energy. The artists in this year’s
programme are drawing us through the windows of cramped
Dublin apartments, connecting us to the bloom of nature in
urban spaces, bringing us to secret spaces. Follow their lead.
Bee Sparks,
Artistic Projects Manager 3

Visit fringefest.com to
book now. All tickets must
be purchased online in
advance.
For any ticket enquiries,
contact us at
boxoffice@fringefest.com
or call us on
1800 374 643
Please Note
Please arrive at the venue at least 15 minutes before
show time. Some events may be cancelled at late
notice due to circumstances beyond our control.
You will be eligible for a refund in this instance. No
refund or exchanges unless the event is cancelled.
Transaction fee of €2 per ticket applies to all tickets
and is included in the price. All information in this
brochure is correct at time of publication. Dublin
Fringe Festival CLG reserves the right to make
alterations to the programme and cannot be held
accountable for cancellations, substitutions or
changes.
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BIG NIGHTS
OUT
DUBLIN FRINGE
FESTIVAL 2023
TICKETS ARE
ON SALE
AGE SUITABILITY
Due to mature themes, strong language and nudity, the
content of many Dublin Fringe Festival shows may not
be viewed as suitable for all audiences. You will find shows
suitable for ages 0-18 on pages 65-68 in Young Radicals
and pages 12, 19, 40 and 44 for all ages.
CONTENT WARNINGS
Where applicable, show content warnings can be found on
the show page and in more detail on our website.
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE
If you or a member of your party is a wheelchair user or
requires special assistance at any of our venues please
inform Box Office at the time of booking by emailing
boxoffice@fringefest.com or phone us. Please refer to the
venue page at the back of this brochure or
fringefest.com/venues for accessibility information.
SIGNED & AUDIO PERFORMANCES
For information about ISL interpreted performances go to
page 20. For Audio Described performances go to pages
52, 58 and 96. ISL interpreted (ISL DTP) and Audio
Described (AD) performances are denoted on the Day-By-
Day on pages 106-113.
GROUP DISCOUNTS
Discounts are available for most shows to groups of 10+.
Otherwise, ticket concessions are available in most cases for
students, senior citizens or the unwaged.
JOIN OUR CREW!
Join us as a volunteer (ages 18+) to assist behind the
scenes, from event management to marketing support.
Volunteering with Dublin Fringe Festival offers experience
in the exciting world of festival making. To register your
interest and for more information contact
volunteers@fringefest.com Own the night with after-dark cabaret,
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CLASH AT THE Live music meets the whacky world of
professional wrestling. Join some of DISCO UTOPIA: A wonderful expression of what the world
of drag has to offer! Join four queens

QUAYS! Ireland’s finest musicians; Ahmed, With

Love., KhakiKid, Efé, Negro Impacto, PROTEST and their guests who will transport you
on an unforgettable evening of glamour,
Curtisy and Julia Louise Knifefist, for an all- glitter, art, sequins and show-stopping

Ahmed, With Love. out musical brawl inside the squared circle
of the wrestling ring for this one-night-only Viola Gayvis, Lavender, performances.

Developed at FRINGE LAB.

Presented by Dublin Fringe Festival

experience!
Annie Queeries and Coco Ri Please note Contains loud noise, smoke machines,
Be ready for strong-style and stronger and strobe lighting.
rhythm, with flash, flame and poetry, A Dublin Fringe Festival Commission
Performance Image Lavender
combined with physical poetry in motion.
16 September
18:45, €15/€13 Supported by the PAN PAN Platform at Dublin Performance
Venue Fringe Festival. Fuelled by Four Loko. 22 September
The Complex — The Depot 19:00, €15/€13
Duration Please note Contains loud noise, smoke machines, Venue
210 mins strobe lighting and depictions of violence. The Button Factory
Duration
Image Paula Trojner and Ahmed Karim Tamu
150 mins

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EGG: THE IRISH GAYS AND THEYS: In the name of
cabaret, Ireland through EGG summons her
PROCLAMATION queerest children to her flag to slay for her
freedom…
OF THE IRISH
REPUBLEGG
Presented by Dublin’s spiciest queer
collective, this is part dazzling DIY cabaret,
part musical political rally for a new EGG-
shaped Irish Republic. Join non-binary
Egg revolutionary Aoife O’Connor and the
first transgender member of Cumann na
mBan Pea Dinneen, plus a glittering line-up
A Dublin Fringe Festival Commission of movers, shakers and makers offering
liberation through song, dance, comedy,
drag and more, more, more!
Performance
16 September
19:15, €15/€13 Developed at FRINGE LAB.
Venue
Please note Contains loud noise.
National Stadium — Ringside Bar
Duration Image Anthony O’Connor
150 mins
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COMFORT Dublin’s favourite party starters return to
Dublin Fringe Festival. Riding high on their
CARNIVAL: CODA Radical Spirit Award win in 2019, Selky,
Roo Honeychild and the gang are returning
for a bigger and better show spotlighting
Club Comfort a cross section of the art and music from
the dynamic Irish underground. A careful
curation of new acts will join some returning
Co-commissioned by Dublin Fringe Festival & Project Arts Centre champions from 2019’s lineup.
Alongside this live performance, check
Performance out Club Comfort’s new book which
9 September contextualises dance and radical dance-
14:00 - LATE, €25/€23 spaces in Irish history, in collaboration with
Venue Kate Butler and Project Press.
National Stadium — Ringside Bar
See fringefest.com for full schedule of
events.
Developed at FRINGE LAB. Funded by the Arts
Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon. Winner of the
2019 Radical Spirit Award.
Please note Contains loud noise, smoke machines
and strobe lighting. This performance partially takes
place outdoors, please dress appropriately.
Image Faolán Carey, graphic design by Nick Leao
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 SOME PLACE

NEW
SONGS OF THEYS
MarianMarythe6th
Preview
19 September
20:30, €11
Performances
20 - 24 September
20:30, €15/€13
Venue
Dublin Castle — Chapel Royal
Duration
90 mins

Say goodbye to the gender binary, and

hello to non-binary finary as you join our
choir of theyngels and sing along to your
favourite queer hymns/hurrs/theys, all while
worshipping our Theylord Shesus Christ.
Can I get an A-Them!

Supported by An Grianán Theatre, Co. Donegal.

Please note Contains loud music, smoke machines,

strobe lighting, partial nudity and references to
mental health, suicide, sexual violence, homophobia,
and transphobia.

Image Ciarán Mooney Get lost in some place new - audio

adventures, immersive experiences, live art
10 BIG NIGHTS OUT CABARET - COMEDY - MUSIC installations,
PLAYS PLAYS PLAYS arts spaces and translation 11
 THE GARDEN
OF SHADOWS
Jony Easterby
Presented by Dublin Fringe Festival in
partnership with National Botanic Gardens,
Glasnevin and axis: Ballymun

Performances
14 - 17, 19 & 20 September
20:30 - 22:30 (various times), €18/€16/€13
Other Performances
21 - 24 September
20:00 - 22:30 (various times), €18/€16/€13
Venue
National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin
Duration
60 mins

Step into the National Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin From the artist who brought you Remnant Ecologies in
to a world where art and nature converge, as you last year's edition of the Festival.
explore a series of immersive sound and light
installations. This experience celebrates the beauty Supported by the Welsh Government Office in Ireland and
Wales Arts International.
and interconnectedness of the natural world inviting
you to appreciate a deeper understanding of our Please note Contains the use of smoke machines and strobe
ecological surroundings. lighting. This performance takes place outdoors, please dress
appropriately.
This exclusive nighttime adventure brings you on
a profound sensory journey through the mysteries Image Jony Easterby
of the night. An unforgettable experience as you
navigate this intriguing garden, where nature is seen
on the edge of darkness and light.

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SVARA SEVEN Step into an interactive immersive
installation, one that embodies freedom. A BLUE THUNDER It’s 3am and taxi-driver Brian is not taking
any more fares.
place that encloses, protects and provides

Sal Stapleton support for the inner thoughts, desires and

experiences of a gender fluid entity; the
backbone to their existence.
A Dublin Fringe Festival Commission
Featuring seven reactive light columns that
trigger sounds, all of which, when played,
Performances have a symbiosis to each other. A symbiosis
9 - 11 September
that you the audience member can interact
11:00 - 18:00, Drop-In, Free  with, playing with elements of the world to
Venue
create your own haven.
Temple Bar Gallery and Studios — Studio 6
Please note Contains loud noise and flashing lights.
Image Sal Stapleton
Padraic Walsh  But then his drunk sons show up and
one of them has a plan to do something
horrendous, tonight.
Co-Presented by Cathal Cleary Theatre & Kelly Phelan 
And you’re all coming with him.
Previews
Padraic Walsh’s award-winning immersive
9 September
19:00 & 21:00, €11 play — staged entirely within a minibus at
a city centre location — examines what
Performances
11 - 16 & 18 - 23 September happens when the people who should be
there for you have nothing left to give.
19:00 & 21:00, €15/€13
Meeting Point
Funded by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle
10-13 Thomas St Ealaíon. Supported by The Digital Hub and FRINGE
Duration LAB.
50 mins
Please note This performance partially takes place
outdoors, please dress appropriately.

Image How much for cash, 2021, oil on canvas.

Joshua Miels

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TWO HUNDRED Where do one million Dubliners, six
hundred deer and three lions cross paths? FAD CAMP PODCAST Ireland’s only comedy anti-diet podcast
is bringing their irreverent, hilarious, and

DEER TO EVERY Join celebrity historian Bláthnaid Brennan LIVE revealing stories to the stage in their first
live show for Dublin Fringe Festival. Self-
LION as she embarks into the wild green yonder proclaimed fad diet connoisseurs comedian
of the Phoenix Park. Learn everything
there is to learn. Rigorously researched; Conor Dowling & Grace Mulvey and co-host Conor Dowling
tackle diet culture one crazy diet at a time.
bluehouse theatre pleasantly presented.
Grace Mulvey Ever brought a baked potato to a pub to
But is there only one history? Your tour stay ‘on plan’? Ever gotten a hypnotic
Preview is commandeered by a dreamer with an Performance gastric band to reduce your appetite?
9 September urgent message. There’s a river running 17 September Well, Grace and Conor have. This show is
   
13:00, €11 where the road used to be. The Wellington 18:30, €13/€11 for anyone who has ever stood on a scale,
Performances Monument has exploded. Venue added up points or tried to detox their way
9, 10, 15 - 17, 22 & 23 September The Lir Academy — Studio 2 to happiness.
14:00, 15:00, €15/€13 A play through headphones, live in Phoenix Duration
Other Performances Park. 60 mins Please note Contains references to eating disorders.
10, 15 - 17, 22 & 23 September
Developed at FRINGE LAB and Scene+Heard. Image Luislira
13:00, €15/€13
Supported by Dublin Fringe Festival's Make Space
Meeting Point
for Art fund.
Phoenix Park — Wellington Monument
Duration Please note This performance takes place outdoors
40 mins with some routes taking place off main pathways,
please dress appropriately.

Image Dominic O’Brien

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YOU’RE NEEDY Carrie’s moved into her bathroom. She’s
living on slim noodles, chopped parsley A SYMBIOTIC An evening of weaving individual and
collective experiences through sound. It is a

(SOUNDS baths and Snail-Mucus-Whale-Placenta

Face Masks (™). SYMPHONIC story of connection, of adapting, of place-
making and loss.
FRUSTRATING) Every week she’s visited by a volunteer
MOVEMENT A research-led project initiated and curated
hired to help her reintegrate into society. by Laura Skehan, featuring composers
tasteinyourmouth This week, it’s your turn.
Laura Skehan with Clíona Ní Laoi, Masaya Ozaki and Banu
Çiçek Tülü, who will be performing

Preview
An offsite experience for one audience
member touching on monotony, Clíona Ní Laoi, experimental sonic and music responses to
migrating plant data. Join them after hours
14 September
17:30, €11
meditation, medication, and, of course,
Gwyneth Paltrow. Masaya Ozaki & in the historic Teak House glasshouse of the
National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin.
Performances
14, 15, 19 – 22 September It’s time to peel off those cucumbers and Banu Çiçek Tülü Developed at FRINGE LAB. Supported by Dublin
19:30 & 21:00, €15/€13 take a long hard look at yourself. Fringe Festival’s Make Space for Art fund.
Other Performances Performances
Developed at FRINGE LAB. Supported by Dublin Please note Contains loud noise. Unseated with
16, 17 & 23 September 9 - 11 September limited seating available.
Fringe Festival’s Make Space For Art Fund.
14:00, 16:00, 18:30, 20:30 20:30, €15/€13
Supported by Corcadorca, Pavilion Theatre, Kilkenny
15, 19 – 22 September Arts Festival, Shawbrook Residential, PAN PAN Venue Image Laura Skehan
17:30, €15/€13 Starter Programme and Camden People’s Theatre. National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin —
Meeting Point The Teak House
Pembroke Cottages Please note Contains loud noise, smoke machines, Duration
Duration strobe lighting, partial nudity and references to 60 mins
mental health, suicide, and eating disorders.
35 mins
Image Allie Whelan

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 ISL DEAF
TRANSLATIONS
PROJECT
Lianne Quigley
& ISL Team
Interpreting
A Dublin Fringe Festival Commission

Once in a Lifetime (p71)

11 September
21:00, €18/€16

This is You (p82)

17 September
18:30, €14/€12

HOTHOUSE (p86)
16 September This year’s Dublin Fringe Festival sees the
13:00, €18/€16 foundation of an exciting new commission, led by
artist and Deaf interpreter Lianne Quigley.
Aiming to bridge the gap between the stage and
Deaf audiences, Lianne will lead a specialised
team of Deaf and hearing interpreters as they
offer an enriched, more inclusive Dublin Fringe
for all, through interpreted performances of three
productions.
A celebration of Irish Sign Language (ISL) and a vital
step towards recognising the cultural heritage of the
Irish Deaf Community, this project facilitates and
promotes team-interpreting in the theatre context.
It goes beyond the familiar model of ‘hearing
interpreter signing to Deaf audience’ and brings
Deaf culture, creativity and representation to the
fore.
This pioneering collaboration between Dublin Fringe
Festival and Lianne Quigley marks an important
step closer to a more accessible and inclusive artistic
landscape in Ireland.
Image Paddy Cahill

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 IN

STITCHES
PHASE Whether you are an artist looking for a
space that nurtures your creativity or an
art enthusiast seeking unique and thought-

New Arts Space provoking experiences, you are welcome to

this multimedia creative space. Here, art
flourishes and innovative technology and
Exhibition artistic expression thrives.
9 - 24 September
13:00 - 18:00, Drop-In, Free Come to the exhibition of digital art, short
Performances film, painting and electronic music exploring
9, 16 & 23 September the minds of artists, alongside three
19:00, €15/€13 weekend gigs showcasing the best of live
 
Venue music, traditional and digital art and sound.
Phase Space Arts
Duration Full programme can be found on
120 mins (Performances) fringefest.com

Self funded by artists for artists.

Image Conan Wynne

Uproarious stand-up, alternative and

22 SOME PLACE NEW CURATION - EXHIBITION - PERFORMANCE interactive comedy experiences
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 GRL/LATNX/DEF
Lara Ricote
Presented by Dublin Fringe Festival

Performances
16 & 17 September
21:00, €18/€16
Venue
Project Arts Centre — Space Upstairs
Duration
60 mins

Lara’s a small Latin American girl (woman?) who

won the 2021 Funny Women Stage Award (right,
‘woman’) and is now doing a show about what it’s like
to be Latin and deaf and a girl who’s now a woman
at the same time. You know, minority jokes for
majority crowds.

