This year's Tiger Dublin Fringe could be feeling the effects of Waking the Feminists with more female performers, producers and directors taking part than at any other time in the festival’s 22-year history.
The Fringe, which takes place all over Dublin from September 10 to 26, features over 70 works produced by 104 lead artists, the majority of which are women.
A spokesperson for the Fringe told TEN, “Identity terms are fluid and Fringe don’t ask for that information in its application process from presenting artists. They’ve counted according to their perception of the gender identities of the artists in this year’s festival.”
Tiger Dublin Fringe is Ireland’s largest multidisciplinary arts festival and this year will feature 73 productions, 412 performances, with 40 world premieres in 23 venues.
Override by Stacey Gregg and staged by White Label runs at Projects Arts Centre, September 9 to 17
The Spiegeltent gets a new home in the leafy Georgian surrounds of Merrion Square and among the many world premieres at this year's Fringe is a new show from THISISPOPBABY, who are celebrating their 10th anniversary.
Australia’s Briefs Factory presents all-female cabaret Hot Brown Honey, while 2013 RuPaul Drag Race winner Jinkx Monsoon and her companion Major Scales unearth their favourite pop tunes with The Vaudevillians.
Briefs Factory presents Hot Brown Honey which runs at the Spiegeltent, Merrion Square from September 10 to 16
Irish performance artist Aoibheann Greenan makes her festival debut where she "ritualises" Wagner in a "visual maelstrom of bondage and rave-inspired totems, strobe lights and gold lamé" at the RHA.
The Fringe will mark the 50th anniversary of the Project Arts Centre with many premiere shows taking place at the Temple Bar venue, including Brokentalkers’ This Beach, a response to the current refugee crisis gripping Europe.
This Beach by Brokentalkers runs at Project Arts Centre from September 9 to 17
Republic of Telly’s Joanne McNally will star in her new one-woman show. Bite Me, which is directed by Una McKevitt, and tackles the downsides to dieting and "the crazy journey reached to finding herself".
Music fans will be catered for with numerous performances, including This Is How We Fly, who have previously worked with The Gloaming and The Chieftains. Limerick hip hop trio Rusangano Family will also grace the Fringe stage.
As ever, this year’s Fringe is an all-dancing affair and award-winning choreographer Liz Roche will collaborate with a cast of dancers in a new film and spoken-word poetry called Wrongheaded, which is described as “a beautifully choreographed response to the 8th amendment”.
The Aeneid by Collapsing Horse Theatre Co. runs at Smock Alley Theatre, September 14 to 24
In terms of laughs, the Fringe sees the return of Moone Boy star Deirdre O’Kane, who is making her stand-up comeback after a seven-year break.
Book now online at www.fringefest.com. Full details of this year’s Tiger Dublin Fringe can be found here.
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