Dublin Fringe Festival 2021

JOYFUL. INTIMATE. LIVE.

AMPLIFYING WHISPERED MEMOIRS AND THE TEXT WHEN YOU GET HOME SAFE PAINTING THE CIVIC REFLECTIONS OF SCHOOLKIDS ON THE WALLS OF THE LIBERTIES VALORISING THE CRAIC AND CELEBRATING QUEER COMMUNITY

We invited the artists within these pages to resist the zeitgeist and tend to the inextinguishable.

Through their grace and grit, this programme is ablaze with radical acts of enquiry and wonder.

Their plans include: CONJURING YACHT PARTIES, HOOK-UPS AND A REDISCOVERY OF WITCHES RIFFING ON THE SKYLINE, USING CRANES AS A MUSICAL SCORE

We’re living in superflux, a rushing spiral of chance and change. We need artists to stand in the centre of the spin and sing.

In this moment, held between the beloved and the undiscovered, Fringe are making space to play.

This year’s programme centres work that inspires joy and prizes

Making a festival in transforming times demands a complex approach to a simple act: coming together to experience something new.

Together, we are working in a spirit of experimentation, with care and generosity as core values. We are staying devoted to artistic risk,

CHERISHING THE HYPERLOCAL AND CONFRONTING CONSPIRACY THEORISTS Welcome to Dublin Fringe Festival 2021.

intimacy. We’re reaching for catharsis with art experiences that crack you up and crack you open.

RUTH MCGOWAN ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & CEO

It’s within touching distance.

Are you coming?

This September, let’s reunite with our favourite haunts and welcome back the thrill of happenstance.

Let’s overrun the city with artists, staking a claim for connection, community and the kind of Dublin we want to live in.

Audiences, our work doesn’t work without you. We’re longing to hear your ripples of laughter and collective gasps. Let us fill your diaries and your hearts with an abundance of art and ideas.

active spectatorship and shared moments in time.

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TICKETS All tickets must be purchased online in advance. For any ticket enquiries, contact us at boxoffice@fringefest.com or call us on 1800 FRINGE (374 643).

SAFETY Dublin Fringe Festival, in collaboration with our venue partners, are taking every precaution to ensure your comfort and safety. We are operating with care, humility, and rigorous adherence to COVID-19 government guidelines.

You can find up to date venue safety and audience experience information at fringefest.com/venues

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. See our Young Radicals programme for events suitable for all ages (pages 43 & 44).

SPECIAL ASSISTANCE If you or a member of your party is a wheelchair user or needs special assistance at any of our venues please inform Box Office at the time of booking by emailing boxoffice@fringefest.com or phone us on the number above. Please refer to the venue page at the back of this brochure or fringefest.com/venues for accessibility information.

Please note Some events may be cancelled at late notice due to circumstances beyond our control relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. You will be eligible for a refund in this instance. No refunds or exhanges 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.

YOU ARE MAGIC ALICIA EGGERT

OVERRUN THE CITY WITH RADICAL ACTS OF JOY, PLEASURE, BEAUTY AND WONDER

Performances 11 - 26 September 12:00 - 19:00 free Venue Streets of Dublin

Presented by Dublin Fringe Festival Alicia Eggert (USA) is an interdisciplinary artist whose work gives material form to language and time, the powerful but invisible forces that shape our perception of reality.

This large-scale interactive inflatable sculpture is designed to inspire wonder and evoke the power of collaboration.

When two people hold hands with each person touching the handprint sensors, they

Interactive ~ Music ~ Visual Art ~ Live Art ~ Comedy ~ Theatre

complete an electrical circuit and the sculpture comes to life. The sculpture grows larger the longer participants hold hands, but as soon as they release their hands the circuit is broken, and the sculpture deflates.

Popping up outside all over the city, find a location near you at fringefest.com or #dublinfringe Originally created for Arlington County, Virginia’s Cultural Affairs Division, as part of their Arlington Art Truck programme

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FILM READS: THE BREAKFAST CLUB DREAMGUN

TONIC FIONN FOLEY & ROUGH MAGIC

Performances 20 - 26 September 21:00, €16/€14

Performances 11, 13 – 19 September 20:30, €16/€14

Venue Dublin Castle Castle Gardens

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“Detention is the most important meal of the day.”

Dreamgun emerge from their lockdown chrysalis with a brand new Film Read of The Breakfast Club, rewritten into a semi-coherent ’80s teen medley. Dreamgun perform your favorite movies stuffed full of jokes and read by actors and comics who haven't read the script beforehand.

Performed by the unprepared and award-winning ensemble of Tony Cantwell, Ronan Carey, Stephen Colfer, Gavin Drea, Hannah Mamalis and Erin McGathy, who haven’t seen each other for over a year.

In conjunction with The Office of Public Works and Dublin Castle.

Developed at FRINGE LAB Please note Performance takes place outdoors, please dress appropriately

Image Paddy Dunne

Venue Dublin Castle Castle Gardens

2047. Civilisation is on the brink of collapse following a global doomsday event. That is, until a miracle tonic is discovered — The Preventative — mankind's last chance at survival.

Charged with spreading the good news, the amazing Calibri Triplet Family Band embark on their most challenging tour to date. Using only their fame, charm, and music, they must ensure the elixir reaches the lips of everyone in the land.

A blisteringly satirical new musical comedy for the times we live in.

Funded by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon. Supported

by Solstice Arts Centre. In conjunction with The Office of Public Works and Dublin Castle

Please note Performance takes place outdoors, please dress appropriately

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SOUND WAVES GXRLCODE A Dublin Fringe Festival Commission Gxrlcode have curated the soundtrack to your September.

These playlists will cover all your day into night fantasies, curated by Gxrlcode graphic designer, curator and model Nathali Turner, featuring Ireland-based artists and musicians SHIV, Ali Maria Smith, Aby Coulibaly, Tomike and many more. No matter where you are or what you’re up to — pop on our playlist, turn the volume up and make time for joy.

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Let’s take on the day — we’ve created a selection of tunes for your sunrise yoga, park picnics and tending your newly sprouted gardens. Take a journey with us into a state of blissful serenity. As the sun sets, let’s bounce. It’s time for your latenight cycles, your pre-game pick-me-ups and your kitchen discos.

Gxrlcode are a creative collective amplifying the voices of women in the creative industry, founded with the purpose of making killer creative projects together and giving women the spaces they need to showcase their talents on the world’s stage. Spin out with us, let the music take full control.

