6 Shows To Catch At Dublin Fringe Before Its Too Late
We’ve been enamoured by the variety and quality of Dublin Fringe so far. Every year, the festival seems to build on itself and welcome the weird and wonderful new ideas that are coming out of Ireland. The series of shows spans from 6-21 September, so there’s no need to have FOMO. Here are some shows you can still grab tickets to, before Fringe closes the curtain.
LAST GIG EVER!
When: 17 Sept, 18:45 (preview), 18 – 20 Sept, 18:45
Where: Smock Alley Theatre – The Patrick Sutton Studio, Gaiety School of Acting
A visceral journey through the chaotic world of DJ culture. ‘Last Gig Ever’. Relive the golden years or reignite your PTSD from last weekend as this two-piece drama display explores the high and lows of life behind the decks.
Change
When 18 Sept, 18:15 (preview) 19 – 20 Sept, 18:15 20 Sept, 13:00
Audio Described Performance 19 Sept, 18:15
Tactile Tour 19 Sept, 17:15 before the performance at 18:15
Post-show discussion 19th Sep, 19:15 – 19:45
Where Project Arts Centre – Space Upstairs
“A call to action through movement, music, and diverse bodies in motion. ” ‘Changes’ is a display of dance by Croí Glan, a disabled led dance company, and inspired by Rebecca Solnit’s Not Too Late and Christiana Figueres’s The Future We Choose. The work has been made in collaboration with scientists from the Environmental Research Institute at UCC.
Creativity On Tap: Qbanaa
When: 17 September, 20:00 (doors 19:30)
Where: Roe & Co Distillery
This collaboration between Roe & Co Distillery and Dublin Fringe Festival highlights emerging Irish talent in a local setting. Qbanaa is a Cuban-Irish artist who is gaining international attention. She’s now bringing her unique mix of neo-soul, jazz, and Latin rhythms to the Liberties, and this is a rare opportunity to catch a standout live act in a venue that feels close to home.
The Deadline Project
When: 17 Sept, 18:00 (preview), 18 – 20 Sept, 18:00, 19 – 20 Sept, 13:00
Where: The New Theatre
The Deadline Project is a tender sci-fi folk musical about two grieving musicians trying to leave something behind as the world ends. Blending emotional intimacy with speculative tech, it asks what we hold onto, love, music, memory, when everything else is slipping away.
LIBYA!- Farah Elle
When: 16 Sept, 18:00 (preview), 17 Sept, 13:00 (preview), 17 – 20 Sept, 19:50, 18 Sept, 13:00
Where: Bewley’s Café Theatre – at Bewley’s Café
LIBYA! is a heartfelt homecoming wrapped in music, memory, and radical love, as Farah Elle shares her story with honesty and warmth. Blending North African sounds, personal storytelling, and sensory details like jasmine, cardamom coffee, and baklava, this is an invitation to sit with grief, joy, identity, and belonging.
Shredder
When: 16 Sept, 21:15 (preview), 17 – 20 Sept, 21:15, 20 Sept, 15:45
Where: Project Arts Centre – Cube
Shredder is a sharp, surreal takedown of our overloaded world, where one man literally shreds everything, news, propaganda, AI junk, even your holiday pictures, in a bid to cut through the noise. Blending sci-fi, satire, and a dose of chaos, it’s a darkly funny and strangely cathartic look at what happens when we finally decide to let it all go.
