I’ve worked on and followed the Fringe for many years now but it has been a great honour to see it blossom magnificently - and hey its only Autumn. Is it Global warming or the best Fringe ever heating the city up??

It has been a dream of the festival to steer the hub of the Fringe from a green site to have more room to include the new Hennessy Spiegeltent and her new litte sister tent The Bosco Theatre (which staged Amy G’s fantastic show Round She Goes) and boy what  a success it has been and only just  five days into Dublin’s biggest and best multi-disciplinary festival (if not the country).

For me I have dipped out of many great shows already, in all genres, with camera crews and photographers keen to get the best from this superb festival programmed by Wolfgang & Jenny Jennings- Wolfgang has brought the festival to great places in his fours years with the festival It’s sad to know that he is leaving soon amidst all this festival fun. I got to taste Chatroom, How to be Loved, Drinking Dust even got a private painting pimping session with the lovley Will St Leger and RTE’s Anne Cassin. Saw Saori’s Birthday at Project the other night in full, which I loved and of course La Clique which I have seen in many guises over the years both here and abroad (Brett where are the roller-skating duo I saw in Edinburgh 3 years ago - Dublin would love them).

The Fringe team have been amazing this year we’ve been so lucky to have the best Fringe interns EVER and everyone’s maintained good humour and created great fun when necessary to break the stresses of the days leading up to the festival opening - rock on the second week with more from La Clique, try and catch some Susan & Darren, and the wonderful Camille has just landed back home so check her out at the Hennessy Spiegeltent. This Friday and Saturday more of the Fringe goes outdoors at Grand Canal Dock an event for all the family, which I cant wait to see the ballet dancer with the JCB digger tightrope walkers and a man who immerses himself in a giant test tube. It will be amazing. Fringe-tastic, lets keep going….

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