Listen 11 - 26 September free Venue Your Place

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ABUNDANCE BETH HAYDEN & MATTHEW BRATKO

JOANNE MCNALLY LIVE

Performances 22 - 26 September 20:45, €15/€13/€12

Performances 12 – 17 September 18:00, €18/€16

Venue Dublin Castle - Chapel Royal or Your Place

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A Dublin Fringe Festival Commission An ode to queer joy, resilience, community, and the power of a good party. This performance is made to be enjoyed by both inperson and online audiences.

Enter a new world of abundance. Beth and Matthew welcome you in with a preshow group chat. You choose how to attend: either a private video channel or live in a Dublin venue. One step, text, or word at a time will move you

away from the Brainwaves of Scarcity and wrap you in the loving embrace of a dimension where you know that you have everything you need.

Funded by the Arts Council /

An Chomhairle Ealaíon. In conjunction with The Office of Public Works and Dublin Castle

Venue Project Arts Centre Space Upstairs

Join Joanne for an hour of comedic confession as she tells you about her life and tries to find out about yours.

Sweetheart, nightmare and Dublin Fringe Festival Awards Best Performer Nominee, stand-up comedian Joanne McNally returns to the festival with sixty minutes of fun, live and in the room.

The Lisa Richards Agency

Please note Contains reference to mental health

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FEHDAH Presented by Dublin Fringe Festival A future-afro soul vocalist, producer and multi-instrumentalist, Fehdah is on the frontline of the Irish hip hop and electronic music scene.

Fehdah’s genre-defying and eclectic songwriting, showcased on 2020’s Kinematics EP, featured guest spots from artist-of-the-moment Denise Chaila and rapper Celaviedmai. Her 2019 single Saharakungoh was a cohesive moulding of contemporary electronic and traditional instrumentation which is aligned with today’s paradigm of the 21st Century Afrofuturist.

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Shake off the stagnation and join an artist who is truly future-gazing for an intimate evening of agile grooves and otherworldly sound.

Performances 18 September 21:00, €16/€14 Venue Project Arts Centre Space Upstairs

Please note Contains use of smoke machines and strobe lighting

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MASTERCLASS BROKENTALKERS & ADRIENNE TRUSCOTT

GRIPPING LIVE PERFORMANCES RECKONING WITH HARSH DUALITIES, PUBLIC PERSONAS AND POWERFUL INFLUENCES

Theatre ~ Live Art

Preview 10 September 20:45, €12

Co-produced by Dublin Fringe Festival, Project Arts Centre and Mermaid Arts Centre

Performances 11 – 17 September 20:45 18 September 13:00, €16/€14

“No one enjoys being equal” — David Mamet

Venue Project Arts Centre Space Upstairs

Blending the fearless and savagely comedic feminist discourse of Adrienne Truscott with the subversive and slippery dramaturgy of Brokentalkers to parody the “great male artist” to within an inch of his life.

The show begins in the form of a cockamamie masterclass performed by fed up feminist Adrienne Truscott and all round good guy Feidlim Cannon. It’s fun. It’s familiar. There are wigs.

But there is something more at play…

Funded by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon. Developed at FRINGE LAB Please note Contains nudity, use of smoke machines and strobe lighting

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WHERE SAT THE LOVERS MALAPROP Imagine you're scared for your adult sibling. They are on the brink. You think they're mentally ill but they think they're just left wing.

To make the right choices together you'll need to know the right things. The big question: how do you know if you know the right things?

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This new piece of live theatre is about codes, hallucinations, Isaac Newton, war crimes, seeing meaning where there is none and vice versa. It's about facing an overwhelming world and trying to make sense of it all.

Funded by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon with support from Carlow Arts Festival, Cork Midsummer Festival, Dublin City Council and Project Arts Centre

Preview 22 September 18:30, €12 Performances 23 - 25 September 18:30 24 & 25 September 13:00, €16/€14 Venue Project Arts Centre Space Upstairs

Please note Contains use of smoke machines and strobe lighting, reference to mental health and suicide

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PROGRAMME NOTE

RESCUE ANNIE LAUREN SHANNON JONES & EOGHAN CARRICK Preview 11 September 19:00, €12 Performances 13 - 18 September 19:00 18 September 13:00, €16/€14 Venue Abbey Theatre Peacock Stage

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Part of DUETS, an artist support initiative made with the combined expertise of Irish Theatre Institute, Fishamble: The New Play Company and Dublin Fringe Festival A live show about a dead woman.

Outside the Louvre in Paris, a woman’s face is taken without permission. It becomes more famous than she ever was. You’ve seen her without realising who she is. You might have even kissed her.

This new live theatre performance explores the twin human obsessions of intimacy and autonomy in a show that begins in an intimacy coordination workshop and ends with an out-of-body experience.

Funded by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon, produced

by Once Off Productions

Please note Contains use of smoke machines and strobe lighting, reference to mental health, suicide and sexual violence

The artists in our 2021 programme are delving into questions of identity: singular, communal, imagined.

These exceptional artists are interrogating the self: self-presentation and self-preservation.

They ask how identity is shaped and manipulated by external forces, trace the overlap between public and private personas, navigate the politics of legacy and liberation.

They speak of intimacies, delving into the nuance and minutiae of connection. From queer socials to many-handed murals and shared soundtracks, it’s a celebration of the communal.

This programme makes space for gentle touches, sharp observations and the curious dichotomy of togetherness and distance.

These artists are reminding us of who we could be, both together and apart.

— Bee Sparks, Artistic Projects Manager

ARTIST AT WORK

MAIRÉAD FOLAN (Galway) is the Artistic Director of Galway based theatre company, NoRopes. She is passionate about staging works that challenge accepted understandings in society and the boundaries they can impose on. Her new project will explore the voices that are hidden in a production’s shadow. A celebration of artists and arts workers whose identities and stories are often confined to “the get in”.

In partnership with Town Hall Theatre

KEVIN KEOGH (Dublin) is an actor and theatre maker who creates genre-defying, unconventional work that borrows from street cultures, merging high art and the contemporary youth discourse, creating energetic experiences. Kevin will be working on integrating rave culture and theatre, exploring how music and monologues can integrate to create an opera of the warehouse and techno of the theatre.

In partnership with Mermaid Arts Centre

11 - 24 September A FRINGE LAB residency initiative

FRINGE LAB

MUFUTAU YUSUF (Meath) is a Nigerian/Irish performer based between Ireland and Belgium, working as a freelance artist with multiple Irish choreographers and Belgian company Ultima Vez, meanwhile developing his own work. Mufutau will be working on Òwe, a solo work inspired by meditations on a collection of Yoruba proverbs.

These proverbs have been and remain an archive of ancestral knowledge, memories, intuitions, and values.

In partnership with Ultima Vez

FRINGE LAB is both a studio space and a yearround hub for artist support opportunities.