Winner of Dave’s Best Newcomer at Edinburgh

Fringe 2022.

Represented by IAM.

Image Steve Ullathorne

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TINY PIANO MAN The dishevelled prince of €10 eBay
keyboards tries to make you feel alive B.S. INCORPORATED B.S. Incorporated: Powerful. Ambitious.
Sexy. Business-y.
with a new pageant of laughter, song and

David O’Doherty
occasionally getting up from a chair. It’s
gonna be a big one. Broad Strokes Improv It’s time to whip out the filofaxes and start
breaking that glass ceiling! Dublin’s hottest
all-women improv troupe invites you to
The Lisa Richards Agency. their inaugural business summit for an
Preview Performances
19 September 11 - 14 & 18 - 21 September improvised show unlike any other.
21:00, €14 18:30, €13/€11
Performances Venue Based on your suggestions and presentation
20 - 23 September All My Friends slides they’ve never seen, Broad Strokes
21:00, €18/€16 Duration will perform an entirely improvised keynote
   
Other Performance 50 mins speech. Scandals, allegations and corporate
23 September backstabbing will run riot, but only YOU
13:00, €18/€16 will get to decide the company’s successor.
Venue What could go wrong?
Project Arts Centre — Space Upstairs
Funded by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle
Duration Ealaíon.
60 mins
Image Owen Clarke

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 SOUP Comedian du jour, Alison Spittle is
simmering with jokes and probably rage.
She doesn’t know what the burning

Alison Spittle
sensation is.

Alison is making her triumphant return to

Performances Dublin Fringe Festival fresh from a sell-
13 - 17 September out Edinburgh Festival Fringe and being
20:45, €16/€14 voted one of British Comedy Guide’s best
Other Performance reviewed shows.
16 September
The Lisa Richards Agency.
13:00,
  €16/€14
Venue Please note Contains references to mental health
Smock Alley Theatre — 1662 and depictions of violence.
Duration
60 mins Image Karla Gowlett

TONY CANTWELL’S Step into the whimsical world of Tony

Cantwell. Renowned for his stand-up

SKETCH SHOW comedy, the man Hot Press called ‘The 2nd
Best Comedian in Ireland’ returns to his
first love with a night dedicated solely to
Performances sketch comedy.
21 - 23 September
 
18:15, €16/€14
Other Performance
Prepare to be captivated by a medley
of music, surreal sketches, cinematic
23 September moments, and puppets! With special
13:00, €16/€14 appearances from familiar faces, this
Venue extravaganza promises an unforgettable
Smock Alley Theatre — 1662 evening of trippy laughter.
Duration
60 mins Aviary Talent.

Developed at FRINGE LAB.

Image Kevin Goss-Ross

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CRAIC DEN AS One of Dublin’s best comedy clubs is
presenting an all new Irish language line-up, STARS See the man with the neck brace sitting
next to you on the bus muttering to

GAEILGE gathering top Irish comedians to stretch out himself. The old woman you have a stand-

Hannah Mamalis
their comedy chops through the medium of off with by your bins every morning. The
Irish. Expect big names, big laughs and big mould growing on your ceiling you start to

The Craic Den Comedy Club Duolingo vibes.

Preview
imagine is winking at you from the corner
of your eye.
From the person with the cúpla focail, those 20 September
Performances who are líofa lofa, to native speakers. Join 21:15, €11 We are all in the gutters. We’ve been here
10 & 17 September us as we have the craic and poke fun at our Performances for a while and we’ve been waiting for you.
20:30, €15/€13 first language. 21 - 23 September
Venue 21:15, €15/€13 Sketch, characters and finding your way
  Image Eddie Mullarkey  
Whelan’s — Little Whelan’s Other Performances back to the end.
Duration 22 & 23 September
Developed at FRINGE LAB and Scene+Heard.  
90 mins 13:15, €15/€13
Venue Image Molly Keane
Project Arts Centre — Cube
Duration
55 mins

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THE SMALL PALE A comedy performance exploring boyhood,
manhood, fatherhood, neighbourhood, FLIRT Tragedy. Strength. Resilience… blah blah
blah. Grace is sick of life being such a

NERD AT THE END sound masculinity, and the looming downer.

Grace Mulvey
apocalypse.
OF THE WORLD Along the way, find out how to use an
What happened to fun, carbs and awkward
flirting? Explore life’s greatest challenges;
old-fashioned obscene gesture to reach out Preview how to get out of bottomless brunch alive,
Colm O’Regan to the Tater Tots, how to redirect racists to
more useful feelings, how to follow in your
14 September
20:30, €11
become an adult woman and still be a
legend.
father’s footsteps but in your own way, and Performances
Preview how to just be a bit more useful. Image Ruthless Imagery
15, 18 - 19 & 21 - 22 September
14
 
September 20:30,
  €13/€11
18:30, €11 The Lisa Richards Agency.
Venue
Performances The Circular
15, 17 - 19 & 21 - 22 September Duration
18:30, €13/€11 60 mins
Venue
The Circular
Duration
60 mins

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ARE YOU MAD A comedic deep dive into one woman’s
paranoia, how it aligns with the paranoia of BUT HE’S GAY The award winning Shane Daniel Byrne is
Irish comedy’s new wonderkid (in his mid

AT ME? generations of women before her and why. 30s). Once considered an exciting talent of

Shane Daniel Byrne

contemporary performance art in Dublin he
Assuming everyone hates you is a fun, messed that up and now he’s a comedian.

Fiona Frawley totally healthy way of going through life,

and Fiona’s here to prove it. Preview Join him for his fierce and fiery début hour
19 September about whatever is wrong with him.
The Lisa Richards Agency.
Preview 20:45, €12
11 September Aviary Talent.
Performances
18:00, €11 20 - 23 September Image Gary Byrne
Performances
  20:45,
  €16/€14
12 - 15 September Other Performance
18:00, €13/€11 23 September
Other Performance 15:00, €16/€14
16 September Venue
13:00, €13/€11 Smock Alley Theatre — 1662
Venue Duration
The International Bar 60 mins
Duration
60 mins

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 RHAPSODIES

CALM How do you keep calm when everything

around you seems designed to wind you up?

John Meagher
This standup show is about what growing
up in the North during the Troubles before
moving to Britain does to you.
Preview
18 September John has to find out why he’s so stressed
18:00, €11 and how to keep his blood pressure down
Performances before a minor heart defect becomes a
19 - 22 September major one!
18:00, €13/€11
Please note Contains depictions of violence.
Other Performance
23 September Image Bekor
13:00, €13/€11
Venue
The International Bar
Duration
55 mins

Musical fantasias, high-octane gigs and

36 IN STITCHES COMEDY mesmerising experiences
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ONLY AN OCTAVE This is a joyous and surprising musical
fantasia, revelling in everything strange and BLACK JAM A showcase of powerful live music and
ballads from Dublin’s alternative composers.

APART beautiful in the coexistence of contrasts. Their experimental dark-wave, Afro-electro

Fried Plantains Collective

grime and hard hitting punk will explore
They express their queer identities through themes of intimacy, esotericism and

Justin Vivian Bond & unique interpretations of classical, pop, and

hybrids of the two, making the gendered Performance
loneliness in our current state of being.

Anthony Roth Costanzo history of the music their plaything, carving

new pathways between opera and politically
15 September
20:00 – LATE, €13/€11
Acts include the Dutch lesbian rap duo
LIONSTORM, gothic sounds and visuals
subversive cabaret. Venue of Nicol Faer and Leo Pellegatta, Coolgirl,
Presented by Gate Theatre and Dublin Fringe Festival BelloBar Cami, melodic mantras from Ruairi
Only An Octave Apart is presented in association Conneely and many more.
with Creative Partners Productions and Justin Vivian  
Preview Bond, Anthony Roth Costanzo, and Zack Winokur.
So, put on your stomping boots and get
5 September
Please note Contains strobe lighting. ready to dance.
19:30, €40/€30/€15
Performances Developed at FRINGE LAB. Supported by
Image Ruvén Afanador
6 - 10 September FRINGE LAB X field:arts and by the Centre
19:30, €45/€35/€15 Culturel Irlandais and Dublin Fringe Festival’s
Venue Romilly Walton Masters Award.
Gate Theatre
Please note Contains loud noise. Unseated with
Duration
limited seating available.
90 mins
Image Ana Lucia Mondoloni

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OSCAILT See the world through the eyes of our
digital natives. THE KING OF ALL We’re obsessed with seeing ourselves from
above. We display aerial photos of our

BIRDS homes, we gather in our masses to watch

Jennifer Walshe
A multi-media composition for sound and men fly, and, every couple of hundred
video by the amazing force of nature that is years, we crown a king.

Co-Presented by Music Network & Dublin Fringe Festival

Jennifer Walshe.
Martha Knight This is a fresh and playful trad gig for voice
Imagine a place where a phone tower is and vocoder. It picks apart our shared
planted next to a holy well and Facebook Preview history with the sky: the years when it
Performance employees at data centres tend beehives remained untouched, those first ventures
11 September
19 September in a nod to medieval monks. No need to into it, and now, our endless climbing: up,
18:30, €11
19:30, €16/€14 imagine it, we are living it. and up, and up.
Performances
 
Venue
14 - 16 September
Samuel Beckett Theatre Co-created with Irish secondary school Developed at FRINGE LAB. Funded by the Arts
21:15, €15/€13
Duration students and performed by Jennifer Walshe Council / An Comhairle Ealaíon. Supported by the
Other Performances PAN PAN Platform at Dublin Fringe Festival and by
70 mins (vocals), Elizabeth Hilliard (soprano), Nick 12 September PAN PAN’s International Mentorship Programme
Roth (saxophone) and Panos Ghikas (multi- 18:30 2021.
instrumentalist/electronics), this piece 15 & 16 September
explores growing up in a world mediated by 13:15, €15/€13 Please note Contains loud noise.
technology. Venue
Image Owen Clarke
Project Arts Centre — Cube
Commissioned by Music Network. Funded by the
Duration
Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon. Supported by
the ESB Energy for Generations Fund. 60 mins

Image Jennifer Walshe

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NOWHERE BETTER Solemn and seductive music for multiple
synthesisers, live and recorded concrète LIFE, ITSELF ÓDÚ brings her one woman album to
Dublin Fringe Festival. Brimming with

THAN THIS PLACE sounds, physical theatre and projected anthemic pop songs, this is a concept album
concrete poetry about people needing a
safe place to call home. Sonic Makeup with a twist — a semi-autobiographical
piece of gig theatre and a debut LP from

Andy Ingamells & Serious and thought-provoking yet Preview

one of Ireland’s brightest new songwriting
talents.

Seán Clancy ultimately uplifting, the performance

combines rich visual imagery with familiar
14 September
18:45, €11 Exploring the highs and lows of living life
domestic soundscapes. Performances outside the norm while the city contracts
Performances 15 & 16 September and friends and communities drift further
Developed at Contemporary Music Centre. away, the tyranny of individual ambition,
9 - 13 September 18:45,
  €14/€12
20:30, €15/€13 Other Performance and the struggle to maintain platonic love in
Image Irene Murphy, The Guesthouse Project
Venue 16 September a world obsessed with romance.
Dublin Castle — Chapel Royal 15:30, €14/€12
Developed at FRINGE LAB.
Duration Venue
45 mins Smock Alley Theatre — Black Box Please note Contains loud noise and references to
Duration mental health.
60 mins
Image Yosef Phelan

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 ARTIST

SUPPORT
PERMISSION What is holding you back creatively? Come
along and journey into a landscape of sound

GRANTED with musical duo Lioba Petrie and Abigail

Smith as they will provide a meditative
space for you to relax and reflect in Dublin

Abigail Smith & Lioba Petrie Castle’s beautiful chapel.

Participate if you wish by sending us your

Preview voice notes in advance or written notes
16 September at the event. This will be used as source
14:00, €11 material for their improvisation. Fill in the
Performances blank ‘I give myself permission to ’
16 & 17 September
20:30, €15/€13 Developed at IMC Cooler Space.
Other Performance Image Brid O’Donovan
17 September
14:00, €15/€13
Venue
Dublin Castle — Chapel Royal
Duration
60 mins

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 FRINGE LAB SUPPORT
FRINGE LAB
FRINGE LAB provides year-round practical and
is both studio artistic support, responding to the needs of the Irish
artistic community with an ongoing schedule of
space workshops, expert masterclasses, networking events,
scratch nights and a host of other activities devoted
and a year- to cultivating connections and expertise for both
developing and established artists. This year, events
round hub for include a Touring Workshop, Fringe Fuse: Love
Incubator curated by Diana Bamimeke, co-presented
artist workshops with Irish Theatre Institute, CREATE,
Dead Centre and The Civic, two Supper Clubs, and
support Elevenses, a monthly open coffee morning.
opportunities. In 2022 FRINGE LAB was delighted to announce
the Break New Ground Bursary, to support an artist
who has not led a project at Dublin Fringe Festival
before, towards developing an ambitious new idea for
live performance. The recipients of this bursary were
Kate Dunne who presents her work Sl(t)áinte this year
and Alessandra Azevedo who is presenting their work
Terra in 2024. For 2023, our resident artists are Nick
Nikolaou, Sam Killian and Trudie Gorman.
SPACE
FRINGE LAB is home to artists all year round,
providing dedicated free rehearsal and workspace
for the development of new work as well as studio
space for hire. Studio 1 is free for the development
of new work; the Workstation office is free for any
artist looking for an office space in town and Studio
2 is available for hire at subsidised rates for artists.
FRINGE LAB also has a host of great equipment
available, from podcasting equipment to self-tape set-
up, so get in touch!
EFFECT
Many of the artists supported through FRINGE LAB
have gone on to debut in Dublin Fringe Festival and
elsewhere. This year’s festival is home to two past
recipients of the Dream On bursary, four past Artist
at Work residents, four past Weft participants, six past
Resident Artists, eight artists who were supported by
FRINGE 50 and many more who have engaged in our
workshops programme and rehearsed in-house.
CONNECT
Contact Artistic Projects Manager Bee if you would
like to find out how we can support you as an artist
email bee@fringefest.com
Photo Rema Hamid performing at Fringe Fuse: Love Incubator
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FRINGE LAB established Artist at Work in 2020. These paid
ARTIST AT WORK
idea development residencies take place with host venues
across Ireland over our festival dates, shining a light on artistic
process and the often invisible work done by artists.
ANDREA WILLIAMS is an Irish-Cape Verdean
multidisciplinary artist based in Cork. She moves between
different mediums such as dance, experimental theatre, visual
arts and directing. Recent work includes Hive City Legacy at
Dublin Fringe Festival 2022, EPG (Exploitation, Power, Greed)
with Olympio, and Dubh for FeliSpeaks. Most of her work is a
search and reconnecting with her lost African heritage as well
as making connections between cultures. She created, and
performed in, UNDEFINED which was presented as part of
Cork Midsummer Festival 2023.
In partnership with CoisCéim, Dublin.
JENNI NIKINMAA is a playwright and theatre-maker from
Finland, based in Inishmore, Aran Islands. She works with
immersive, poetic plays and experiences that often escape
outside traditional theatre space. Currently, she is developing
a play called Sheep, which is about sheep (not about humans.
Or humanity) within the FUEL development programme with
Druid Theatre. She is also writing about bold birds.
In partnership with Interface, Connemara.
CAL MCELWEE is a multi-disciplininary queer theatremaker
based in Belfast, who focuses on representing queer people
in larger than life, fantastical scenarios (like spies and
superheroes). Paper Moon tells the story of a queer kid bringing
their own imaginary fantasy kingdom to life using only paper,
projections and whatever words pop into their head. It discusses
queer escapism, solitude and the simple joy that can come from
just making stuff up.
In partnership with The MAC, Belfast.
GOBLINSGOBLINSGOBLINS is a drag queen and character
comedian who has been confused for neither. Born in the
Dublin cabaret scene their favourite characters are unqualified
passive aggressive monsters. During this residency, they will be
working on Cornucopia Jones Wants You To Succeed! In this piece
you’re invited on a self-help odyssey from a warmly shameless life
coach who wants to empower YOU! with the elite secret of lying.
In partnership with Irish Theatre Institute, Dublin.
CHINEDUM MUOTTO is a multi-disciplinary artist, cultural
producer, researcher, and educator. The multi-disciplinary
nature of his work allows for the weaving of stories that are
elaborate yet simple, and his tireless use of ‘found objects’ or
the colloquial both in the physical and conceptual allows for the
permeation of ideas that mutate across boundaries and space.
Play features heavily within his creative process.
In partnership with Irish Theatre Institute, Dublin.
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ASSOCIATE ARTISTS WEFT
Introducing the Associate Artists for Dublin Fringe Festival 2023. We are thrilled
to welcome Shanna May Breen and Dafe Orugbo to our team. These two exciting In weaving, the Weft is a Dublin Fringe Festival initiative that focuses on
talent development and network building for emerging and
independent artists bring with them a wealth of cross-industry experience and innovative
talents across various art forms. Their unique perspectives, skills, and mentorship will ‘weft’ refers to the early career Black artists and artists of the global majority*.
Responding to the lack of support and holistic
contribute to the growth and development of the Dublin Fringe community. As an
organisation, we have always placed artists at the heart of our compass, and these new roles horizontal threads understanding for Black artists and artists of the global
majority early in their careers in Ireland, the Weft studio
aim to provide improved career sustainability for artists in our city.
that delicately creates space for these artists to learn more about their own
creative habits, develop their artistic skills and take the lead
interlace to in creating their own work on their own terms.

