Dublin Fringe Festival announces programme for it's 30th anniversary edition featuring Iarla Ó Lionáird and Róisín El Cherif

Culture
17 Jul 24

Iarla Ó Lionáird at Powers Golden Hours at Whelans. Copyright Miguel Ruiz.

Niamh Browne

This year's festival will put on 75 events in venues across the city.

The 2024 Dublin Fringe Festival has announced its line up which will feature Iarla Ó Lionáird, Oscar-winning composer, Stephen Warbeck, and Róisín El Cherif.

The festival, which will be celebrating its 30th anniversary this year- will run from September 7-22.

Iarla Ó Lionáird, Mel Mercier, MÓNCKK, Dickie Beau and Caoimhe Ní Fhlatharta will join forces for a musical and artistic reflection on the natural world in a time of climate crisis in Earth Sonnet; Theatre Lovett’s timeless non-verbal musical tragi-comedy.

Academy award winning composer Stephen Warbeck is billed to bring new music to the 30th Dublin Fringe Festival in a ground-breaking new family show, The Maestro and the Mosquita by writer and director Carmel Winters.

Also presented by Dublin Fringe Festival will be Galway-Palestinian artist Róisín El Cherif.

Irish composer BK Pepper will present his new work in collaboration with Italian AI visual artist Katsukokoiso in their show Pagan.

This year Dublin Fringe Festival will host over 75 events while giving 520 performances in 29 venues, boasting 53 world premieres, 9 Irish premieres and 7 Dublin premieres.

Over 500 artists are set to take over the city.

David Francis Moore, Festival Director at Dublin Fringe, says of this year's programme: "For the past 30 years Dublin Fringe Festival has been driven by a love for the new, the now, the weird and the wonderful. This year, as we celebrate the 30th anniversary edition of the festival, we offer a vivid snapshot of our times and showcase an eclectic lineup of shows from some of today's most exciting national and international artists.

"These performances resonate with the present moment, breaking boundaries, sparking conversations, and creating a space for communal catharsis" Moore says.

Concluding the director adds: "The festival promises audiences unique experiences that are both thought-provoking and entertaining. We invite audiences to immerse themselves in nights brimming with laughter, unexpected twists, and perhaps even a tear or two.”

The Dublin Fringe Festival 2024 will run city-wide from September 7 – 22. The full programme is on sale now here or you can call the box office on 1800 374 643.