ZEDA THE ARCHITECT (Dublin) aka Oyinza, is a stylist, director, and producer. She has previously worked with Project Arts Centre, St. Patrick's Festival, and artists such as Jafaris and Tolü Makay. Her directorial debut, SPOTLIGHT: Éire to the World 2020 shines a light on the people in Ireland who deserve to be seen. Zeda will focus on her practise during her residency.

In partnership with axis Ballymun

PATRICK QUINN (Donegal) is an actor and writer who is a recent graduate of Royal Welsh and QUB. His play, Revved, explores mental health and the duplicity of truth through the lens of the Donegal Rally.

He will spend the week playing with clowning techniques to explore themes of grief and faith for his project on changelings in Irish mythology.

In partnership with Fishamble: The New Play Company

TAFADZWA DONALD MZONDO (Dublin), otherwise known as Viola Gayvis, is a Dublin drag queen with a passion for hair flipping, dips, splits and a good time! Viola is working on bringing a night-time event to life, championing queers and allies of colour, showing their art and creativity and celebrating our glow!

In partnership with axis Ballymun

STUDIO SPACE FRINGE LAB is a home to artists all year round, providing dedicated free rehearsal space and desk space for the development of new unfunded work. We also have studio space for hire. To book space, email fringelab@fringefest.com

ARTIST SUPPORT FRINGE LAB provides year-round practical and artistic support, responding to the needs of the Irish artistic community with an ongoing schedule of workshops, masterclasses, networking events, scratch nights and a host of other activities that cultivates connections and build expertise for both developing and established artists.

Our 2021 Resident Artists are Rachel Bergin, John King and duo, Shanna May Breen and Luke Casserly.

FRINGE LAB is funded by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon and Dublin City Council’s Arts Office

INIMITABLE PERFORMANCES FROM ONE OF A KIND ARTISTS

MINSEACH SIBÉAL DAVITT Preview 14 September 20:00, €11

Co-presented by Dublin Fringe Festival and Draíocht Blanchardstown

Performances 15 - 18 September 20:00 18 September 14:30, €15/€13

Minseach (she-goat) is a dancer’s journey through time, from being the cailín álainn to full blown she-goat.

Venue Draíocht Blanchardstown

A love letter to the Irish language, a navigation through past and present, and a recalibration of thoughts on identity.

This solo dance performance explores the absurdity of entertainment, the

Comedy ~ Dance ~ Music ~ Performance ~ Traditional Arts

commodification of tradition, the universality of language, winning, failing, waiting — all in a few boxes.

Supported by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon, Foras na Gaeilge, Dance Ireland, Carlow Arts Festival and Mermaid Arts Centre

Please note Contains the use of smoke machines and strobe lighting

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AUTISTIC LICENCE IAN LYNAM Most people start comedy because they are funny. Very few have a diagnostic report saying they can’t be.

Thrust into a world which told him he could achieve anything but connecting with people, Ian perseveres.

In a stand-up comedy show exploring diagnosis, relationships, sexuality, creativity and the history of autism, Ian proves autistic people have more to offer than being good at maths. But can Ian prove it to himself?

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Supported by Pan Pan Platform at Dublin Fringe Festival. Developed at FRINGE LAB

Preview 20 September 20:00, €11 Performances 21 - 25 September 20:00 24 & 25 September 13:00, €15/€13 Venue Bewley's Café Theatre

Please note Contains reference to mental health, suicide and child bereavement

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MUSIC FOR CRANES KIRKOS Performances 19 September 16.30 & 18:30 free but ticketed Venue Grand Canal Dockyard

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TEET PAUL CURRIE

Dublin is being torn down and transformed. Every route through town forces you past the shell of a place you used to love: a venue, a café, a community space.

In an improvised performance reading Dublin’s cranes as musical notation, we’ll play music to them — and to you — remembering Dublin’s past, imagining its future.

It’s impossible to imagine Dublin without cranes, the symbol nobody asked for. But what if they were used to build something that would benefit us all?

Supported by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon, Dublin City Council and Waterways Ireland Please note Performance takes place outdoors, please dress appropriately

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Performances 15 - 18 September 21:30 18 September 13:30, €15/€13 Venue Smock Alley Theatre - 1662

Come, immerse yourself in the steamy hot waters of TEET as Paul Currie dissolves, froths and fizzes all around you like a lavender bath bomb.

Scratching and burrowing into the cotton cuticles of human empathy in an attempt to expose how we are all still suckling and biting on the teet of Mother Nature.

It’s time we woke up and punched a hole through the shit blanket of mediocrity that

we have all personally hand stitched and draped over ourselves.

An absurdist stand-up comedy show for fans of Andy Kaufman, Samuel Beckett, and The Muppet Show.

Please note Contains reference to mental health

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GLISTEN ISABELLA OBERLÄNDER Commissioned and co-produced

by Dance Limerick Alienation, otherness and sweaty dancing.

It’s already here, tangible but not yet visible. We’re going to create something!

You can feel it stir under the skin, waiting to break a sweat, to surface, to move the body and let it shimmer. Let’s imagine a realm beyond the binary. Let’s be intimate and vulnerable together and imagine what the future could be.

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Don’t worry, I’ll be dancing, you’ll be thinking.

Funded by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon and Limerick City and County Council. Supported by Dance Ireland, Uillinn West Cork Arts Centre and FRINGE LAB

Preview 14 September 18:30, €11 Performances 16 - 18 September 18:30 17 September 13:30, €12/€11 Venue Smock Alley Theatre - 1662

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SHOWS THAT PULL YOU CLOSER AND ENCOUNTERS THAT DISSOLVE DISTANCE

I FEEL YOU APART FROM ME LARK Performances 11 - 26 September €5 Venue Your Place

“I miss the mess, the sweat, the soft caress and the tight squeeze, the faces and places, dance floors and sofa beds, the evenings of endless possibilities…”

This intimate storytelling experience is about missing what you love. It’s about holding onto each other when we’re forced apart, the tender power of a voice note sent across the sea, and how we find ways to communicate

Theatre ~ Audio Experience ~ Interactive ~ Live Art

when we can’t hold hands but we can still whisper into each other’s ears.

Told through WhatsApp voice notes and sent directly to your mobile phone, wherever you may be.

Supported by field:arts and Pan Pan Platform at Dublin Fringe Festival

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CHANGING THE SHEETS HARRY BUTLER Preview 16 September 18:00, €11 Performances 17 September, 14:30 & 18:00 18 September, 13:00 & 18:00 19 September, 18:00 & 21:00 €14/€12 Venue Smock Alley Theatre Boys' School

“D’you wanna come back to mine?”

A new comedy play about what Robert and Patti say to each other when the lights are off and no one else is listening.