form the woven Weft Studio was first launched in 2022 to address this gap,
by interweaving individual artist supports with practical
foundation, project development opportunities within a community of
peers who have experiences of what it is like to live and work
providing strength in Ireland as a Black artist or artist of the global majority.
This year a group of eight artists will participate in the Weft
and cohesion to a Studio programme from August 2023-February 2024. This
will be led by award-winning writer and creative producer

Dafe Orugbo, a multidisciplinary artist, Shanna May Breen, a performance tapestry on a loom. Shannon Yee, with provocations from international mentors.

boasts an impressive artistic practice and
extensive industry experience. His passion
lies in creating art that centres around the
audience’s experience, as evidenced by his
work with Dublin Fringe Festival and the
Word Up Collective. Dafe’s remarkable
musical career as one half of hip-hop duo
Tebi Rex has garnered international acclaim,
with two albums released and tours across
Ireland, the UK, and Europe. As a writer,
spoken word artist, podcaster, and public
speaker, Dafe covers a range of topics, from
modern-day Ireland to Greek mythology.
His project Filmore! at the 2022 Dublin
Fringe Festival fused interactive art
installations with live performances, drawing
inspiration from internet and meme culture.
Dafe’s commitment to mentorship is
evident in his teaching of hip-hop, spoken
word, and songwriting classes for the Word
Up Collective, impacting the lives of young
people through initiatives like Criunniú
na nÓg, Youth Reach Tallaght, and Music
Generation.
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artist, creates multi-platform artworks to
provoke change. Inspired by nature, place
and community, her projects ambitiously
invite audiences through city streets, back
gardens, beaches and performance spaces.
Shanna demonstrates a unique approach
to stretching out climate conversations
by creating projects that have long-term
impacts. Her previous works such as Root
at Dublin Theatre Festival 2021 and 1000
Miniature Meadows at Dublin Fringe Festival
2020 initiated large-scale native planting
projects across the island of Ireland.
Shanna’s most recent project, GULL, co-
commissioned by the Abbey Theatre and
Dublin Fringe Festival 2022, showcased
the work of multidisciplinary artists in a
celebration of Dublin’s (sea)gulls. Shanna is
currently collaborating on a walking project
titled Walkscape, where she is walking the
length of Ireland in 2023, supported by the
Arts Council of Ireland. Her dedication to
the environment and the arts is reflected
in her mentoring of fellow artists and her
involvement in a solo climate start-up.
*Language note: we use ‘people of
the global majority’ in instances
where we can’t be specific about
ethnicity or background. We have
worked with What If Experiment
to review our processes and
procedures through an anti-racist
lens. Decolonising language and
de-centring whiteness was a key
component of that learning.
In 2023 Dublin Fringe Festival and Earagail Arts Festival
partnered for the first time on a new Weft residency
programme with Afro-Brazilian dancer Alessandra Azevedo
to support the development of her new work Terra and
to build connections with communities and dancers of all
backgrounds across Donegal. Terra will be presented as part
of next year’s festival with the support of our Break New
Ground Bursary.
Want to join the Weft community? Become a member
of the Audience Club and see shows at the festival for
free hosted by Co-Ordinator Khanyisile Mbukwane. Visit
fringefest.com for more information.
If you would like to know more about Weft Studio, please
email weft@fringefest.com.
Weft is proudly funded by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon
with support from the British Council Ireland.
Weft was previously funded by the Arts Council’s Open Call Award
2021 and was conceived through conversations with Origins Eile and
Carys D. Coburn.
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ARTISTNETWORK
18TH ANNUAL INFORMATION
TOOLBOX
Friday 15 September
Each year, Irish Theatre Institute (ITI) runs
the networking event at Dublin Fringe
Festival in partnership with Culture Ireland.
Now in its 18th year, ITI’s INFORMATION
TOOLBOX offers theatre and dance artists/
companies presenting work in Dublin Fringe
Festival 2023 to engage with programmers,
presenters and potential collaborators from
across Ireland and from abroad.
Further details including venue and
time is available on fringefest.com and
irishtheatreinstitute.ie
How it Works
You must register to attend. In advance
of the event, you will be given a timetable
of one-to-one meetings. You’ll have
the chance to meet programmers and
presenters, present your show to venues
and festivals, hear from other artists
about their upcoming work, and build
your network of connections at home and
internationally.
Registration Details
Registration will open on Thursday 13 July
and close on Sunday 27 August.
Capacity is limited — early registration is
strongly advised.
You must be presenting a theatre or dance
show at Dublin Fringe Festival 2023 to
register.
Information Toolbox is supported by the Arts
Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon and Culture
50 Ireland.
BODYSCAPES
SHOW AND TELL
Artist Pitching at Dublin Fringe
Show and Tell is a curated pitching
opportunity for Irish artists for work
that has been made, and work that is in
development. It is an opportunity for artists
not programmed in Dublin Fringe Festival
2023 to pitch their work. It is coordinated
and curated by Culture Ireland and Irish
Theatre Institute in partnership with Dublin
Fringe Festival.
Selection to participate in Show and Tell is
by open call which will be launched later
this summer. Selected artists will share
their projects with an eye to securing
development support, collaborations,
presenting partners, touring opportunities,
and other necessary support. The session
will take place during the festival for invited
national and international presenters and
programmers. Artists will be provided
with training in how to pitch your work in
advance of the presentations.
Details available on cultureireland.ie
DUETS
Irish Theatre Institute (ITI), Fishamble:
The New Play Company and Dublin Fringe
Festival have paused the DUETS initiative
for 2022-3. Through the shifts of the last
two years, ITI, Fishamble and Dublin Fringe
Festival took the opportunity to solicit
feedback and undertake research to identify
the resources and supports now most
needed by the sector.
The DUETS partners are excited to be
announcing the next iteration of our Thrilling feats of dance, circus and
partnership in late 2023. For now, each
partner will continue to support idea and physical performance that you
artist development through our existing and
have to see to believe
new artist support programmes. PLAYS PLAYS PLAYS 51
 THE DAN DAW
SHOW
Dan Daw Creative
Projects
Presented by Dublin Fringe Festival

Performances
22 & 23 September
18:15, €18/€16
Audio Described Performance
23 September
18:15, €18/16
Venue
Project Arts Centre — Space Upstairs
Duration
90 mins (no interval)
Taking ownership of the beautiful mess that Supported using public funding from Arts Council England
encompasses all that he is, Dan lets go of who he through project grants. Originally conceived as part of Jerwood
Choreographic Research Project II and commissioned in
once was to make room for who he wants to be. 2019/20 by Sadler’s Wells, Arts House Melbourne, DanceHub
Birmingham, The Lowry, Déda, Cambridge Junction,
This show is a peep into the shiny and sweaty push DanceXchange and Dance4. Supported by Shoreditch Town
pull of living with shame while bursting with pride. It Hall and Candoco Dance Company.
is about care, intimacy, resilience and joy — about
letting go and reclaiming yourself. A pre-access session is available one hour before all
performances for those who may benefit from it. All
performances are relaxed and captioned.
Joined in an intimate evening of play by performer See fringefest.com for information.
and collaborator Christopher Owen.
Please note Contains depictions of violence, and features loud
Nominated for the 2021 National Dance Awards noise, smoke machines and strobe lighting. See fringefest.com
for extensive list of event warnings.
and the 2022 UK Theatre Achievement in Dance
Award. Image Hugo Glendinning
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HAUS OF FASH HUN A glittering explosion of gut-punching
aerial, heart-pounding electronic music, TEXTURE LIKE SUN This dance-theatre piece follows three
characters as they spiral through their
(some questionable decisions), and of cycles of substance dependency. It is a

FemmeBizarre course… FASH HUN.

Diarmuid Armstrong Mayock
bleak observation of the psychological
process of addiction, with absurd flashes
Magda and Bibi are fierce, they’re fabulous, of humour and dark comedy, switching
Preview they’re dripping in pretence. In truth, Preview between feelings of gloomy despair and
20 September they’re a hot mess. In bits. But this is the 12 September euphoric bliss. The Irish choreographic
18:30, €11 Haus the Huns built, and they’ll do anything 20:00, €13 debut of Diarmuid Armstrong Mayock.
Performances to keep the dream alive. Performance Featuring music by Dee Armstrong (Kila)
21 - 23 September 13 September and Lughaidh Armstrong (Sky Atlas).
18:30, €15/€13 Step into their world for one final showdown 20:00, €15/€13
   
and let them take you on a whirlwind Please note Contains the use of smoke machines and
Other Performance Other Performance themes of addiction.
23 September journey of joyous transformation. 14 September
13:00, €15/€13 13:30, €15/€13 Image Matthew Gorman
Funded by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle
Venue Venue
Ealaíon.
The Lir Academy — Studio 1 Samuel Beckett Theatre
Duration Image Hazel Coonagh Duration
60 mins 60 mins

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WHAT IS NOT OURS Who would you be if you hadn’t tried so
hard to be yourself? SL(T)ÁINTE Incorporating circus, theatre and installation
art, this show immerses the audience into

TO CARRY a ‘body horror’ telling of a culmination of

Kate Dunne
Perception meets liberation as we explore personal experiences of Irish healthcare
the intricacies of the expectations and bias and broader systemic issues. Confronting

Ali Clarke which cloud our daily interactions. Are we

doomed to live in the boxes built for us by Preview
gendered issues in the Irish healthcare
system, the show raises questions
others? 14 September surrounding Irish history and healthcare,
Preview 18:15, €11 the public/private divide, sexuality, and a
21 September Through contemporary dance and live music Performances general lack of listening and understanding
18:30, €13 this immersive performance challenges 15 & 16 September to women’s voices amongst others.
Performance preconceived notions and invites reflection 13:30, €15/€13
 
22 September into the true self. Other Performance Drop in to the exhibition to experience the
18:30, €15/€13 15 September show’s immersive set.
Funded by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle
Other Performance 18:15, €15/€13
Ealaíon and supported by the Mermaid Arts Centre, Supported by FRINGE LAB’s Break New Ground
22 September axis Ballymun and Arts and Disability Connect. Exhibition
Bursary.
13:30, €15/€13 Developed at Uillinn West Cork Arts Centre, the 15 September,
Venue Courthouse Arts Centre, The Tyrone Guthrie 14:45 - 17:15, Drop-In, Free Please note Contains references to mental health,
Samuel Beckett Theatre Centre and Performact. Venue themes of child bereavement, smoke machines
Duration The Lir Academy — Studio 1 and strobe lighting. Unseated with limited seating
60 mins Please note Contains the use of smoke machines. available.
Duration
Image Amy Trucks 60 mins Image Aoibhín Killeen and Ryan Blackwell

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 MOSH
Rachel Ní Bhraonáin
Preview
13 September
18:15, €14
Performances
14 - 17 September
18:15, €18/€16
Audio Described Performance
17 September
18:15, €18/€16
Venue
Project Arts Centre — Space Upstairs
Duration
60 mins

This is the thrill of fighting, without the fear. This is a
dance, a gig, a theatrical shove into the heart of the
pit. This is a community connected through music
and risk.
Funded by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon and
Waterford City & County Council, with support from
ArtLinks, field:arts, Firkin Crane, and Garter Lane Arts
Centre. Originally developed at the 8th PanPan International
Mentorship and VISUAL Carlow.

With live music, real interviews, humour, heart and Please note Contains loud noise, smoke machines, strobe
a whole lot of headbanging, five performers dive lighting and references to violence.
into the deeper meaning behind a misunderstood
Image Richard Mooney and Luke Carparelli
subculture. Is this violence or dancing? What are
the rules? What do bacteria and moshers have in
common? And why would anyone do it?

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RESONANCE A journey into a world of the unspoken,
inspired by growing up CODA (Child of PERSONA This is Giulia.
Like 55% of us, Giulia lives in a city. It is
Deaf Adult).
METROPOLITANA predicted that by 2050, almost 70% of us

Chloe Commins
will live in a city - two thirds of the people
This show explores shifting roles and on the planet.

Preview
relationships, connection and presence
for someone living in two different worlds Annachiara Vispi & Giulia wonders if we’ll all fit.
Giulia doubts it.
11 September
18:15, €11
simultaneously.
Giulia Macrì A piece for an actor and a dancer set on an
Performances The narrative follows the blurred lines imaginary Rome metro carriage / Paris RER
14 & 15 September experienced by someone straddling parallel Preview line / New York subway / seat on the Tube /
21:00, €15/€13 cultures. As interpreter, a filter, a voice for 19 September last Dart home.
 
