Dublin Fringe Festival

Annual arts festival in Dublin, Ireland established in 1980

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Dublin Fringe Festival

Genre| Performing Arts festival
Frequency| Annually
Location(s)| Dublin
Years active| 1 January 1980 (1980-01-01) – present
Inaugurated| 1 January 1980; 45 years ago (1980-01-01)
People| Ruth McGowan (CEO)
Website| fringefest.com

The Dublin Fringe Festival is an annual curated arts festival in Dublin, Ireland focusing mainly on theatre. The festival allows artists to submit their work via an application which is subsequently reviewed by the programme manager.[citation needed] The festival is open to both Irish and international participants.

The festival started in 1980 as a small independent festival over a weekend and expanded into a sixteen-day festival, annually held in September and focuses on new and emerging artists.[1] The Dublin Fringe has live entertainment as well as performances in dance, theatre, live art, visual art, and music.[2]

## History

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The Dublin fringe festival was initially founded in 1980 during a recession and held at various times throughout the 1980s without significant media attention or funding.[3][4]

In 1995, Bedrock Productions, with some support from the established Dublin Theatre Festival and Arts office of Dublin City Council, created a revived Dublin Fringe Festival, to "promote and showcase the work of small and vibrant theatre companies and theatre makers".[citation needed] In the first year, Conor McPherson's This Lime Tree Bower premiered, and in 1996 Enda Walsh's Disco Pigs took off from The International Bar.[5]

Directors who have presented works at the festival have included Jimmy Fay (1995–1996), Ali Curran (1997–2000), Vallejo Gantner (2001 -2005), Wolfgang Hoffmann (2006–2007), Roise Goan (2008–2013),[6] and Kris Nelson (since 2014).[citation needed]

Successful works from past Fringe Festivals have included early plays by Conor McPherson, Enda Walsh, Owen McCafferty, Shane O’Reilly, Corn Exchange, Loose Canon, Pan Pan Theatre Company, WillFredd Theatre, Dead Centre, One Two One Two, Semper Fi, Anu Productions,[citation needed], Danielle Galligan and Eva O'Connor.[7]

## Venues

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Each performance takes place in a venue which is deemed most suitable to the show. This can range from a number of cafes and theatres, as well as less traditional venues such as the Liffey Boardwalk or on a Dublin bus.

For a number of years until 2009, The Spiegeltent was a major part of the festival. This tent was erected in several sites including at Georges Dock. The Dublin Fringe Festival and Spiegeltent have attracted numerous shows, including the cabaret/variety show La Clique.

## Sponsors

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Past sponsors include Absolut vodka who sponsored the events between 2009 and 2012,[8] as part of a four-year deal.[6]

## References

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1. ^ totallydublin (2008-09-15). "Dublin Fringe Festival". Totally Dublin. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
2. ^ "Revealed: Dublin Fringe Festival 2022 award winners". The Irish Times. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
3. ^ "Dublin Fringe Festival | Dublin.info". www.dublin.info. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
4. ^ "Show Your Talent At The Dublin Fringe Festival! Some Facts About This Global Event". www.especialrentals.com. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
5. ^ "ABOUT". Fringe Festival. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
6. ^ a b "How Róise Goan grew the Fringe". Irish Times. Archived from the original on 5 September 2013. "one condition of a four-year title sponsorship was to sacrifice a portion of its identity (Absolut Fringe)"
7. ^ O'Connor, Eva (30 December 2016). "Eva O'Connor on turning mental health experiences into art". www.rte.ie. Dublin: Raidió Teilifís Éireann. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
8. ^ "Absolut's 2nd Dublin Fringe sponsorship". drinksindustryireland.ie. Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2013-09-11.

## External links

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* Official website

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Fringe theatre festivals in Europe

Central Europe|

* Budapest Fringe Festival
* Prague Fringe Festival

UK and Ireland|

| Great Britain|

* Brighton Fringe
* Buxton Festival Fringe
* Edinburgh Festival Fringe (Edinburgh Free Fringe)
* Malvern Fringe Festival
* Reading Fringe Festival

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Ireland|

* Dublin Fringe Festival

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