After the swiping, the drinking, the small talk and the big talk.

After the bedroom door is closed.

HEAVE ORLA GRAHAM & SEÓN SIMPSON This is intimacy — without the gory bits — and you get to have a look.

Developed at The Playground Theatre

Please note Contains reference to mental health, self-harm and eating disorders

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Performances 21-23 September 19:00, €12 24-26 September On demand, €10 Venue Your Place

Part of DUETS, an artist support initiative made with the combined expertise of Irish Theatre Institute, Fishamble: The New Play Company and Dublin Fringe Festival Plagued by lockdown babies, engagement photoshoots, and dog Instagram accounts, Saorla endures a long-distance relationship when her boyfriend leaves Belfast to pursue his dreams.

Dead plants, dead-end job, and a dead relationship?

This film/theatre hybrid is for the hopeless romantics and for the ones who are still figuring it out. Fall in love with Belfast and most importantly, fall in love with yourself again.

Supported by and filmed at The MAC, Belfast Please note Contains reference to mental health

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YOU'RE STILL HERE MURMURATION Preview 22 September 18:00, €11 Performances 22 - 26 September 19:30 23 - 26 September 18:00, €14/€12 Venue Dublin Castle – Outside the Printworks

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A Dublin Fringe Festival Commission. Co-presented by Dublin Fringe Festival and the Abbey Theatre Siblings Sam and Niamh are back living in their family home.

Lately, they’ve been falling into the same old patterns, which is either comforting or depressing — they’re not sure which. Everything changes when their older brother Jack returns after disappearing half a lifetime ago. With all that's happened, why has he chosen to come back now? And what does it mean for their family?

NARCISSUS ARCHWAY & TASTEINYOURMOUTH This live theatre performance uses an intimate, intricate textual score to explore togetherness, estrangement and what we owe to one another.

Funded by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon. Supported by Dublin City Council. In conjunction with The Office of Public Works and Dublin Castle. Developed at FRINGE LAB with support from St John’s Theatre & Arts Centre

Please note Contains reference to mental health.

Performance takes place outdoors, please dress appropriately

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Preview 13 September 18:00, €11 Performances 14 September, 18:00 16 - 18 September, 21:00 19 September, 14:00 €14/€12 Venue Smock Alley Theatre Boys' School

“I was friends with Mark and Matt. Or Matt and Mark.

Whatever. They’re the same, really. Hot. Glamorous. Fun.” A young man reflects on a has-been, would-be life, a never-ending party, all faded in the flash of a camera. A life so glamorous, so beautiful, he may well have dreamed it up.

A meditation on beauty, love, sex and fame told through his relationship with his two friends (who might be more than friends but also might be less).

This new play will leave you heart-stopped, heart-wrenched and heartbroken.

Developed with Druid Theatre as part of Galway International Arts Festival, FRINGE LAB and Fishamble: The New Play Company Please note Contains reference to mental health and sexual violence

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A TRIO OF COVERT THEATRE EXPERIENCES FROM DUBLIN FRINGE FESTIVAL & THE ABBEY THEATRE

Listen 11 - 26 September, €5 each Venue Near Home A co-commission from Dublin Fringe Festival and the Abbey Theatre Keys, wallet, phone. Head out into the day. Pop your headphones in and let an artist occupy your mind.

We have invited a trio of compelling artistic voices to create audio encounters exploring intimacy and connection in a reawakened world.

You pick the time, the artists will let you know the place and the plan. These tiny revolutions of connection are made to be experienced privately, in public.

Evocative and entertaining, these covert theatre experiences will create indelible moments of shared connection between artist and audience.

Get carried away with the following artists: HANNAH MAMALIS is a writer, actress and comedian based in Dublin. Hannah likes to play with form and find new ways to amalgamate different mediums towards heightened expression. She writes and performs for screen and stage and regularly collaborates with Dreamgun and MOB Theatre.

OISÍN MCKENNA is a writer and artist, working in theatre, video, comedy and fiction. He makes work about love, money, health and history. He’s interested in the ways that political, economic and social conditions shape how we act, think, and feel at particular places and times.

MAÏA NUNES is an Irish-Trinidadian performance artist. Their inter-disciplinary practice explores legacies of colonialism, performance as a site of transformative potential, and song as liberation practice.

Maïa is also co-founder of Origins Eile, a grassroots organisation centring the safety and experiences of QTIBPOC in Ireland.

ELEANORA SALTER AND THE MONSTER FROM THE SEA JANE MADDEN & CLODAGH MOONEY DUGGAN

IDIR MISE AGUS CRAICEANN DO CHLUAISE AERACH.AITEACH.GAELACH

Preview 14 September 20:00, €11

Performances 24 - 26 September 13:00 - 22:00, various times €15/€13

Performances 15 - 18 September 20:00 16 - 18 September 13:00, €15/€13 Venue Bewley's Café Theatre

Part of DUETS, an artist support initiative made with the combined expertise of Irish Theatre Institute, Fishamble: The New Play Company and Dublin Fringe Festival

Accompanied by the voices and sounds of things real and imagined, Eleanora creates a richly theatrical soundscape full of weird and wondrous fantasy.

A strange but sweet love story, this new play tells the tale of a lonely lighthouse keeper who embarks on a supernatural romance with a mysterious voice on her radio. Is it a monster, a stranger, a ghost?

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Venue Club Chonradh na Gaeilge

Tar linn ar aistear gáire, damhsa is foghlama trí shaol an chainteora aitigh Gaeilge.

Sa turas fuaime seo, treoróidh guth Alan ó chúinge sheomra suí Éire na 1980idí amach faoi shoilse bogha báistí urlár damhsa an chlub aitigh i Sasana agus ar ais go hÉirinn iar-2015. An bhfuil tú réidh don aistear?

25-minute immersive audio art experience.

Listen, laugh, and dance your way through the life journey of a queer Irish speaker in this

Please note Contains reference to mental health, suicide and sexual violence

Fuaim i nGaeilge. Cuirfear aistriúchán Béarla ar fáil. Audio is in Irish. A written translation will be provided.

With support from Oireachtas na Gaeilge

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DUBLIN 8, YER LOOKIN' GREAT EMMALENE BLAKE View 11 - 26 September

ART MADE FOR AND BY YOUNG AUDIENCES

Venue Swift's Alley

A TRACKS co-commission from Dublin Fringe Festival, Cork Midsummer Festival and Baboró International Arts Festival for Children Emmalene Blake is an internationally recognised street artist based in Dublin.

This September, she will create a new mural on Swift’s Alley, inspired by the ideas and advice of children from that neighbourhood.

Dance ~ Visual Art

Cities change and grow to suit the people who live in them.