Other Performance those without and as someone’s daughter. 21:15, €11
12 September Performances In cities we feel invisible, Giulia thinks.
18:15, €15/€13 A performance told through circus, physical 20 - 23 September Or free.
Venue theatre, light and ISL (Irish Sign Language). 21:15, €14/€12
Other Performance Developed at FRINGE LAB.
The Lir Academy — Studio 1
Developed at FRINGE LAB and Scene+Heard.
Duration 23 September
Supported by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Please note Contains smoke machines, strobe
45 mins 13:30, €14/€12 lighting and references to mental health.
Ealaíon.
Venue
Please note Contains loud noise and flashing lights. Smock Alley Theatre — Black Box Image Elena Costa
Duration
Image Simon Hutchinson 60 mins

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 RED LINES
Monika Palova &
Sean McIlraith
Preview
20 September
21:00, €11
Performances
21 - 23 September
21:00, €15/€13
Other Performance
23 September
16:00, €15/€13
Venue
The Lir Academy — Studio 1
Duration
50 mins

When you look in the mirror, who looks back at you? Developed at Scene+Heard. Supported by Taking Flight:
Education & Performance.
Through contemporary circus and physical theatre,
Please note Contains loud noise, strobe lighting and depictions
the performers delve into nostalgia, inner conflict,
of violence.
acceptance, memories and the complexities of what
creates the self over time. Image Monika Palova

Where self-perception defies logic and reveals its

fluid nature, the inner world is ever changing and
forever fragile. Expect aerial feats, hair hanging, and
women supporting women (literally.)

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 CLUB YOUNG

RADICALS
FESTIVAL
UNITED ON THE
DANCE FLOOR!
We eagerly anticipate your presence at this year’s festival
club. We want you to unleash your radiant spirit, edgy
expressions, and most daring moves. Together, let us revel in
the electrifying sounds of epic DJs.

This is an opportunity to meet potential collaborators,

unleash your creativity, and engage in passionate discussions
about art. Let us transcend into the early hours of the
morning.

Join us every Saturday of the festival at Opium from 10pm.

Let’s unite and create unforgettable nights!

Image Simon Lazewski, Púcaparty by Glitter HOLE, 2019.

Playful and thoughtful theatre, circus and

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PLAYS PLAYS PLAYS for audiences aged 0-18 65
THE CROW’S WAY If someone follows the crow’s way, can
they ever make it back? When Gerda’s MATT AND HAT Matt is feeling a little… unmotivated. A
little… bored. A little… lost. Until the day
best friend Cuán ruins their village’s annual his grandmother gifts him a brand new cap

Moonfish Theatre
ritual, he flees into the wild and dangerous
forest. The villagers say he’s gone forever, Mateusz Szczerek called Hat! Hat has plans for Matt and
together they embark on a journey neither
but Gerda’s not so sure… dreamed possible!
Co-Presented by the Abbey Theatre and Dublin Fringe Festival Commissioned and Co-Produced by Ready, Steady, SHOW!
A thrilling and unpredictable tale for young at The Civic. This is a cutting-edge audience experience
adults, families, and anyone who loves blending motion-capture technology with
Preview adventure, brought to life with Moonfish’s krump dance choreography and fusing the
21 September Preview
signature brand of theatre magic. experience within a theatrical installation.
14:00, €12 13 September
Performances 14:00, €11
For audiences aged 8+ years. An interactive VR dance experience
22 & 23 September Performances
for audiences aged 12+ using Oculus
14:00, 18:00, €16/€14 A co-commission with Baboró International Arts 13 - 16 September
headsets.
Other Performance Festival for Children, in partnership with Town Hall 15:00 - 20:30 (various times), €15/€13
21 September Theatre, Galway. Supported by the Arts Council / Other Performances Funded by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle
An Chomhairle Ealaíon and Galway City Council. 14 - 16 September
20:00, €16/€14 Ealaíon. Supported by Project Arts Centre, Dance
Venue Image Marta Barcikowska
14:00, €15/€13 Ireland and South Dublin County Council.
Abbey Theatre — Peacock Stage Venue
The Civic — Studio Theatre Image Sean Burns
Duration
60 mins Duration
30 mins

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 PLAYS PLAYS

PLAYS
WHEN THE MOON Do you know what happened when the
moon spun round? When the darkness

SPUN ROUND tumbled upon us the cats came out to

play and the mischievous lady of the river
explored what lies behind the moon.
Fidget Feet & Come on an imaginative journey where
Ceol Connected dancers float beneath the moonlight,
serenaded by Irish folk music’s soft sounds.

Performances Inspired by the children’s poetry and stories

23 September of W.B. Yeats.
 
13:00 & 16:00, €7/€5
Venue For audiences aged 6+ years.
Draíocht Blanchardstown —
Main Auditorium Funded by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle
Ealaíon. Commissioned by Babaró International Arts
Duration Festival for Children. Supported by Siamsa Tíre,
50 mins Lime Tree Theatre and Irish Aerial Creation Centre.

Image Jym Daly

Exciting new theatre from playwrights

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RETCH Set in Dublin in the mid 90s, this is an
intensive and fast-paced, physical theatre ONCE IN A LIFETIME Teenage Ciara, thinking she has the house
to herself, has brought home school friend
one-woman show. Sara to help her with a stomach churning

Leanne Bickerdike Exploring the world through the eyes of Red Bear Company
task. Their scheme is interrupted by the
arrival of Ciara’s parents Lorraine and Tanya
an angry, broke, young woman who is grief and so an unwanted evening with the whole
Preview stricken after the death of her mother and Preview family unfolds.
19 September unable to communicate with her father. 8 September
18:00, €11 18:15, €14 Privilege, prejudice and barely concealed
Performances After she meets a fella at a bus stop, her Performances resentment are all served up for dinner,
22 & 23 September decision-making shifts, but is it for better or 9 - 11 September with a good dolloping of secrets and lies for
18:00, €13/€11 for worse? 21:00, €18/€16 dessert.
Other Performances ISL Interpreted Performance
From demons, da’s and disco biscuits, she Supported by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle
21 September 11 September
begins to evolve and understand the world Ealaíon. In association with Droichead Arts Centre.
13:00 & 20:00, €13/€11 21:00, €18/€16
Venue around her. Venue Please note Contains references to child
Bewley’s Café Theatre Project Arts Centre — Space Upstairs bereavement, sexual violence and abortion.
Developed at FRINGE LAB and Scene+Heard.
Duration Duration
65 mins 70 mins Image Louis Haugh
Please note Contains strobe lighting and depictions
of violence.

Image Sadhbh McLoughlin

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MMANWU A widowed mother’s journey back to her
rural Nigerian roots sparks an emotional MAY DAY May 1st, 2018. Dublin.

rollercoaster. As she grapples with grief and Irish MMA fighter Conor McGregor’s fame

Dagogo Hart Holly Furey

motherhood, her strained bond with her and infamy is at an all time high and in less
father unravels. than four weeks, the Republic of Ireland will
host a referendum on abortion rights.
Preview Dive into this gripping play exploring Preview
19 September healing, family ties, and the power of self- 19 September Ciara and Julie are long time friends
18:00, €11 discovery amidst life’s challenges. 20:30, €11 struggling to connect amidst the turbulence
Performances Performances of this time. They may be on the same side
Developed at FRINGE LAB. Supported by Big politically but they can’t seem to agree on
20 - 23 September Ambitions: a FRINGE LAB & Fishamble: The New 20 - 23 September
18:00, €15/€13 20:30, €15/€13 the best way through a difficult month.
  Play company partnership.  
Other Performances Other Performances
22 & 23 September Image Annie Spratt 21 September Audience members are welcome to attend
the performance in their Repeal the 8th
13:00, €15/€13 13:00
memorabilia.
Venue 23 September
The New Theatre 15:30, €15/€13 Supported by The King’s Head Theatre, London.
Duration Venue
90 mins The New Theatre Please note Contains the use of smoke machines
Duration and strobe lighting with references to mental health,
55 mins violence and abortion.

Image Kate Hockenhull

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GIRL IN A CELL Meet Jenna, a sparky, young dancer on the
cusp of pirouetting into her greatest glory COLUMBIA MARCH A farce that takes on the British Empire
one seagull at a time.
yet — until she isn’t.

Niamh Ryan Productions Joe Wright

The troubles of Sectarianism in Northen
On a brief (and she insists it will be brief!) Ireland have ended but one man with
hiatus from her glitter glory, she welcomes notions of his own believes the war still
Preview us into her world while she tries to decipher Preview exists. On a mission for the Irish Cause,
10 September how on earth she got herself into this 18 September Young Ger is tasked with collecting some
21:15, €11 situation. 18:00, €11 vital materials from across the Irish Sea in
Performances Performances Scotland. Boarding a makeshift raft, he sets
11 – 13 September Join her on this quest, where despite her 19 & 20 September sail into the Irish fog but when the tides
18:45, €14/€12 best attempts she finds herself involved 20:00, €13/€11 turn rough and the crosswinds set in, Young
   
Other Performances with every quack and crony the town has Other Performances Ger finds himself searching for much more.
13 September to offer. 22 September
15:00, €14/€12 13:00 ‘Even the Seagulls are British spies’.
Supported by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle
Venue 23 September
Ealaíon. Have your armbands at the ready as Young
Smock Alley Theatre — Black Box 15:00, €13/€11
Duration Venue Ger sets sail with nothing but dreams and
Please note Contains loud music, strobe lighting and
75 mins themes of child bereavement. Bewley’s Café Theatre multiple personalities.
Duration
Image Dara O’Donnell Developed at FRINGE LAB and Camden Fringe.
50 mins
Image Gary James Doyle

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DOG SHIT Four friends and old colleagues are hanging
out, but their summer afterparty turns sour HAND OF GOD Magical realism and soft horror collide in
this suburban noir. Orla and Grace realise
when an unwanted visitor arrives. A night of moving in together might not actually save

Bellaray Bertrand-Webb & surprises unfolds, leading to deadly chaos.

Carley Magee &
their relationship. Suddenly, the outside
world turns on its head and unravels their

Ursula McGinn 4 friends. 3 pets. 2 secrets. 1 big mess.

Aaron Finnegan
already fractured lives. Secrets become
harder to keep as reality closes in — and
Clearly there was always shit between them, Grace’s bed-bound grandmother only fuels
Preview this won’t be an argument they can sweep Preview their desire to get out. With nowhere left to
12 September under the rug. 20 September hide, the women are forced to confront the
18:00, €11 18:45, €11 painful truth of their relationship.
Performances A comedic and brutal portrayal of the fine Performances
line between friendship and competitors. Supported by Big Ambitions: a FRINGE LAB &
13 - 16 September 21 - 23 September Fishamble: The New Play company partnership.
18:00, €15/€13 This play explores the conflict between the 18:45, €14/€12
Other Performances arts and tech industry in Dublin. Other Performance Please note Contains loud noise, partial nudity and
14 & 16 September 23 September references to mental health, suicide and sexual
Developed at FRINGE LAB and the Irish Theatre violence; use of simulated blood.
13:00, €15/€13 15:45, €14/€12
Institute.
Venue Venue
Image Hiram Harrington
The New Theatre Please note Contains loud noise and references to Smock Alley Theatre — Black Box
Duration mental health. Duration
70 mins 80 mins
Image Theo Jackson

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FLOAT Revel in quiet rebellion; gently let go and
loudly move forward with four Belfast IN HEAT Conor and Helen are in their 20s, living in
a cramped flat in Dublin. Their relationship
housemates. is on the rocks when they find out they are

Kirby Thompson & Erin, Mia, Caitlyn and Grace are an ode Philomena P
pregnant. For the second time.

Orla Graham to young Belfast student life; the dirty

dishes, the broken windows, the parties, the Preview
We watch as their search for meaning
descends into a festering back and forth,
celebrity cardboard cut-outs, but things 13 September corroding their world from within.
Preview start to unravel as the girls realise that 20:30, €11
maybe they don’t know each other as well Please note Contains references to mental health,
12 September Performances sexual violence and themes of child bereavement.
20:00, €11 as they first thought. 14 - 16 September
Performances 20:30, €15/€13 Image Sadhbh McLoughlin and Sinéad Gallagher
Supported by The MAC Belfast
13, 15 - 17 September Other Performances
and the Lyric Theatre.
20:00, €13/€11 15 September
Other Performances Please note Contains references to mental health 13:00
13 & 17 September and sexual violence. 16 September
13:00, €13/€11 15:30, €15/€13
Venue Image Kirby Thompson Venue
Bewley’s Café Theatre The New Theatre
Duration Duration
60 mins 55 mins

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MOSAIC Shit just got real, c’est la merde, the real big
merde. SLIPPERY This show tells the story of an actor
forced to move back to her parents after

WHEN WET running out of work and money. To stay

Louis Deslis
You just broke up with your fella. Your afloat she gets a job as a cleaner in a local
hard-of-hearing granny’s got a broken leg supermarket.

Preview
and it’s your turn to go mind her because
she can’t get on the commode chair all by Leanne Devlin Just when she thinks she’s got a firm
8 September herself. Home Sweet Home, you can’t say footing, love unexpectedly slides into her…
21:15, €11 that in French, you can’t say Maison Douce Preview workplace.
Performances Maison. 9 September
9, 10, 12 & 13 September 18:30, €12 This makes for a slippery love story, with
21:15, €15/€13 A show about going home, the things Performances slippery floors and a very slippery vagina.
Other Performances we can’t say and the things we hear even 10 - 14 September Does she abandon her life-long dreams to
14 September without being said. 18:30, €14/€12 swim in the balmy waters of love?
13:15 Venue
Developed at Scene+Heard. Supported by the Irish Image Gavin Peden
16 September The Pearse Centre
Theatre Institute.
15:30, €15/€13 Duration
Venue Please note Contains references to mental health.
60 mins
Project Arts Centre — Cube
Duration Image Adrien Simonazzi
55 mins

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THIS IS YOU A thought-provoking new play exploring the
roles we play, for ourselves and for others. DRAINAGE SCHEME Set in the 18th century, this is a rural
drama that mixes experimental music and
performance techniques. It is the result of

Loom Alice, a struggling actor, is hired by a man

to play a role — to live in his house as Noke Theatre five years of research into a time of radical
change, that saw Cork City balloon in size
his estranged daughter, Melissa. As the and rural Munster convert into a cow based
Preview experiment plays out the balance of power Co-Presented by the Abbey Theatre and Dublin Fringe Festival mono-economy.
13 September shifts in increasingly explosive ways.
18:30, €11 Focusing on a family living on the edges
Supported by The Everyman and Cork Midsummer Preview
Performances and struggling to survive, this play explores
Festival. 11 September
14 - 17 September apathy, uncertainty and perseverance and
19:00, €12
18:30, €14/€12 how the ways life felt then, it still feels now.
Image Conal Hanamy Performances
Other Performances 12 - 16 September Developed at FRINGE LAB. Funded by the Arts
16 & 17 September 19:00, €16/€14 Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon. Supported by
13:15, €14/€12 Other Performance Kerry County Council, Creative Ireland and St
ISL Interpreted Performance 16 September John’s Theatre, Listowel.
17 September 13:00, €16/€14
18:30, €14/€12 Venue Image Richard Walsh
Venue Abbey Theatre — Peacock Stage
Smock Alley Theatre — Boys’ School Duration
Duration 75 mins
70 mins

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THE SCRATCHER Nicole is thirty-five and a fledgling bi-

sexual. She’s also a scratch card addict.