The artist asked children from local schools to tell her what makes Dublin 8 great, and share the positive changes in the area that have made life better for them and their friends.

Created in partnership with Marsh's Library and the children of Dublin 8

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THE VEILED ONES JUNK ENSEMBLE Performances 10 - 13 September 19:00 10 & 13 September 16:00 11 & 12 September 12:00, €12/€8

A TRACKS co-commission from Dublin Fringe Festival, Cork Midsummer Festival and Baboro International Arts Festival for Children for Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture

Venue Samuel Beckett Theatre

This dance theatre production for young audiences explores witches, transformations and the powerful relationship between a grandparent and grandchild.

WEFT

Weft, an 18-month body of work, will support the creation and cultivation of: • a visible, approachable entry point to the Irish arts industry for new Black artists and artists of colour • a platform for exploratory and experimental works, made by emerging and early career artists breaking new ground in their practises • new audience, network and community building activity • enhanced links between Irish participants and their international peers • thrilling new interdisciplinary performances in 2022

Created by an award-winning team and loosely informed

by Roald Dahl’s The Witches, the audience are invited on an intriguing journey through intricately designed rooms with a cast of internationally acclaimed dancers, young performers and live musicians.

Funded by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon, Dublin City Council. Supported by Dance Ireland

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If you are interested in engaging with Weft, email weft@fringefest.com.

Illustration Ashwin Chacko

Image Fionn McCann

This spring, Dublin Fringe Festival launched Weft, a new project focusing on talent development and network building for emerging and early career Black artists and artists of colour in Ireland, working in partnership with trail-blazing international colleagues Hot Brown Honey, visionary artists and organisers Origins Eile and acclaimed theatre maker and spoken word artist Dylan Coburn Gray.

Weft is proudly funded by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon through the Open Call initiative for 2021

FETISH 101 MATTHEW TALLON

EXPAND YOUR HORIZONS WITH A CRAIC-BASED CURRICULUM FROM FRINGE FACULTY — ENROL NOW!

Performances 13 September €5 Venue Your Place

A Dublin Fringe Festival Commission Join the world's leastexperienced sex-pert Professor Matthew Tallon for this taboo-smashing online college course. Each morning you'll receive an email, combining video lectures and class notes to teach you about the magical world of kink.

Enrol by 12 September and at end of this 10-day course you'll know everything about all fetishes, be really cool, and have a genuine, fully certified PhD! An explosively fun comedy experience exploring the spectrum of sexuality.

DISCLAIMER: no kink-shaming allowed (unless your kink like, really sucks).

Developed at FRINGE LAB

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Visual Art ~ Workshop ~ Live Art ~ Comedy ~ Interactive

Image Matthew Tallon

LET'S GET FUN-ERABLE! SARAH DEVEREUX AKA THE DIRT BIRD Performances 15 & 16, 21 & 22 September, 20:00 18 & 19, 25 & 26 September, 16:00, €15 Venue Your Place

A Dublin Fringe Festival Commission “Zoom, Zoom, Zoom, Zoom! I'll (digitally) show up in your room, We’ll create some art together, You'll cherish it forever!”

— Shout out to the Vengaboys!

An online creative club for adults, guided by me, your friendly neighbourhood art fart.

Oh, and you get post! I post you an art kit and we make stuff together. Art materials will be sent to you in advance and a playschool level of skills are required, alongside an openness to connect and creatively explore selfreflection, emotions and goggley eyes.

Please note Contains reference to mental health

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Image Eimhin McNamara Illustration Sarah Devereux

NETWORK & SHOWCASE 16TH ANNUAL INFORMATION TOOLBOX

Now in its 16th year, Irish Theatre Institute’s Information Toolbox is a key networking event for artists and companies presenting work in Dublin Fringe Festival 2021, offering a chance to engage with programmers, presenters, and potential collaborators from across Ireland and from abroad.

Registration opens in August. Further details including registration will be available on fringefest.com and irishtheatreinstitute.ie Information Toolbox is supported by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon and Culture Ireland.

THINGS WE HAVEN’T MADE Irish Theatre Institute, in partnership with Dublin Fringe Festival and Culture Ireland, will present a co-ordinated and curated pitching session* where Irish artists talk about their upcoming projects with an eye to securing development support, collaborations and presenting partners. Now in its fifth year, Things We Haven’t Made will be presented online to both national and international presenters and programmers. Participating artists will be provided with pitching training in advance of the presentations. Follow @IrishTheatreIns on Twitter for deadline announcements and further details.

*Selection to participate in the pitching session is by open call during August. See cultureireland.ie, fringefest.com and irishtheatreinstitute.ie for further details.

SEPTEMBER 11 – 26 p.43 All Day DUBLIN 8, YER LOOKIN’ GREAT Swift’s Alley Free p.10 All Day GXRLCODE: SOUND WAVES Your Place Free p.33 All Day I FEEL YOU APART FROM ME Your Place €5 p.38 All Day SPEAK SOFTLY, GO FAR Near Home €5, 15 (x3) mins p.7 All Day YOU ARE MAGIC Streets of Dublin Free

10 SEPTEMBER 16:00 THE VEILED ONES Samuel Beckett Theatre €12/8, 50 mins 19:00 THE VEILED ONES Samuel Beckett Theatre €12/8, 50 mins 20:45 MASTERCLASS (P) Project - Space Upstairs €12, 70 mins

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p.9 20:30 TONIC Dublin Castle - Castle Gardens €16/14, 90 mins p.17 20:45 MASTERCLASS Project - Space Upstairs €16/14, 70 mins

12 SEPTEMBER 10:00 - 18:00 ARTIST AT WORK: MUFATAU YUSUF Ultima Vez, Brussels 12:00 THE VEILED ONES Samuel Beckett Theatre €12/8, 50 mins 18:00 JOANNE MCNALLY LIVE Project - Space Upstairs €18/16, 60 mins 19:00 THE VEILED ONES Samuel Beckett Theatre €12/8, 50 mins 20:45 MASTERCLASS Project - Space Upstairs €16/14, 70 mins

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11 SEPTEMBER p.22 10:00 - 18:00 ARTIST AT WORK: MUFATAU YUSUF Ultima Vez, Brussels p.44 12:00 THE VEILED ONES Samuel Beckett Theatre €12/8, 50 mins p.20 19:00 RESCUE ANNIE (P) Abbey Theatre - Peacock Stage €12, 60 mins p.44 19:00 THE VEILED ONES Samuel Beckett Theatre €12/8, 50 mins