Kelly Shatter
On the night of her new girlfriend’s
birthday party, Nicole finds herself
obsessing over her secret stash of cards.
Preview Can she resist the itch?
11 September
18:00, €11 This is a deeply human, hilarious show
Performances where love and addiction collide. It explores
12 - 15 September identity, connection and first lust.
18:00, €13/€11
Other Performance Expect well meaning gobshites, masterful
16 September physicality and unflinching humour as a
15:30, €13/€11 battle between truth and deception unfolds.
Venue
Developed at Scene+Heard. Originally
Bewley’s Café Theatre
commissioned by axis Ballymun’s Assemble Bursary.
Duration
60 mins Please note Contains themes of addiction and
suicide.

Image Molly Keane

Awe-inspiring artists who defy genres,

push boundaries and fearlessly carve their
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 HOTHOUSE
MALAPROP
Preview
9 September
18:15, €14
Performances
12 - 15 September
21:00, €18/€16
Other Performances
10 & 11 September
18:15
16 September
13:00, €18/€16
ISL Interpreted Performance
16 September
13:00, €18/€16
Venue
Project Arts Centre — Space Upstairs
Duration
90 mins
This is a new play with songs and a ship’s captain Originally commissioned by THISISPOPBABY for Where We
pulling the strings. Live. Supported by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon.
MALAPROP are Project Artists, an initiative of Project Arts
Centre, and are supported by field:arts.
Ruth in 1969 refuses to eat sandwiches with lettuce
in them. Ali in the present day goes on a cruise to Please note Contains references to mental health.
say goodbye to the ice. A parent 100 years in the
future tells their child it gets better, even though Image Therese Rafter, graphic treatment by Molly O’Cathain
we’re pretty sure they’re lying.

A play about horny songbirds, parents, love, legacy,

and wanting to change, but not knowing how.

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ENDINGS. ‘Your life hasn’t turned out the way you
expected, has it? You’re lost, aren’t you? WORK.TXT This is a show about work.

Would you like that to change?’ But the worker isn’t here, so it’s down to

Springheel Productions Nathan Ellis

you.
A show about love, loss, destiny and legacy.
You will be your own boss. You will be free.
Preview A concert, a concept album, a musical. Presented by Dublin Fringe Festival
8 September This is a show performed entirely by the
18:30, €11 endings. is about Henry. Henry’s life isn’t audience about the gig economy, financial
going too well. Performances instability and bullshit jobs.
Performances 19 - 23 September
9, 10, 13 - 16 September 18:30, €15/€13
Henry encounters a mysterious figure at a Please note Contains the use of smoke machines
18:30, €15/€13 Venue and strobe lighting.
Venue party who offers him a deal, a deal which will
change the course of his life forever. Project Arts Centre — Cube
Project Arts Centre — Cube Duration Image Alex Brenner
Duration 60 mins
80 mins Come join the party.

Developed at FRINGE LAB and Scene+Heard.

Please note Contains loud noise, smoke machines,

strobe lighting, references to mental health and
depictions of violence.

Image Fiachra Larney

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DUBLINLAND The Taoiseach has called an emergency
press conference. Don’t worry. It’s not that
bad. He promises it’s NOT THAT BAD.
Matthew Tallon & Dublin is dying and he has a plan to save it…
KYLE KYLE KYLE A new show from the only act that dares to
have seven of the same first name in a row.
KYLE KYLE KYLE
KYLE HAS A
This seductively hysterical show knits
together an aggressively nonsensical

Cian Jordan DublinLand is a new dawn — the cream in

your pint, the tin in your whistle. More
COMPLICATED
evening with needles made of original
writing, yarn made of cultural ephemera,
specifically, it’s an initiative turning Dublin and also metaphors.
Preview into a Dublin-themed amusement park.
You’re going to love your new job here.
RELATIONSHIP When you’re tired of a quotidian reality,
WITH REALITY AND
10 September
18:30, €11 After all: happiness is mandatory. deadpan comedic chanteuse KYLE will suck

WITH HIMSELF
Performances you off into a new world, deeply deranged
11 - 16 September A hilarious satire that shows the fail in but with a reassuring internal logic that
18:30, €13/€11 Fáilte. renders it entirely unforgettable.
Venue
Image Cian Jordan
Matthew Bratko Please note Contains references to mental health,
The Lir Academy — Studio 2 suicide and sexual violence.
Preview
Duration
18 September
60 mins Image behappyforonce
20:30, €11
Performances
19 - 21 September
20:30, €13/€11
Venue
All My Friends
Duration
60 mins

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SCAREDY FAT Scaredy’s working the late shift at the
cinema. Tonight’s schedule? The horror
movie sexual awakenings of yesteryear.
Colm McCready & Stuffed with steamy recollections of Carrie
SkelpieLimmer and Candyman, Scaredy should be in
ecstasy but evil horror host Count Calories
keeps cutting in on the fun.
Preview
9 September It’s time for Scaredy to face their fears and
18:30, €11 stop being such a big scaredy fat.
Performances
10 - 16 September Come to the movies with Scaredy as they
poke fun at fat and queer representation in the
21:00, €14/€12
horror genre, asking what it means to love a
Venue
genre that doesn’t love you back. We’re gonna
Smock Alley Theatre — Boys’ School
need a bigger shirt.
Duration
60 mins Supported by FRINGE LAB X field:arts, Les
Enfants Terribles and Pleasance.
Please note Contains references to mental health,
eating disorders, homophobia and fatphobia.
Image Fergus Wachala Kelly
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PASSPORTS - What does your passport mean to you?
A CONVERSATION Ayesha leads a curated line-up of speakers
to create conversation on themes of
belonging, migration and displacement.
Ayesha Syeddah & Friends Using the social construct of a passport as
the compass, they will share experiences,
observations and thoughts on how our
Performance passports, or lack thereof, have shaped our
19 September journeys, identities and ideas of home.
15:00, €10
Venue An interactive and experimental social
Project Arts Centre — Space Upstairs exercise, the experience aims to (re)build
Duration and (re)define what it means to be Irish
120 mins today by harnessing the power of dialogue.
See fringefest.com for full line up of speakers.
Supported by Dublin Fringe Festival & the
#BlindianProject.
Please note Contains references to mental health.
Image Joupin Ghamsari
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DOPA-MEAN GIRL Welcome to the musical journey of
a woman with late diagnosis ADHD
(Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder).

Louisa Ní Éideáin Fáilte go cheolseó grinn faoi bhean a bhfuil

ADHD uirthi. Seo seó ina bhfuil Béarla agus
Preview Gaeilge fite fuaite.
11 September
21:15, €11 This cabaret-style show recreates the
Performances polyphony of a brain that must do at least
12 - 16 September two things at all times.
21:15, €14/€12
Developed at Scene+Heard. Supported by Gorilla
Other Performance
Design.
16 September
13:30, €14/€12 Please note Contains loud noise and references to
Venue mental health and suicide.
Smock Alley Theatre — Black Box
Duration Image Melanie Mullan
50 mins

JUST A MINUTE Meet the intern.

Alienated, delusional, and with a

Conor Murray monumental crush on the straight boy

in the office, our intern is the ultimate
corporate flop. Join him for one life-
Preview changing day as he attempts to suppress his
14 September queerness and rise through the ranks at the
13:00, €11 Greenwich Meantime Museum.
Performances
15 & 16 September If you’re a recovering workaholic, a Colin
13:00, €13/€11 the Caterpillar fanatic, or simply looking for
Other Performances a laugh — this is the show for you!
14 September
Please note Contains references to mental health.
20:00
16 & 17 September Image Romany Gilmour
18:00, €13/€11
Venue
Bewley’s Café Theatre
Duration
45 mins

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SHAUNA CARRICK An original musical comedy about life, love,
and wanting a dog. We follow Shauna as she PADDY LAMA - Jason Byrne is writing and performing in his
first play, directed by Feidlim Cannon of

WANTS A DOG tackles her inner demons and embarks on a

quest to take control of her own life, whilst THE SHED TALKS Brokentalkers.

making some very necessary detours for hot A Dubliner full of wit and wisdom, Paddy
Aon Scéal Theatre chocolate along the way.
Jason Byrne used to say, ‘If you don’t continue to talk
about someone when they die, they die
Indulge in this wholesome musical twice’.
Preview experience as she ticks off her main Preview
15 September character checklist. 11 September In this play, Jason Byrne brings the full life
18:15, €12 18:15, €12 of Paddy Byrne to the stage playing his dad,
Performance Developed at Scene+Heard. Supported by dlr Mill keeping him alive in stories full of laughter
Theatre, Dundrum and the UCD Ad Astra Academy
Performances
16 September 12, 13, 18 - 20 September and tears. This is 80 years of Dublin wit, 80
Performing Arts Alumni Initiative.
18:15, €16/€14 18:15, €16/€14 years of Dublin bull, but heart-warming and
Other Performances Please note Contains references to mental health. Venue loving all the same.
17 September Smock Alley Theatre — 1662
13:00 Image Earl Echivarre Duration ‘Sure, that’s life son, just don’t tell ure
18 September 75 mins mother.’
20:45, €16/€14
Audio Described Performance  Aviary Talent.
18 September  Image Jenny McCarthy
20:45, €16/€14
Venue
Smock Alley Theatre — 1662
Duration
60 mins

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 FEET PICS AREN’T For sale: feet pics, freshly painted.

FREE! Have you ever seen a picture of yourself

tagged online that you don’t even
remember taking? Now imagine it was a

Gráinne Holmes Blumenthal picture of your feet. Imagine Gráinne’s

horror when she was stumbling around
Wikifeet (as you do!) and she sees pictures
Preview of her little toesies posted online without
19 September her consent—and worse, for completely
18:30, €11 free.
Performances
20 - 23 September So, come with Gráinne, foot model
18:30, €14/€12 extraordinaire, and learn the importance of
Other Performance why feet pics are NEVER free.
23 September
15:15, €14/€12
Venue
Smock Alley Theatre — Boys’ School
Duration
50 mins

Developed at FRINGE LAB, Scene+Heard and

POP UP.

CHIRON: A ONE A centaur from Greek mythology tells his

story by invoking the highest of all muses, Please note Contains the use of smoke machines,

CENTAUR SHOW stand-up comedy! strobe lighting and references to mental health.

Image Clara Cronin

When this immortal centaur is shot with a

Fionn Cleary poison arrow, creating an incurable wound,

he searches deep inside himself and thinks,
‘I could get a good Dublin Fringe show out
Preview of this’.
8 September
18:30, €12  In this show set in the world of Greek
Performances mythology and spoken with the voices of
9 - 14 September small-town Ireland, Chiron tries to squeeze
20:30, €14/€12 humour out of the possibility he may be
Venue chronically ill forever.
The Pearse Centre
Developed at Scene+Heard.
Duration
60 mins Image Layla Tobin

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HYPER For decades Trans people have been using
hyperpop to shatter standards of genre, RUVHENEKO A powerful performance that celebrates the
strength and resilience of minority women,
gender and good taste. debuting Kayssie K.’s first poetry collection.

Jaxbanded Theatre Right now, the only thing Saoirse wants to Kayssie K. Through a mesmerising blend of music
and spoken word, this multi-disciplinary
shatter is her own f*cking voice. experience explores themes of self-identity,
Preview Preview women’s rights, and creative expression.
18 September Told through live vocal modulation and 10 September
18:30, €11 manipulation, this is a rip-roaring and 18:30, €11 Join us in honouring the forgotten
Performances unabashedly Queer theatrical deep dive Performances voices and the courageous fighters who
19 - 23 September into Trans identity and music. 11 & 12 September have shaped our history. Step into a
21:00, €14/€12 18:30, €14/€12 transformative journey that recognises
Other Performance What it means to speak, sing and, for the Venue the beauty and boundless nature of
23 September audience (yes, you babe), to listen. Smock Alley Theatre — Boys’ School womanhood.
13:15, €14/€12 Duration
Supported by FRINGE LAB X field:arts. Developed Supported by Dublin Fringe Festival’s Dream On
Venue 45 mins
at Scene+Heard. Bursary.
Smock Alley Theatre — Boys’ School
Duration Please note Contains loud music, smoke machines, Please note Contains loud noise and references to
50 mins strobe lighting and references to mental health, mental health.
gender dysphoria and transphobia.
Image Kayssie K.
Image Kilian Harrison

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THE COIL’S LAMENT Síomha is in her celibate era.
BOXING DAY William Keohane reads from Boxing Day,
a 52-poem sequence detailing the poet’s
She scrolls TikTok for seven hours a day experience of gender transition, one poem

Síomha Hennessy and has even started having full blown

arguments with her own contraceptive coil William Keohane
written per week over the course of a year.

(who is NOT happy in retirement). Keohane’s work is graceful, powerful in

Preview Performance its restraint, and often startling in its
20 September A musical comedy for anyone who has ever 17 September honesty and candour. The performance is
18:00, €11 downloaded Hinge and then immediately 18:15, €16/€14 accompanied by visuals and text.
Performances googled: ‘Am I asexual or just depressed?’ Venue
Developed at Ormston House.
22 & 23 September Smock Alley Theatre — 1662
Developed at Scene+Heard.
20:00, €13/€11 Duration Please note Contains references to mental health,
Other Performances Please note Contains references to mental health.
60 mins themes of abuse and harm and depictions of
21 September violence.
18:00 Image Tighearnan Noonan
23 September Image Brendan Moore
13:00, €13/€11
Venue
Bewley’s Café Theatre
Duration
60 mins

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 18:30 p.88 18:30 p.101 18:30 p.101 18:30 p.90 15:00 p.67
ALL FESTIVAL ENDINGS. RUVHENEKO (P) RUVHENEKO DUBLINLAND MATT AND HAT
Project Arts Centre — Cube Smock Alley Theatre — Boys’ School Smock Alley Theatre — Boys’ School The Lir Academy — Studio 2 Civic Theatre – Studio Theatre
13:00 - 18:00 p.22 18:30 p.92 18:30 p.81 18:30 p.81 18:30 p.101 16:00 p.67
PHASE NEW ARTS SPACE EXHIBITION SCAREDY FAT (P) SLIPPERY WHEN WET SLIPPERY WHEN WET RUVHENEKO MATT AND HAT
Phase Space Arts – Main Exhibition Room Smock Alley Theatre — Boys’ School The Pearse Centre The Pearse Centre Smock Alley Theatre — Boys’ School Civic Theatre – Studio Theatre
18:30 p.81 19:30 p.38 18:30 p.41 18:30 p.81 17:00 p.67
5 SEPTEMBER SLIPPERY WHEN WET (P) ONLY AN OCTAVE APART THE KING OF ALL BIRDS (P) SLIPPERY WHEN WET MATT AND HAT
The Pearse Centre Gate Theatre Project Arts Centre — Cube The Pearse Centre Civic Theatre – Studio Theatre
19:30 p.38 18:30 p.105 20:30 p.19 18:45 p.74 18:30 p.41 18:00 p.34
ONLY AN OCTAVE APART (P) WHO WANTS TO WRITE AN EMAIL? (P) A SYMBIOTIC SYMPHONIC... GIRL IN A CELL THE KING OF ALL BIRDS ARE YOU MAD AT ME?
Gate Theatre The Lir Academy — Studio 2 National Botanic Gardens — The Teak House Smock Alley Theatre — Black Box Project Arts Centre — Cube The International Bar
19:00 p.15 20:30 p.98 19:00 p.15 18:45 p.74 18:00 p.76
6 SEPTEMBER BLUE THUNDER (P) CHIRON: A ONE CENTAUR SHOW BLUE THUNDER GIRL IN A CELL DOG SHIT
10-13 Thomas Street (Meeting Point) The Pearse Centre 10-13 Thomas Street (Meeting Point) Smock Alley Theatre — Black Box The New Theatre
19:30 p.38 19:00 p.22 20:30 p.30 19:00 p.83 19:00 p.15 18:00 p.84
ONLY AN OCTAVE APART PHASE NEW ARTS SPACE GIG CRAIC DEN AS GAEILGE DRAINAGE SCHEME (P) BLUE THUNDER THE SCRATCHER
Gate Theatre Phase Space Arts – Gig Room Whelan’s — Little Whelan’s Abbey Theatre — Peacock Stage 10-13 Thomas Street (Meeting Point) Bewley’s Café Theatre
19:30 p.38 20:30 p.42 20:30 p.19 19:00 p.83 18:15 p.58
7 SEPTEMBER ONLY AN OCTAVE APART NOWHERE BETTER THAN THIS PLACE A SYMBIOTIC SYMPHONIC... DRAINAGE SCHEME MOSH (P)
Gate Theatre Dublin Castle — Chapel Royal National Botanic Gardens — The Teak House Abbey Theatre — Peacock Stage Project Arts Centre — Space Upstairs
19:30 p.38 20:30 p.19 20:45 p.105 20:30 p.98 20:00 p.78 18:15 p.97
ONLY AN OCTAVE APART A SYMBIOTIC SYMPHONIC... WHO WANTS TO WRITE AN EMAIL? CHIRON: A ONE CENTAUR SHOW FLOAT (P) PADDY LAMA - THE SHED TALKS
Gate Theatre National Botanic Gardens — The Teak House The Lir Academy — Studio 2 The Pearse Centre Bewley’s Café Theatre Smock Alley Theatre — 1662
20:30 p.98 21:00 p.71 20:30 p.42 20:00 p.55 18:30 p.27
8 SEPTEMBER CHIRON: A ONE CENTAUR SHOW ONCE IN A LIFETIME NOWHERE BETTER THAN THIS PLACE TEXTURE LIKE SUN (P) B.S. INCORPORATED
The Pearse Centre Project Arts Centre — Space Upstairs Dublin Castle — Chapel Royal Samuel Beckett Theatre All My Friends
18:15 p.71 20:30 p.42 21:00 p.92 20:45 p.105 20:30 p.98 18:30 p.90
ONCE IN A LIFETIME (P) NOWHERE BETTER THAN THIS PLACE SCAREDY FAT WHO WANTS TO WRITE AN EMAIL? CHIRON: A ONE CENTAUR SHOW DUBLINLAND
Project Arts Centre — Space Upstairs Dublin Castle — Chapel Royal Smock Alley Theatre — Boys’ School The Lir Academy — Studio 2 The Pearse Centre The Lir Academy — Studio 2
18:30 p.98 21:00 p.15 21:15 p.74 21:00 p.15 20:30 p.42 18:30 p.88
CHIRON: A ONE CENTAUR SHOW (P) BLUE THUNDER (P) GIRL IN A CELL (P) BLUE THUNDER NOWHERE BETTER THAN THIS PLACE ENDINGS.
The Pearse Centre 10-13 Thomas Street (Meeting Point) Smock Alley Theatre — Black Box 10-13 Thomas Street (Meeting Point) Dublin Castle — Chapel Royal Project Arts Centre — Cube
18:30 p.88 21:00 p.71 21:15 p.80 21:00 p.71 20:45 p.105 18:30 p.67
ENDINGS. (P) ONCE IN A LIFETIME MOSAIC ONCE IN A LIFETIME (ISL DTP) WHO WANTS TO WRITE AN EMAIL? MATT AND HAT
Project Arts Centre — Cube Project Arts Centre — Space Upstairs Project Arts Centre — Cube Project Arts Centre — Space Upstairs The Lir Academy — Studio 2 Civic Theatre – Studio Theatre
19:30 p.38 21:15 p.80 21:00 p.92 21:00 p.15 18:30 p.81
ONLY AN OCTAVE APART MOSAIC 11 SEPTEMBER SCAREDY FAT BLUE THUNDER SLIPPERY WHEN WET
Gate Theatre Project Arts Centre — Cube Smock Alley Theatre — Boys’ School 10-13 Thomas Street (Meeting Point) The Pearse Centre
21:15 p.80 11:00 - 18:00 p.14 21:15 p.94 21:00 p.86 18:30 p.82
MOSAIC (P) 10 SEPTEMBER SVARA SEVEN DOPA-MEAN GIRL (P) HOTHOUSE THIS IS YOU (P)
Project Arts Centre — Cube Temple Bar Gallery and Studios Smock Alley Theatre — Black Box Project Arts Centre — Space Upstairs Smock Alley Theatre — Boys’ School
11:00 - 18:00 p.14 18:00 p.34 21:00 p.92 18:45 p.74
9 SEPTEMBER SVARA SEVEN ARE YOU MAD AT ME? (P) 12 SEPTEMBER SCAREDY FAT GIRL IN A CELL
Temple Bar Gallery and Studios The International Bar Smock Alley Theatre — Boys’ School Smock Alley Theatre — Black Box
11:00 - 18:00 p.14 13:00 p.16 18:00 p.84 18:00 p.34 21:15 p.94 19:00 p.15
SVARA SEVEN TWO HUNDRED DEER TO... THE SCRATCHER (P) ARE YOU MAD AT ME? DOPA-MEAN GIRL BLUE THUNDER
Temple Bar Gallery and Studios Wellington Monument (Meeting Point) Bewley’s Café Theatre The International Bar Smock Alley Theatre — Black Box 10-13 Thomas Street (Meeting Point)
13:00 p.16 14:00 p.16 18:15 p.86 18:00 p.76 21:15 p.80 19:00 p.83
TWO HUNDRED DEER TO... (P) TWO HUNDRED DEER TO... HOTHOUSE DOG SHIT (P) MOSAIC DRAINAGE SCHEME
Wellington Monument (Meeting Point) Wellington Monument (Meeting Point) Project Arts Centre — Space Upstairs The New Theatre Project Arts Centre — Cube Abbey Theatre — Peacock Stage
14:00 - LATE p.9 15:00 p.16 18:15 p.97 18:00 p.84 19:30 p.67
COMFORT CARNIVAL: CODA TWO HUNDRED DEER TO... PADDY LAMA - THE SHED TALKS (P) THE SCRATCHER 13 SEPTEMBER MATT AND HAT
National Stadium — Ringside Bar Wellington Monument (Meeting Point) Smock Alley Theatre — 1662 Bewley’s Café Theatre Civic Theatre – Studio Theatre
14:00 p.16 18:15 p.86 18:15 p.60 18:15 p.97 13:00 p.78 20:00 p.78
TWO HUNDRED DEER TO... HOTHOUSE RESONANCE (P) PADDY LAMA - THE SHED TALKS FLOAT FLOAT
Wellington Monument (Meeting Point) Project Arts Centre — Space Upstairs The Lir Academy — Studio 1 Smock Alley Theatre — 1662 Bewley’s Café Theatre Bewley’s Café Theatre
15:00 p.16 18:30 p.90 18:30 p.27 18:15 p.60 14:00 p.67 20:00 p.55
TWO HUNDRED DEER TO... DUBLINLAND (P) B.S. INCORPORATED RESONANCE MATT AND HAT (P) TEXTURE LIKE SUN
Wellington Monument (Meeting Point) The Lir Academy — Studio 2 All My Friends The Lir Academy — Studio 1 Civic Theatre – Studio Theatre Samuel Beckett Theatre
18:15 p.86 18:30 p.88 18:30 p.90 18:30 p.27 15:00 p.74 20:30 p.98
HOTHOUSE (P) ENDINGS. DUBLINLAND B.S. INCORPORATED GIRL IN A CELL CHIRON: A ONE CENTAUR SHOW
Project Arts Centre — Space Upstairs Project Arts Centre — Cube The Lir Academy — Studio 2 All My Friends Smock Alley Theatre — Black Box The Pearse Centre

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20:30 p.79 18:00 p.84 20:45 p.29 17:30 p.18 20:30 p.67 13:15 p.82
IN HEAT (P) THE SCRATCHER SOUP YOU’RE NEEDY... MATT AND HAT THIS IS YOU
The New Theatre Bewley’s Café Theatre Smock Alley Theatre — 1662 Pembroke Cottages (Meeting Point) Civic Theatre – Studio Theatre Smock Alley Theatre — Boys’ School
20:30 p.67 18:15 p.58 21:00 p.15 18:00 p.34 20:30, 21:00, 21:30, 22:00, 22:30 p.12 13:30 p.94
MATT AND HAT MOSH BLUE THUNDER ARE YOU MAD AT ME? THE GARDEN OF SHADOWS DOPA-MEAN GIRL
Civic Theatre – Studio Theatre Project Arts Centre — Space Upstairs 10-13 Thomas Street (Meeting Point) The International Bar National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin Smock Alley Theatre — Black Box
20:30 p.42 18:15 p.57 21:00 p.86 18:00 p.76 20:45 p.104 13:30 p.57
NOWHERE BETTER THAN THIS PLACE SL(T)ÁINTE (P) HOTHOUSE DOG SHIT BEYOND THE PAGE... (P) SL(T)ÁINTE
Dublin Castle — Chapel Royal The Lir Academy — Studio 1 Project Arts Centre — Space Upstairs The New Theatre The Lir Academy — Studio 2 The Lir Academy — Studio 1
20:45 p.29 18:30 p.27 21:00 p.60 18:00 p.84 20:45 p.29 14:00 p.67
SOUP B.S. INCORPORATED RESONANCE THE SCRATCHER SOUP MATT AND HAT
Smock Alley Theatre — 1662 All My Friends The Lir Academy — Studio 1 Bewley’s Café Theatre Smock Alley Theatre — 1662 Civic Theatre – Studio Theatre
21:00 p.15 18:30 p.90 21:00 p.92 18:15 p.58 21:00 p.15 14:00 p.44
BLUE THUNDER DUBLINLAND SCAREDY FAT MOSH BLUE THUNDER PERMISSION GRANTED (P)
10-13 Thomas Street (Meeting Point) The Lir Academy — Studio 2 Smock Alley Theatre — Boys’ School Project Arts Centre — Space Upstairs 10-13 Thomas Street (Meeting Point) Dublin Castle — Chapel Royal
21:00 p.86 18:30 p.88 21:00 p.18 18:15 p.96 21:00 p.86 14:00 p.16
HOTHOUSE ENDINGS. YOU’RE NEEDY... SHAUNA CARRICK WANTS A DOG (P) HOTHOUSE TWO HUNDRED DEER TO...
Project Arts Centre — Space Upstairs Project Arts Centre — Cube Pembroke Cottages (Meeting Point) Smock Alley Theatre — 1662 Project Arts Centre — Space Upstairs Wellington Monument (Meeting Point)
21:00 p.92 18:30 p.67 21:15 p.94 18:15 p.57 21:00 p.60 14:00 p.18
SCAREDY FAT MATT AND HAT DOPA-MEAN GIRL SL(T)ÁINTE RESONANCE YOU’RE NEEDY...
Smock Alley Theatre — Boys’ School Civic Theatre – Studio Theatre Smock Alley Theatre — Black Box The Lir Academy — Studio 1 The Lir Academy — Studio 1 Pembroke Cottages (Meeting Point)
21:15 p.94 18:30 p.81 21:15 p.41 18:30 p.90 21:00 p.92 15:00 p.67
DOPA-MEAN GIRL SLIPPERY WHEN WET THE KING OF ALL BIRDS DUBLINLAND SCAREDY FAT MATT AND HAT
Smock Alley Theatre — Black Box The Pearse Centre Project Arts Centre — Cube The Lir Academy — Studio 2 Smock Alley Theatre — Boys’ School Civic Theatre – Studio Theatre
21:15 p.80 18:30 p.32 18:30 p.88 21:00 p.18 15:00 p.16
MOSAIC THE SMALL PALE NERD... (P) 15 SEPTEMBER ENDINGS. YOU’RE NEEDY... TWO HUNDRED DEER TO...
Project Arts Centre — Cube The Circular Project Arts Centre — Cube Pembroke Cottages (Meeting Point) Wellington Monument (Meeting Point)
18:30 p.82 13:00 p.79 18:30 p.67 21:15 p.94 15:30 p.79
14 SEPTEMBER THIS IS YOU IN HEAT MATT AND HAT DOPA-MEAN GIRL IN HEAT
Smock Alley Theatre — Boys’ School The New Theatre Civic Theatre – Studio Theatre Smock Alley Theatre — Black Box The New Theatre
13:00 p.76 18:45 p.43 13:00 p.95 18:30 p.32 21:15 p.41 15:30 p.43
DOG SHIT LIFE, ITSELF (P) JUST A MINUTE THE SMALL PALE NERD... THE KING OF ALL BIRDS LIFE, ITSELF
The New Theatre Smock Alley Theatre — Black Box Bewley’s Café Theatre The Circular Project Arts Centre — Cube Smock Alley Theatre — Black Box
13:00 p.95 19:00 p.15 13:00 p.16 18:30 p.82 15:30 p.80
JUST A MINUTE (P) BLUE THUNDER TWO HUNDRED DEER TO... THIS IS YOU 16 SEPTEMBER MOSAIC
Bewley’s Café Theatre 10-13 Thomas Street (Meeting Point) Wellington Monument (Meeting Point) Smock Alley Theatre — Boys’ School Project Arts Centre — Cube
13:15 p.80 19:00 p.88 13:15 p.41 18:45 p.43 13:00 p.34 15:30 p.84
MOSAIC DRAINAGE SCHEME THE KING OF ALL BIRDS LIFE, ITSELF ARE YOU MAD AT ME? THE SCRATCHER
Project Arts Centre — Cube Abbey Theatre — Peacock Stage Project Arts Centre — Cube Smock Alley Theatre — Black Box The International Bar Bewley’s Café Theatre
13:30 p.55 19:30 p.67 13:30 p.57 19:00 p.15 13:00 p.104 16:00 p.67
TEXTURE LIKE SUN MATT AND HAT SL(T)ÁINTE BLUE THUNDER BEYOND THE PAGE... MATT AND HAT
Samuel Beckett Theatre Civic Theatre – Studio Theatre The Lir Academy — Studio 1 10-13 Thomas Street (Meeting Point) The Lir Academy — Studio 2 Civic Theatre – Studio Theatre
14:00 p.67 19:30 p.18 14:00 p.67 19:00 p.88 13:00 p.76 16:00 p.18
MATT AND HAT YOU’RE NEEDY... MATT AND HAT DRAINAGE SCHEME DOG SHIT YOU’RE NEEDY...
Civic Theatre – Studio Theatre Pembroke Cottages (Meeting Point) Civic Theatre – Studio Theatre Abbey Theatre — Peacock Stage The New Theatre Pembroke Cottages (Meeting Point)
15:00 p.67 20:00 p.95 14:00 p.16 19:30 p.67 13:00 p.88 17:00 p.67
MATT AND HAT JUST A MINUTE TWO HUNDRED DEER TO... MATT AND HAT DRAINAGE SCHEME MATT AND HAT
Civic Theatre – Studio Theatre Bewley’s Café Theatre Wellington Monument (Meeting Point) Civic Theatre – Studio Theatre Abbey Theatre — Peacock Stage Civic Theatre – Studio Theatre
16:00 p.67 20:30 p.98 14:45 - 17:15 p.57 19:30 p.18 13:00 p.86 18:00 p.76
MATT AND HAT CHIRON: A ONE CENTAUR SHOW SL(T)ÁINTE EXHIBITION YOU’RE NEEDY... HOTHOUSE (ISL DTP) DOG SHIT
Civic Theatre – Studio Theatre The Pearse Centre The Lir Academy — Studio 1 Pembroke Cottages (Meeting Point) Project Arts Centre — Space Upstairs The New Theatre
17:00 p.67 20:30 p.33 15:00 p.67 20:00 p.39 13:00 p.95 18:00 p.95
MATT AND HAT FLIRT (P) MATT AND HAT BLACK JAM JUST A MINUTE JUST A MINUTE
Civic Theatre – Studio Theatre The Circular Civic Theatre – Studio Theatre BelloBar Bewley’s Café Theatre Bewley’s Café Theatre
17:30 p.18 20:30 p.79 15:00 p.16 20:00 p.78 13:00 p.29 18:15 p.58
YOU’RE NEEDY... (P) IN HEAT TWO HUNDRED DEER TO... FLOAT SOUP MOSH
Pembroke Cottages (Meeting Point) The New Theatre Wellington Monument (Meeting Point) Bewley’s Café Theatre Smock Alley Theatre — 1662 Project Arts Centre — Space Upstairs
18:00 p.34 20:30 p.67 16:00 p.67 20:30 p.33 13:00 p.16 18:15 p.96
ARE YOU MAD AT ME? MATT AND HAT MATT AND HAT FLIRT TWO HUNDRED DEER TO... SHAUNA CARRICK WANTS A DOG
The International Bar Civic Theatre – Studio Theatre Civic Theatre – Studio Theatre The Circular Wellington Monument (Meeting Point) Smock Alley Theatre — 1662
18:00 p.76 20:30, 21:00, 21:30, 22:00, 22:30 p.12 17:00 p.67 20:30 p.79 13:15 p.41 18:30 p.90
DOG SHIT THE GARDEN OF SHADOWS MATT AND HAT IN HEAT THE KING OF ALL BIRDS DUBLINLAND
The New Theatre National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin Civic Theatre – Studio Theatre The New Theatre Project Arts Centre — Cube The Lir Academy — Studio 2