10:00 - 18:00 ARTIST AT WORK: KEVIN KEOGH Mermaid Arts Centre, Wicklow 10:00 - 18:00 ARTIST AT WORK: MUFATAU YUSUF Ultima Vez, Brussels 10:00 - 18:00 ARTIST AT WORK: ZEDA THE ARCHITECT axis Ballymun 16:00 THE VEILED ONES Samuel Beckett Theatre €12/8, 50 mins 18:00 NARCISSUS (P) Smock Alley - Boys’ School €11, 50 mins 18:00 JOANNE MCNALLY LIVE Project - Space Upstairs €18/16, 60 mins

p.20 19:00 RESCUE ANNIE Abbey Theatre - Peacock Stage €16/14, 60 mins p.44 19:00 THE VEILED ONES Samuel Beckett Theatre €12/8, 50 mins p.9 20:30 TONIC Dublin Castle - Castle Gardens €16/14, 90 mins p.17 20:45 MASTERCLASS Project - Space Upstairs €16/14, 70 mins p.47 All day, 13 - 24 September FETISH 101 Your Place €5

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p.22 10:00 - 18:00 ARTIST AT WORK: KEVIN KEOGH Mermaid Arts Centre, Wicklow p.22 10:00 - 18:00 ARTIST AT WORK: MUFATAU YUSUF Ultima Vez, Brussels p.22 10:00 - 18:00 ARTIST AT WORK: ZEDA THE ARCHITECT axis Ballymun p.37 18:00 NARCISSUS Smock Alley - Boys’ School €14/12, 50 mins p.13 18:00 JOANNE MCNALLY LIVE Project - Space Upstairs €18/16, 60 mins p.30 18:30 GLISTEN (P) Smock Alley - 1662 €11, 25 mins p.20 19:00 RESCUE ANNIE Abbey Theatre - Peacock Stage €16/14, 60 mins p.40 20:00 ELEANORA SALTER & THE MONSTER FROM THE SEA (P) Bewley’s Café Theatre, €11, 60 m p.25 20:00 MINSEACH (P) Draíocht Blanchardstown €11, 55 mins

p.9 20:30 TONIC Dublin Castle - Castle Gardens €16/14, 90 mins p.17 20:45 MASTERCLASS Project - Space Upstairs €16/14, 70 mins

15 SEPTEMBER p.22 10:00 - 18:00 ARTIST AT WORK: KEVIN KEOGH Mermaid Arts Centre, Wicklow p.22 10:00 - 18:00 ARTIST AT WORK: MUFATAU YUSUF Ultima Vez, Brussels p.22 10:00 - 18:00 ARTIST AT WORK: ZEDA THE ARCHITECT axis Ballymun p.13 18:00 JOANNE MCNALLY LIVE Project - Space Upstairs €18/16, 60 mins p.20 19:00 RESCUE ANNIE Abbey Theatre - Peacock Stage €16/14, 60 mins p.40 20:00 ELEANORA SALTER & THE MONSTER FROM THE SEA Bewley’s Café Theatre, €15/13, 60m p.48 20:00 LET’S GET FUN-ERABLE! Your Place €15, 60 mins p.25 20:00 MINSEACH Draíocht Blanchardstown €15/13, 55 mins p.9 20:30 TONIC Dublin Castle - Castle Gardens €16/14, 90 mins p.17 20:45 MASTERCLASS Project - Space Upstairs €16/14, 70 mins p.29 21:30 TEET Smock Alley - 1662 €15/13, 60 mins

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p.22 10:00 - 18:00 ARTIST AT WORK: KEVIN KEOGH Mermaid Arts Centre, Wicklow p.22 10:00 - 18:00 ARTIST AT WORK: ZEDA THE ARCHITECT axis Ballymun p.40 13:00 ELEANORA SALTER & THE MONSTER FROM THE SEA Bewley’s Café Theatre, €15/13, 60 m p.34 18:00 CHANGING THE SHEETS (P) Smock Alley - Boys’ School €11, 50 mins p.13 18:00 JOANNE MCNALLY LIVE Project - Space Upstairs €18/16, 60 mins p.30 18:30 GLISTEN Smock Alley - 1662 €12/11, 25 mins p.20 19:00 RESCUE ANNIE Abbey Theatre - Peacock Stage €16/14, 60 mins p.40 20:00 ELEANORA SALTER & THE MONSTER FROM THE SEA Bewley’s Café Theatre, €15/13, 60 m p.48 20:00 LET’S GET FUN-ERABLE! Your Place €15, 60 mins p.25 20:00 MINSEACH Draíocht Blanchardstown €15/13, 55 mins p.9 20:30 TONIC Dublin Castle - Castle Gardens €16/14, 90 mins p.17 20:45 MASTERCLASS Project - Space Upstairs €16/14, 70 mins p.37 21:00 NARCISSUS Smock Alley - Boys’ School €14/12, 50 mins p.29 21:30 TEET Smock Alley - 1662 €15/13, 60 mins

p.22 10:00 - 18:00 ARTIST AT WORK: KEVIN KEOGH Mermaid Arts Centre, Wicklow p.22 10:00 - 18:00 ARTIST AT WORK: ZEDA THE ARCHITECT axis Ballymun p.40 13:00 ELEANORA SALTER & THE MONSTER FROM THE SEA Bewley’s Café Theatre, €15/13, 60 m p.30 13:30 GLISTEN Smock Alley - 1662 €12/11, 25 mins p.34 14:30 CHANGING THE SHEETS Smock Alley - Boys’ School €14/12, 50 mins p.34 18:00 CHANGING THE SHEETS Smock Alley - Boys’ School €14/12, 50 mins p.13 18:00 JOANNE MCNALLY LIVE Project - Space Upstairs €18/16, 60 mins p.30 18:30 GLISTEN Smock Alley - 1662 €12/11, 25 mins p.20 19:00 RESCUE ANNIE Abbey Theatre - Peacock Stage €16/14, 60 mins p.40 20:00 ELEANORA SALTER & THE MONSTER FROM THE SEA Bewley’s Café Theatre, €15/13, 60 m p.25 20:00 MINSEACH Draíocht Blanchardstown €15/13, 55 mins p.9 20:30 TONIC Dublin Castle - Castle Gardens €16/14, 90 mins p.17 20:45 MASTERCLASS Project - Space Upstairs €16/14, 70 mins p.37 21:00 NARCISSUS Smock Alley - Boys’ School €14/12, 50 mins