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18:30 p.88 21:00 p.92 20:30 p.30 21:00 p.15 20:30 p.10
ENDINGS. SCAREDY FAT CRAIC DEN AS GAEILGE 19 SEPTEMBER BLUE THUNDER SONGS OF THEYS
Project Arts Centre — Cube Smock Alley Theatre — Boys’ School Whelan’s — Little Whelan’s 10-13 Thomas Street (Meeting Point) Dublin Castle — Chapel Royal
18:30 p.67 21:15 p.94 20:30 p.44 15:00 p.93 21:00 p.100 20:30, 21:00, 21:30, 22:00, 22:30 p.12
MATT AND HAT DOPA-MEAN GIRL PERMISSION GRANTED PASSPORTS - A CONVERSATION... HYPER THE GARDEN OF SHADOWS
Civic Theatre – Studio Theatre Smock Alley Theatre — Black Box Dublin Castle — Chapel Royal Project Arts Centre — Space Upstairs Smock Alley Theatre — Boys’ School National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin
18:30 p.82 21:15 p.41 20:30, 21:00, 21:30, 22:00, 22:30 p.12 17:30 p.18 21:00 p.26 20:45 p.35
THIS IS YOU THE KING OF ALL BIRDS THE GARDEN OF SHADOWS YOU’RE NEEDY... TINY PIANO MAN (P) BUT HE’S GAY
Smock Alley Theatre — Boys’ School Project Arts Centre — Cube National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin Pembroke Cottages (Meeting Point) Project Arts Centre — Space Upstairs Smock Alley Theatre — 1662
18:30 p.18 20:30 p.18 18:00 p.36 21:00 p.18 21:00 p.15
YOU’RE NEEDY... 17 SEPTEMBER YOU’RE NEEDY... CALM YOU’RE NEEDY... BLUE THUNDER
Pembroke Cottages (Meeting Point) Pembroke Cottages (Meeting Point) The International Bar Pembroke Cottages (Meeting Point) 10-13 Thomas Street (Meeting Point)
18:45 p.6 13:00 p.78 20:45 p.29 18:00 p.72 21:15 p.61 21:00 p.100
CLASH AT THE QUAYS! FLOAT SOUP MMANWU (P) PERSONA METROPOLITANA (P) HYPER
The Complex — The Depot Bewley’s Café Theatre Smock Alley Theatre — 1662 The New Theatre Smock Alley Theatre — Black Box Smock Alley Theatre — Boys’ School
18:45 p.43 13:00 p.96 21:00 p.24 18:00 p.70 21:00 p.62
LIFE, ITSELF SHAUNA CARRICK WANTS A DOG GRL/LATNX/DEF RETCH (P) 20 SEPTEMBER RED LINES (P)
Smock Alley Theatre — Black Box Smock Alley Theatre — 1662 Project Arts Centre — Space Upstairs Bewley’s Café Theatre The Lir Academy — Studio 1
19:00 p.15 13:00 p.16 18:15 p.97 17:30 p.18 21:00 p.26
BLUE THUNDER TWO HUNDRED DEER TO... 18 SEPTEMBER PADDY LAMA - THE SHED TALKS YOU’RE NEEDY... TINY PIANO MAN
10-13 Thomas Street (Meeting Point) Wellington Monument (Meeting Point) Smock Alley Theatre — 1662 Pembroke Cottages (Meeting Point) Project Arts Centre — Space Upstairs
19:00 p.88 13:15 p.82 18:00 p.36 18:30 p.27 18:00 p.36 21:00 p.18
DRAINAGE SCHEME THIS IS YOU CALM (P) B.S. INCORPORATED CALM YOU’RE NEEDY...
Abbey Theatre — Peacock Stage Smock Alley Theatre — Boys’ School The International Bar All My Friends The International Bar Pembroke Cottages (Meeting Point)
19:00 p.22 14:00 p.44 18:00 p.75 18:30 p.99 18:00 p.72 21:15 p.61
PHASE NEW ARTS SPACE GIG PERMISSION GRANTED COLUMBIA MARCH (P) FEET PICS AREN’T FREE! (P) MMANWU PERSONA METROPOLITANA
Phase Space Arts – Gig Room Dublin Castle — Chapel Royal Bewley’s Café Theatre Smock Alley Theatre — Boys’ School The New Theatre Smock Alley Theatre — Black Box
19:15 p.8 14:00 p.16 18:15 p.97 18:30 p.32 18:00 p.102 21:15 p.31
EGG: THE PROCLAMATION... TWO HUNDRED DEER TO... PADDY LAMA - THE SHED TALKS THE SMALL PALE NERD... THE COIL’S LAMENT (P) STARS (P)
National Stadium — Ringside Bar Wellington Monument (Meeting Point) Smock Alley Theatre — 1662 The Circular Bewley’s Café Theatre Project Arts Centre — Cube
19:30 p.67 14:00 p.18 18:30 p.27 18:30 p.89 18:15 p.97
MATT AND HAT YOU’RE NEEDY... B.S. INCORPORATED WORK.TXT PADDY LAMA - THE SHED TALKS 21 SEPTEMBER
Civic Theatre – Studio Theatre Pembroke Cottages (Meeting Point) All My Friends Project Arts Centre — Cube Smock Alley Theatre — 1662
20:00 p.78 15:00 p.16 18:30 p.100 19:00 p.15 18:30 p.27 13:00 p.73
FLOAT TWO HUNDRED DEER TO... HYPER (P) BLUE THUNDER B.S. INCORPORATED MAY DAY
Bewley’s Café Theatre Wellington Monument (Meeting Point) Smock Alley Theatre — Boys’ School 10-13 Thomas Street (Meeting Point) All My Friends The New Theatre
20:30 p.79 16:00 p.18 18:30 p.32 19:30 p.40 18:30 p.99 13:00 p.70
IN HEAT YOU’RE NEEDY... THE SMALL PALE NERD... OSCAILT FEET PICS AREN’T FREE! RETCH
The New Theatre Pembroke Cottages (Meeting Point) The Circular Samuel Beckett Theatre Smock Alley Theatre — Boys’ School Bewley’s Café Theatre
20:30 p.67 18:00 p.95 19:00 p.15 19:30 p.18 18:30 p.54 14:00 p.66
MATT AND HAT JUST A MINUTE BLUE THUNDER YOU’RE NEEDY... HAUS OF FASH HUN (P) THE CROW’S WAY (P)
Civic Theatre – Studio Theatre Bewley’s Café Theatre 10-13 Thomas Street (Meeting Point) Pembroke Cottages (Meeting Point) The Lir Academy — Studio 1 Abbey Theatre — Peacock Stage
20:30 p.44 18:15 p.103 20:30 p.33 20:00 p.75 18:30 p.89 17:30 p.18
PERMISSION GRANTED BOXING DAY FLIRT COLUMBIA MARCH WORK.TXT YOU’RE NEEDY...
Dublin Castle — Chapel Royal Smock Alley Theatre — 1662 The Circular Bewley’s Café Theatre Project Arts Centre — Cube Pembroke Cottages (Meeting Point)
20:30, 21:00, 21:30, 22:00, 22:30 p.12 18:15 p.58 20:30 p.91 20:30 p.33 18:45 p.77 18:00 p.36
THE GARDEN OF SHADOWS MOSH (AD) KYLE KYLE KYLE KYLE... (P) FLIRT HAND OF GOD (P) CALM
National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin Project Arts Centre — Space Upstairs All My Friends The Circular Smock Alley Theatre — Black Box The International Bar
20:30 p.18 18:30 p.17 20:45 p.96 20:30 p.91 19:00 p.15 18:00 p.72
YOU’RE NEEDY... FAD CAMP PODCAST LIVE SHAUNA CARRICK WANTS A... (AD) KYLE KYLE KYLE KYLE... BLUE THUNDER MMANWU
Pembroke Cottages (Meeting Point) The Lir Academy — Studio 2 Smock Alley Theatre — 1662 All My Friends 10-13 Thomas Street (Meeting Point) The New Theatre
20:45 p.104 18:30 p.32 21:00 p.15 20:30 p.73 19:30 p.18 18:00 p.102
BEYOND THE PAGE... THE SMALL PALE NERD... BLUE THUNDER MAY DAY (P) YOU’RE NEEDY... THE COIL’S LAMENT
The Lir Academy — Studio 2 The Circular 10-13 Thomas Street (Meeting Point) The New Theatre Pembroke Cottages (Meeting Point) Bewley’s Café Theatre
20:45 p.29 18:30 p.82 20:30 p.10 20:00 p.75 18:15 p.28
SOUP THIS IS YOU (ISL DTP) SONGS OF THEYS (P) COLUMBIA MARCH TONY CANTWELL’S SKETCH SHOW
Smock Alley Theatre — 1662 Smock Alley Theatre — Boys’ School Dublin Castle — Chapel Royal Bewley’s Café Theatre Smock Alley Theatre — 1662
21:00 p.15 18:30 p.18 20:30, 21:00, 21:30, 22:00, 22:30 p.12 20:30 p.91 18:30 p.27
BLUE THUNDER YOU’RE NEEDY... THE GARDEN OF SHADOWS KYLE KYLE KYLE KYLE... B.S. INCORPORATED
10-13 Thomas Street (Meeting Point) Pembroke Cottages (Meeting Point) National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin All My Friends All My Friends
21:00 p.24 20:00 p.78 20:45 p.35 20:30 p.73 18:30 p.99
GRL/LATNX/DEF FLOAT BUT HE’S GAY (P) MAY DAY FEET PICS AREN’T FREE!
Project Arts Centre — Space Upstairs Bewley’s Café Theatre Smock Alley Theatre — 1662 The New Theatre Smock Alley Theatre — Boys’ School