21:30 TEET Smock Alley - 1662 €15/13, 60 mins

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18 SEPTEMBER p.34 13:00 CHANGING THE SHEETS Smock Alley - Boys’ School €14/12, 50 mins p.40 13:00 ELEANORA SALTER & THE MONSTER FROM THE SEA Bewley’s Café Theatre, €15/13, 60 m p.17 13:00 MASTERCLASS Project - Space Upstairs €16/14, 70 mins p.20 13:00 RESCUE ANNIE Abbey Theatre - Peacock Stage €16/14, 60 mins p.29 13:30 TEET Smock Alley - 1662 €15/13, 60 mins p.25 14:30 MINSEACH Draíocht Blanchardstown €15/13, 55 mins p.48 16:00 LET’S GET FUN-ERABLE! Your Place €15, 60 mins p.34 18:00 CHANGING THE SHEETS Smock Alley - Boys’ School €14/12, 50 mins p.30 18:30 GLISTEN Smock Alley - 1662 €12/11, 25 mins p.20 19:00 RESCUE ANNIE Abbey Theatre - Peacock Stage €16/14, 60 mins p.40 20:00 ELEANORA SALTER & THE MONSTER FROM THE SEA Bewley’s Café Theatre, €15/13, 60 m p.25 20:00 MINSEACH Draíocht Blanchardstown €15/13, 55 mins p.9 20:30 TONIC Dublin Castle - Castle Gardens €16/14, 90 mins

21:00 FEHDAH Project - Space Upstairs €16/14, 60 mins 21:00 NARCISSUS Smock Alley - Boys’ School €14/12, 50 mins 21:30 TEET Smock Alley - 1662 €15/13, 60 mins

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19 SEPTEMBER 14:00 NARCISSUS Smock Alley - Boys’ School €14/12, 50 mins 16:00 LET’S GET FUN-ERABLE! Your Place €15, 60 mins 16:30 MUSIC FOR CRANES Grand Canal Dockyard Free, 50 mins 18:00 CHANGING THE SHEETS Smock Alley - Boys’ School €14/12, 50 mins 18:30 MUSIC FOR CRANES Grand Canal Dockyard Free, 50 mins 20:30 TONIC Dublin Castle - Castle Gardens €16/14, 90 mins 21:00 CHANGING THE SHEETS Smock Alley - Boys’ School €14/12, 50 mins

p.26 20:00 AUTISTIC LICENSE (P) Bewley’s Café Theatre €11, 55 mins p.8 21:00 FILM READS: THE BREAKFAST CLUB Dublin Castle - Castle Gardens €16/14, 70 mins

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20 SEPTEMBER p.22 10:00 - 18:00 ARTIST AT WORK: MAIRÉAD FOLAN Town Hall Theatre, Galway p.22 10:00 - 18:00 ARTIST AT WORK: PATRICK QUINN From Home p.22 10:00 - 18:00 ARTIST AT WORK: TAFADZWA DONALD MZONDO axis Ballymun

p.22 10:00 - 18:00 ARTIST AT WORK: MAIRÉAD FOLAN Town Hall Theatre, Galway p.22 10:00 - 18:00 ARTIST AT WORK: PATRICK QUINN From Home p.22 10:00 - 18:00 ARTIST AT WORK: TAFADZWA DONALD MZONDO axis Ballymun p.35 19:00 HEAVE Your Place €12, 60 mins

p.26 20:00 AUTISTIC LICENSE Bewley’s Café Theatre €15/13, 55 mins p.48 20:00 LET’S GET FUN-ERABLE! Your Place €15, 60 mins p.8 21:00 FILM READS: THE BREAKFAST CLUB Dublin Castle - Castle Gardens €16/14, 70 mins

22 SEPTEMBER p.22 10:00 - 18:00 ARTIST AT WORK: MAIRÉAD FOLAN Town Hall Theatre, Galway p.22 10:00 - 18:00 ARTIST AT WORK: PATRICK QUINN From Home p.22 10:00 - 18:00 ARTIST AT WORK: TAFADZWA DONALD MZONDO axis Ballymun p.36 18:00 YOU’RE STILL HERE (P) Dublin Castle - Outside The Printworks, €11, 45 mins

18:30 WHERE SAT THE LOVERS (P) Project - Space Upstairs €12, 80 mins

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p.35 19:00 HEAVE Your Place €12, 60 mins p.36 19:30 YOU’RE STILL HERE Dublin Castle - Outside The Printworks, €14/12, 45 mins p.26 20:00 AUTISTIC LICENSE Bewley’s Café Theatre €15/13, 55 mins p.48 20:00 LET’S GET FUN-ERABLE! Your Place €15, 60 mins p.12 20:45 ABUNDANCE (LIVE) Dublin Castle - Chapel Royal €15/13, 60 mins p.12 20:45 ABUNDANCE (ONLINE) Your Place €12, 60 mins p.8 21:00 FILM READS: THE BREAKFAST CLUB Dublin Castle - Castle Gardens €16/14, 70 mins

23 SEPTEMBER p.22 10:00 - 18:00 ARTIST AT WORK: MAIRÉAD FOLAN Town Hall Theatre, Galway p.22 10:00 - 18:00 ARTIST AT WORK: PATRICK QUINN From Home p.22 10:00 - 18:00 ARTIST AT WORK: TAFADZWA DONALD MZONDO axis Ballymun p.36 18:00 YOU’RE STILL HERE Dublin Castle - Outside The Printworks, €14/12, 45 mins p.18 18:30 WHERE SAT THE LOVERS Project - Space Upstairs €16/14, 80 mins p.35 19:00 HEAVE Your Place €12, 60 mins

19:30 YOU’RE STILL HERE Dublin Castle - Outside The Printworks, €14/12, 45 mins

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p.26 20:00 AUTISTIC LICENSE Bewley’s Café Theatre €15/13, 55 mins p.12 20:45 ABUNDANCE (LIVE) Dublin Castle - Chapel Royal €15/13, 60 mins p.12 20:45 ABUNDANCE (ONLINE) Your Place €12, 60 mins p.8 21:00 FILM READS: THE BREAKFAST CLUB Dublin Castle - Castle Gardens €16/14, 70 mins

20:00 AUTISTIC LICENSE Bewley’s Café Theatre €15/13, 55 mins

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p.12 20:45 ABUNDANCE (LIVE) Dublin Castle - Chapel Royal €15/13, 60 mins p.12 20:45 ABUNDANCE (ONLINE) Your Place €12, 60 mins p.8 21:00 FILM READS: THE BREAKFAST CLUB Dublin Castle - Castle Gardens €16/14, 70 mins p.35 All day HEAVE (ON DEMAND) Your Place €10, 60 mins