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18:30 p.54 21:15 p.31 18:30 p.89 16:00 p.62 21:00 p.15
HAUS OF FASH HUN STARS WORK.TXT 23 SEPTEMBER RED LINES BLUE THUNDER
The Lir Academy — Studio 1 Project Arts Centre — Cube Project Arts Centre — Cube The Lir Academy — Studio 1 10-13 Thomas Street (Meeting Point)
18:30 p.32 18:45 p.77 13:00 p.36 16:00 p.68 21:00 p.100
THE SMALL PALE NERD... 22 SEPTEMBER HAND OF GOD CALM WHEN THE MOON SPUN ROUND HYPER
The Circular Smock Alley Theatre — Black Box The International Bar Draíocht Blanchardstown – Main Auditorium Smock Alley Theatre — Boys’ School
18:30 p.56 13:00 p.75 19:00 p.15 13:00 p.54 16:00 p.18 21:00 p.62
WHAT IS NOT OURS TO CARRY (P) COLUMBIA MARCH BLUE THUNDER HAUS OF FASH HUN YOU’RE NEEDY... RED LINES
Samuel Beckett Theatre Bewley’s Café Theatre 10-13 Thomas Street (Meeting Point) The Lir Academy — Studio 1 Pembroke Cottages (Meeting Point) The Lir Academy — Studio 1
18:30 p.89 13:00 p.72 19:00 p.7 13:00 p.72 18:00 p.72 21:00 p.26
WORK.TXT MMANWU DISCO UTOPIA: PROTEST MMANWU MMANWU TINY PIANO MAN
Project Arts Centre — Cube The New Theatre The Button Factory The New Theatre The New Theatre Project Arts Centre — Space Upstairs
18:45 p.77 13:00 p.16 19:30 p.18 13:00 p.102 18:00 p.70 21:15 p.61
HAND OF GOD TWO HUNDRED DEER TO... YOU’RE NEEDY... THE COIL’S LAMENT RETCH PERSONA METROPOLITANA
Smock Alley Theatre — Black Box Wellington Monument (Meeting Point) Pembroke Cottages (Meeting Point) Bewley’s Café Theatre Bewley’s Café Theatre Smock Alley Theatre — Black Box
19:00 p.15 13:15 p.31 20:00 p.102 13:00 p.26 18:00 p.66 21:15 p.31
BLUE THUNDER STARS THE COIL’S LAMENT TINY PIANO MAN THE CROW’S WAY STARS
10-13 Thomas Street (Meeting Point) Project Arts Centre — Cube Bewley’s Café Theatre Project Arts Centre — Space Upstairs Abbey Theatre — Peacock Stage Project Arts Centre — Cube
19:30 p.18 13:30 p.56 20:00, 20:30, 21:00, 21:30, 22:00, 22:30 p.12 13:00 p.28 18:15 p.52
YOU’RE NEEDY... WHAT IS NOT OURS TO CARRY THE GARDEN OF SHADOWS TONY CANTWELL’S SKETCH SHOW THE DAN DAW SHOW (AD) 24 SEPTEMBER
Pembroke Cottages (Meeting Point) Samuel Beckett Theatre National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin Smock Alley Theatre — 1662 Project Arts Centre — Space Upstairs
20:00 p.70 14:00 p.66 20:30 p.33 13:00 p.16 18:15 p.28 20:00, 20:30, 21:00, 21:30, 22:00, 22:30 p.12
RETCH THE CROW’S WAY FLIRT TWO HUNDRED DEER TO... TONY CANTWELL’S SKETCH SHOW THE GARDEN OF SHADOWS
Bewley’s Café Theatre Abbey Theatre — Peacock Stage The Circular Wellington Monument (Meeting Point) Smock Alley Theatre — 1662 National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin
20:00 p.66 14:00 p.16 20:30 p.73 13:00 p.68 18:30 p.99 20:30 p.10
THE CROW’S WAY TWO HUNDRED DEER TO... MAY DAY WHEN THE MOON SPUN ROUND FEET PICS AREN’T FREE! SONGS OF THEYS
Abbey Theatre — Peacock Stage Wellington Monument (Meeting Point) The New Theatre Draíocht Blanchardstown – Main Auditorium Smock Alley Theatre — Boys’ School Dublin Castle — Chapel Royal
20:00, 20:30, 21:00, 21:30, 22:00, 22:30 p.12 15:00 p.16 20:30 p.10 13:15 p.100 18:30 p.54
THE GARDEN OF SHADOWS TWO HUNDRED DEER TO... SONGS OF THEYS HYPER HAUS OF FASH HUN
National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin Wellington Monument (Meeting Point) Dublin Castle — Chapel Royal Smock Alley Theatre — Boys’ School The Lir Academy — Studio 1
20:30 p.33 17:30 p.18 20:45 p.35 13:15 p.31 18:30 p.89
FLIRT YOU’RE NEEDY... BUT HE’S GAY STARS WORK.TXT
The Circular Pembroke Cottages (Meeting Point) Smock Alley Theatre — 1662 Project Arts Centre — Cube Project Arts Centre — Cube
20:30 p.91 18:00 p.36 21:00 p.15 13:30 p.61 18:30 p.18
KYLE KYLE KYLE KYLE... CALM BLUE THUNDER PERSONA METROPOLITANA YOU’RE NEEDY...
All My Friends The International Bar 10-13 Thomas Street (Meeting Point) Smock Alley Theatre — Black Box Pembroke Cottages (Meeting Point)
20:30 p.73 18:00 p.72 21:00 p.100 14:00 p.66 18:45 p.77
MAY DAY MMANWU HYPER THE CROW’S WAY HAND OF GOD
The New Theatre The New Theatre Smock Alley Theatre — Boys’ School Abbey Theatre — Peacock Stage Smock Alley Theatre — Black Box
20:30 p.10 18:00 p.70 21:00 p.62 14:00 p.16 19:00 p.15
SONGS OF THEYS RETCH RED LINES TWO HUNDRED DEER TO... BLUE THUNDER
Dublin Castle — Chapel Royal Bewley’s Café Theatre The Lir Academy — Studio 1 Wellington Monument (Meeting Point) 10-13 Thomas Street (Meeting Point)
20:45 p.35 18:00 p.66 21:00 p.26 14:00 p.18 19:00 p.22
BUT HE’S GAY THE CROW’S WAY TINY PIANO MAN YOU’RE NEEDY... PHASE NEW ARTS SPACE GIG
Smock Alley Theatre — 1662 Abbey Theatre — Peacock Stage Project Arts Centre — Space Upstairs Pembroke Cottages (Meeting Point) Phase Space Arts – Gig Room
21:00 p.15 18:15 p.52 21:00 p.18 15:00 p.35 20:00 p.102
BLUE THUNDER THE DAN DAW SHOW YOU’RE NEEDY... BUT HE’S GAY THE COIL’S LAMENT
10-13 Thomas Street (Meeting Point) Project Arts Centre — Space Upstairs Pembroke Cottages (Meeting Point) Smock Alley Theatre — 1662 Bewley’s Café Theatre
21:00 p.100 18:15 p.28 21:15 p.61 15:00 p.75 20:00, 20:30, 21:00, 21:30, 22:00, 22:30 p.12
HYPER TONY CANTWELL’S SKETCH SHOW PERSONA METROPOLITANA COLUMBIA MARCH THE GARDEN OF SHADOWS
Smock Alley Theatre — Boys’ School Smock Alley Theatre — 1662 Smock Alley Theatre — Black Box Bewley’s Café Theatre National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin
21:00 p.62 18:30 p.99 21:15 p.31 15:00 p.16 20:30 p.73
RED LINES FEET PICS AREN’T FREE! STARS TWO HUNDRED DEER TO... MAY DAY
The Lir Academy — Studio 1 Smock Alley Theatre — Boys’ School Project Arts Centre — Cube Wellington Monument (Meeting Point) The New Theatre
21:00 p.26 18:30 p.54 15:15 p.99 20:30 p.10
TINY PIANO MAN HAUS OF FASH HUN FEET PICS AREN’T FREE! SONGS OF THEYS
Project Arts Centre — Space Upstairs The Lir Academy — Studio 1 Smock Alley Theatre — Boys’ School Dublin Castle — Chapel Royal
21:00 p.18 18:30 p.32 15:30 p.73 20:30 p.18
YOU’RE NEEDY... THE SMALL PALE NERD... MAY DAY YOU’RE NEEDY...
Pembroke Cottages (Meeting Point) The Circular The New Theatre Pembroke Cottages (Meeting Point)
21:15 p.61 18:30 p.56 15:45 p.77 20:45 p.35
PERSONA METROPOLITANA WHAT IS NOT OURS TO CARRY HAND OF GOD BUT HE’S GAY
Smock Alley Theatre — Black Box Samuel Beckett Theatre Smock Alley Theatre — Black Box Smock Alley Theatre — 1662

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 A J The Dan Daw Show p.52-53 10-13 Thomas Street (Meeting Point)** The Complex — The Depot

VENUES
INDEX A Symbiotic Symphonic
Movement
Are You Mad At Me? p.34
Artist at Work
p.19

p.47
Just A Minute
K
KYLE KYLE KYLE KYLE
KYLE KYLE KYLE Has a
p.95 The Garden
of Shadows p.12-13
The King of All Birds p.41
The Scratcher p.84
The Liberties, D8
Abbey Theatre — Peacock Stage*
26-27 Lower Abbey Street, D1
All My Friends
21-25 Arran Street East, Smithfield, D7
The International Bar**
23 Wicklow Street, D2
The Lir Academy — Studio 1
B Complicated Relationship The Small Pale Nerd At The 61-63 Meath Street, The Liberties, D8 Corner of Pearse Street and Grand Canal
B.S. Incorporated p.27 With Reality and With End of The World p.32 BelloBar** Quay, D2
Beyond the Page: Stray Himself p.91 This is You p.82 1 Portobello Harbour, Saint Kevin’s, D8 The Lir Academy — Studio 2
Lines Irish Comics L Tiny Piano Man p.26 Bewley’s Café Theatre Corner of Pearse Street and Grand Canal
Showcase p.104 Life, Itself p.43 Tony Cantwell’s Sketch 78-79 Grafton Street, D2 Quay, D2
BLACK JAM p.39 M Show p.28 Civic Theatre – Studio Theatre* The New Theatre*
Blue Thunder p.15 Matt and Hat p.67 Two Hundred Deer to Belgard Square East, Tallaght, D24 43 Essex Street East, Temple Bar, D2
Boxing Day p.103 MAY DAY p.73 Every Lion p.16 Draíocht Blanchardstown – The Pearse Centre*
But He’s Gay p.35 MMANWU p.72 W Main Auditorium The Ireland Institute, 27 Pearse Street, D2
C Mosaic p.80 What Is Not Ours To Carry The Blanchardstown Centre, Wellington Monument (Meeting Point)
Calm p.36 MOSH p.58-59 p.56 Blanchardstown, D15 Phoenix Park, D8
Chiron: A One Centaur N When The Moon Spun Dublin Castle — Chapel Royal* Whelan’s — Little Whelan’s**
Show p.98 nowhere better than this Round p.68 Dame Street, D2 25 Wexford Street, Portobello, D2
Clash at the Quays! p.6 place p.42 Who Wants To Write An Gate Theatre*
Columbia March p.75 O Email? p.105 Cavendish Row, Parnell Square East,
COMFORT CARNIVAL: Once in a Lifetime p.71 Work.txt p.89 Rotunda, D1
Coda p.9 Only an Octave Apart p.38 Y National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin
Craic Den as Gaeilge p.30 Oscailt p.40 You’re Needy (sounds Glasnevin, D9 SPECIAL ASSISTANCE
D P frustrating) p.18 National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin — If you or a member of your party is a wheelchair
Disco Utopia: Protest p.7 Paddy Lama - The Shed The Teak House user or requires special assistance at any of our
Dog Shit p.76 Talks p.97 Glasnevin, D9 venues please inform Box Office at the time of
Dopa-Mean Girl p.94 passports - A conversation National Stadium — Ringside Bar* booking by emailing boxoffice@fringefest.com
Drainage Scheme p.83 with Ayesha Syeddah & 145 South Circular Road, D8 or phone us at 1800 374 643.
DublinLand p.90 Friends p.93 Pembroke Cottages (Meeting Point)**
*Venue has limited wheelchair accessibility.
E Permission Granted p.44 Donnybrook, D4
**Venue is not wheelchair accessible.
EGG: The Proclamation of Persona Metropolitana p.61 Phase Space Arts – Main Exhibition Room*
The Irish Republegg p.8 Phase p.22 27 Garville Lane Upper, Rathgar Ave, D6
endings. p.88 R Phase Space Arts – Gig Room*
F RED LINES p.62-63 27 Garville Lane Upper, Rathgar Ave, D6,
Fad Camp Podcast Live p.17 RESONANCE p.60 Project Arts Centre — Cube
FEET PICS AREN’T RETCH p.70 39 Essex Street East, Temple Bar, D2
FREE! p.99 Ruvheneko p.101 Project Arts Centre — Space Upstairs
Flirt p.33 S 39 Essex Street East, Temple Bar, D2
Float p.78 Scaredy Fat p.92 Samuel Beckett Theatre
G Shauna Carrick Wants A Trinity College, D2
GIRL IN A CELL p.74 Dog p.96 Smock Alley Theatre — Boys’ School
GRL/LATNX/DEF p.24-25 Sl(t)áinte p.57 7 Exchange Street Lower, Temple Bar, D8
H Slippery When Wet p.81 Smock Alley Theatre — Black Box
Hand of God p.77 Songs of Theys p.10 7 Exchange Street Lower, Temple Bar, D8
HAUS OF FASH HUN p.54 Soup p.29 Smock Alley Theatre — 1662
HOTHOUSE p.86-87 Stars p.31 7 Exchange Street Lower, Temple Bar, D8
HYPER p.100 Svara Seven p.14 Temple Bar Gallery and Studios*
I T 5-9 Temple Bar, D2
in heat p.79 Texture like sun p.55 The Button Factory
ISL Deaf The Coil’s Lament p.102 Curved Street, Temple Bar, D2
Translations Project p.20-21 The Crow’s Way p.66 The Circular**
536-538 South Circular Road, Rialto, D8
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 2023
AWARDS
Hundreds of artists spend
thousands of hours making
work for Dublin Fringe
Festival each year. Our
panel of judges recognise
the extraordinary skill
and talent on display and
acknowledge some of the
standouts in this year’s
festival.
BEST PRODUCTION
For the show that has it all.
BEST DESIGN
Outstanding lighting, sound,
scenic, projection, costume
or overall design.
BEST PERFORMERS
Two of this year’s brightest
stars will take home this
accolade.
BEST ENSEMBLE
The standout ensemble –
the heartbeat of a show.
JUDGE’S CHOICE
AWARDS
Three awards to
acknowledge something
that defies categorisation
but must be recognised for
its brilliance.
FISHAMBLE NEW
WRITING AWARD
Awarded to an emerging
Irish (or Irish-based) writer
for a new play. The award
includes dramaturgical
support by Fishamble:
The New Play Company.
Previous winners are not
eligible.
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SUNDAY 24 SEPTEMBER
FIRST FORTNIGHT
AWARD
The winner will be invited
to perform at the First
Fortnight Festival in
January 2023. First
Fortnight’s mission is
mental health awareness,
challenging prejudice and
ending stigma.
NEXT STAGE WILD
CARD
A bursary to be part of
the Next Stage at Dublin
Theatre Festival with
Theatre Forum.
AXIS GREEN ARTS
AWARD
Axis Ballymun will offer
a cash prize of €1000 as
well as targeted support
for future productions to
help with the planning and
delivery of environmentally
aware work.
BEWLEY’S CAFÉ
THEATRE
LITTLE GEM AWARD
The most exciting show
that’s under 60 minutes
wins a handsome prize: a
two-week run at Bewley’s
Café Theatre and €2000
for the remount.
SPIRIT OF WIT:
MOIRA BRADY
AVERILL AWARD
A unique award for an
artist willing to take risks
and whose work defies
categorisation with bold and
unconventional material.
In memory of Moira Brady
Averill, who had the power
to transform space and
thought through alchemical
wit. The award comes with
a monetary prize and a
framed illustration by artist
Walker Mettling.
RADICAL SPIRIT
Co-presented by Dublin
Fringe Festival and
Project Arts Centre. This
commissioning award is for
an Irish artist dedicated to
making bold, contemporary
work which embodies the
radical spirit of both Fringe
and Project.
THE GEORGE
FITZMAURICE AWARD
This award will connect an
experimental artist with an
original voice with St John’s
Theatre, Listowel via a two-
week residency. The prize
includes a €1500 bursary,
workspace and travel/
accommodation.
PROMPTPAD
TECHNICAL
INNOVATION AWARD
This new award for
2023 is for a show that
pushes the boundaries of
technical elements for
their production. This show
will have utilised existing
technology to innovate
their work and transform
traditional industry
practices to put a unique
spin on live performance.
THANK
To our core funders the Arts Council
and Dublin City Council, thank you for
supporting our work every step of the way.
To the artists making work for the festival,
the artists we work with year-round through
FRINGE LAB and those who drop into
Elevenses to just say hi – thank you for your
faith in Dublin Fringe Festival. Your work
inspires us every day!
Thank you to the Dublin Fringe Festival
board for your belief and your resilience.
A deep and heartfelt thanks to Ruth
McGowan, outgoing Artistic Director
& CEO for your vision, dedication, and
unwavering commitment to the festival.
A special thank you to Shaun Dunne and
Aisling Murray for your support during the
curation of the festival. To Matt Smyth for
lending us his producing talents and taking
care of our artists earlier in the year. To our
team member Susan Kennelly (and Ranger)
for your rigour, cheer and talent, Thank you!
To all the invaluable technicians, volunteers,
patrons, partners, stakeholders, venues,
funders, sponsors, friends and family
who have joined us on our festival-making
journey, a heartfelt THANK YOU. We
couldn’t do it without you.
YOU
Thank you to Laura Callaghan, who captured
a wonderful sense of momentum, scale and
energy in this year’s festival design. Laura
aptly managed to represent the personality
of the festival as well as the community
of artists and experiences reflected in this
year’s programme.
A special thank you to Mo Harte and Bríd
Ní Ghruagáin for your audio describing
talents and skill.
Hat tip to the dedicated and dynamic
Dublin Fringe Festival team for doing
all that you do. You are nothing short of
incredible!
A sincere thank you to our incredible
audiences, your support brings life and
energy to every performance. Your
enthusiasm and unwavering commitment
fuel our passion and drive us to create
unforgettable experiences.
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