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p.22 10:00 - 18:00 ARTIST AT WORK: MAIRÉAD FOLAN Town Hall Theatre, Galway p.22 10:00 - 18:00 ARTIST AT WORK: PATRICK QUINN From Home p.22 10:00 - 18:00 ARTIST AT WORK: TAFADZWA DONALD MZONDO axis Ballymun p.41 13:00 - 22:00, various times IDIR MISE AGUS CRAICEANN DO CHLUAISE, Club Chonradh na Gaeilge, €15/13, 25 mins p.26 13:00 AUTISTIC LICENSE Bewley’s Café Theatre €15/13, 55 mins p.18 13:00 WHERE SAT THE LOVERS Project - Space Upstairs €16/14, 80 mins p.36 18:00 YOU’RE STILL HERE Dublin Castle - Outside The Printworks, €14/12, 45 mins p.18 18:30 WHERE SAT THE LOVERS Project - Space Upstairs €16/14, 80 mins p.36 19:30 YOU’RE STILL HERE Dublin Castle - Outside The Printworks, €14/12, 45 mins

p.41 13:00 - 22:00, various times IDIR MISE AGUS CRAICEANN DO CHLUAISE, Club Chonradh na Gaeilge, €15/13, 25 mins p.26 13:00 AUTISTIC LICENSE Bewley’s Café Theatre €15/13, 55 mins p.18 13:00 WHERE SAT THE LOVERS Project - Space Upstairs €16/14, 80 mins p.48 16:00 LET’S GET FUN-ERABLE! Your Place €15, 60 mins p.36 18:00 YOU’RE STILL HERE Dublin Castle - Outside The Printworks, €14/12, 45 mins p.18 18:30 WHERE SAT THE LOVERS Project - Space Upstairs €16/14, 80 mins p.36 19:30 YOU’RE STILL HERE Dublin Castle - Outside The Printworks, €14/12, 45 mins p.26 20:00 AUTISTIC LICENSE Bewley’s Café Theatre €15/13, 55 mins p.12 20:45 ABUNDANCE (LIVE) Dublin Castle - Chapel Royal €15/13, 60 mins

20:45 ABUNDANCE (ONLINE) Your Place €12, 60 mins

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p.8 21:00 FILM READS: THE BREAKFAST CLUB Dublin Castle - Castle Gardens €16/14, 70 mins p.35 All day HEAVE (ON DEMAND) Your Place €10, 60 mins

26 SEPTEMBER p.41 13:00 - 22:00, various times IDIR MISE AGUS CRAICEANN DO CHLUAISE, Club Chonradh na Gaeilge, €15/13, 25 mins p.48 16:00 LET’S GET FUN-ERABLE! Your Place €15, 60 mins p.36 18:00 YOU’RE STILL HERE Dublin Castle - Castle Grounds €14/12, 45 mins p.36 19:30 YOU’RE STILL HERE Dublin Castle - Castle Grounds €14/12, 45 mins p.12 20:45 ABUNDANCE (LIVE) Dublin Castle - Chapel Royal €15/13, 60 mins p.12 20:45 ABUNDANCE (ONLINE) Your Place €12, 60 mins p.8 21:00 FILM READS: THE BREAKFAST CLUB Dublin Castle - Castle Gardens €16/14, 70 mins p.35 All day HEAVE (ON DEMAND) Your Place €10, 60 mins

VENUES

Abbey Theatre – Peacock Stage * 26/27 Lower Abbey Street, D1

TEAM

Bewley’s Café Theatre 78-79 Grafton Street, D2 Club Chonradh na Gaeilge* 6 Harcourt Street, D2 Draíocht Blanchardstown * The Blanchardstown Centre, Blanchardstown, D15 Dublin Castle – Castle Gardens Ship Street Entrance, D2 Dublin Castle – Chapel Royal * Palace Street Entrance, D2 Dublin Castle – Outside the Printworks Palace Street Entrance, D2 Grand Canal Dockyard South Dock Road, Ringsend, D4

Artistic Director & CEO Ruth McGowan

General Manager Deirdre Patton

Project Arts Centre – Space Upstairs * 39 Essex Street East, Temple Bar, D2

Marketing Manager Susan Kennelly

Artistic Projects Manager Bee Sparks

Samuel Beckett Theatre Trinity College, D2

FRINGE LAB & Artistic Assistant Ciara Coyne

Publicity & PR Conleth Teevan

Production Manager Marcus Costello

Box Office Manager Jim Connell-Moylan

Communications & Design Assistant Allie Whelan

Smock Alley Theatre – Boys' School* 7 Exchange Street Lower, Temple Bar, D2 Smock Alley Theatre – 1662* 7 Exchange Street Lower, Temple Bar, D2 Swift’s Alley The Liberties, D8

*Venue has limited wheelchair accessibility, please contact our box office prior to booking.

For all COVID-19 related safety information and up-to-date facilities (including bathroom availability) at venues see fringefest.com/venues

Your Place When joining from home, you will need a device (computer, tablet, phone) and a reliable internet connection.

Near Home Some remote art experiences will ask you to explore your neighbourhood. You will need a device, WiFi/data and headphones.

Technical Manager Veronica Foo Weft Project Co-ordinator Diana Bamimeke Festival Auditor KSi Faulkner Orr Ltd. Solicitor Philip Lee Solicitors

Audience Experience Coordinator Paul Donnelly

Young Radicals Curator Kate Ferris Bookkeeper Carole Lakes Creative Agency bigO IT Provider GDK

A big thank you to additional staff who joined after the publication of this brochure.

Board of Directors Niamh O’Donnell (chair), Dan Colley, Luke Hardcastle, Miles Harrigan, Lara Hickey, Brian Melarkey, Áine Mulloy, Patrick Walshe. Emeritus: Mary Dunphy, Dave Harland Dublin Fringe Festival Sycamore Street Temple Bar Dublin 2 @dublinfringe #dublinfringe fringefest.com

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THANKS A MILLION!

To all the artists, staff, technicians, volunteers, patrons, partners, stakeholders, venues, funders, sponsors, friends and family who once again have joined us on our festival-making journey, a heartfelt THANK YOU. Without your dedication and support Dublin Fringe would not be in its 27th year of ground-breaking and mischief making.

Massive thanks to you, our audience, for joining us. We have set the stage for you to revel in this years hard-won festival programme. We can’t wait to see you in your seats and in the streets.

To the artists making work for the festival, the artists we work with year-round through FRINGE LAB and those who drop in to Elevenses to just say hi — we salute you!

Your tenacity, ingenuity and big ideas inspire us to keep the show on the road. We’re so grateful for your faith in Fringe.

To our core funders the Arts Council and Dublin City Council, thank you for backing our vision every step of the way and making our ambitions a reality.

Thank you to Niamh, Lara, Brian, Luke, Miles, Áíne and Dan, our brilliant board members. We appreciate your exceptional counsel and dedication in transforming times, and always.

Finally, deepest thanks and huge respect to the staff of Dublin Fringe Festival. Unshakable, deft and the best of the best, we love making great things happen with you!

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