Accessibility & Inclusivity at Dublin Fringe Festival 2025
BOX OFFICE SUPPORT FOR PHYSICAL VENUE ACCESS
The Box Office Team are on hand (over email or over the phone) to answer questions about the specifics of physical access relating to all Dublin Fringe venues. The expanded Venues Page also has additional information available on the accessibility – including about extent of physical accessibility, bathroom access, etc. – see www.fringefest.com/venues for up to date information. If you or someone in your group needs access support - like a wheelchair space, accompanying Guide Dog, etc. - let box office know when booking. The earlier we know what you need, the better we can help. Email boxoffice@fringefest.com or call us on +353 (0)1 670 6106.
IRISH SIGN LANGUAGE
In the brochure we have included ISL Symbols through to indicate which shows have ISL Interpretation.
The shows with ISL interpretation are also listed below:
Anonn | The Other Side, Scaoilte Theatre, 14 Sept, 21:00
Good With Faces, Oisín Kearney, 13 Sept, 15:45
Pea Dinneen: Raising Her Voice, Pea Dinneen, 12 Sept, 21:00
Roots in Every Room, Anna D, 7 Sept, 19:00
Variations for Two Disabled Bodies, Bobbi Byrne & Soso Ní Cheallaigh, 10 - 13 Sept, all performances
AUDIO DESCRIPTION
In the brochure we have included an Audio Description symbol to show which shows have Audio Description. The show with Audio Description: Change,Croí Glan, 19 Sept, 18:15 (also includes a touch tour).
RELAXED PERFORMANCES
In the brochure we have included a Relaxed Performances symbol to show which shows have these performances. The shows with Relaxed Performances are also listed here: Variations for Two Disabled Bodies, Bobbi Byrne & Soso Ní Cheallaigh, 10 - 13 Sept, all performances, (these shows are also ISL Interpreted).
FREE AND PAY WHAT YOU CAN PERFORMANCES & EVENTS
Offering free and pay-what-you-can performances is a core part of our commitment to making the festival accessible and inclusive. We believe that culture should be available to all, regardless of what you earn.
Free shows and events are listed below:
Ailtireachtúil, Orla O’Kane
Minaw Collective Jam, Minaw Collective
PERFORMING MEMORY, CoisCéim BROADREACH
Perspective Reflections, Daniel Carey Keatings and Daragh Hughes
Scripted, The Lir
TenderWRITE Shorts & Big Plays, TenderWRITE
Dublin Fringe Festival’s Pay What You Can Pilot offers accessible pricing on all performances from 7pm on Wednesday 17th September:
Big, Alison Spittle, 17 Sept, 21:00
Shredder, David McGovern, 17 Sept, 21:15
He Dies in the End, Liam McCarthy, 17 Sept, 21:00
don't copy me (copy), Gift Horse Theatre, 17 Sept, 21:15
Bum Notes Eras Tour: An Improvised History Musical, Bum Notes, 17 Sept, 20:45
The Chalice, Brigid Leahy, 17 Sept, 20:30
LIBYA!, Farah Elle, 17 Sept, 19:50
Cult of Aerobics, Emily Bradley, 17 Sept, 20:45
A Piano Meditation, As If I Always Knew, 17 Sept, 20:30
AMSTERDAM, Made Up Productions, 17 Sept, 19:30
Hungry Grass/Stray Sod, Wandering Stories Theatre, 17 Sept, 19:30, 20:15
For the majority of other performances in the Festival, concession tickets are also available. Concession ticketing applies to students, senior citizens, and people who are unwaged.
COMMUNITY TAKE OVER PERFORMANCES (as part of Home Ground)
Dublin Fringe Festival welcome a new initiative Home Ground: audience take-overs creating safe, celebratory audience spaces for communities represented in the Dublin Fringe Festival shows.
At DFF we want to celebrate art and culture with the widest possible audience and encourage an environment where everyone feels welcome - but we know that barriers still exist for many potential audiences. We also know that many artforms have historically focussed on white, straight, middle-class and non-disabled perspectives. These Home Ground performances are part of addressing that imbalance, offering performances to centre and celebrate audience experiences for communities represented in programmed work, particularly those who may not have traditionally been included.
The performances and audiences that are part of the initiative are listed below:
CRAWLER, Jessie Thompson, 7th Sept, 21:15, for members of the Working Class Community.
dublinitgirl_vs_dartlinediva, Harry Hennessy, 8th Sept, 21:15, f or members of the Queer/LGBTQIA+ community.
Lessons on Revolution, Undone Theatre & Carmen Collective, 10th Sept, 20:00, for members of Working Class, migrant, and queer communities.
Variations For Two Disabled Bodies, Bobbi Byrne & Soso Ní Cheallaigh, 11th Sept, 18:30, for members of the Disabled & Queer/LGBTQIA+ communities.
Hungry Grass/ Stray Sod, Wandering Stories Theatre, 15th Sept, 20:15, for members of the Black & global majority & Queer/LGBTQIA+ communities.
The Deadline Project, ArínọláTheatre, 18th Sept, 18:00, for members of the Black & global majority & Working Class communities.
LIBYA!, Farah Elle 18th Sept, 19:50, for members of the Black & global majority & Queer/LGBTQIA+ communities.
That's Sooo Povo, D’Girlos Theatre, 19th Sept, 13:00, for members of the Working Class community.
Cult of Aerobics, Emily Bradley, 20th Sept, 15:15, for members of the Queer / LGBTQIA+ community.
We hope these performances in this pilot create space to talk and connect for those communities listed above.
WEFT AUDIENCE CLUB
Weft is Dublin Fringe Festival’s practice development scheme for Black & global majority artists. It consists of various strands, including Weft Studio, Idea Development Bursaries and the Weft Audience Club.
This club seeks to introduce the work on show as part of the festival to new audience members through shared free trips to see work as part of group of audience goers, facilitated by a Coordinator. This Coordinator will facilitate discussion amongst the group, in the midst of a packed and exciting line up of shows and artist talks. The call out for this initiative will go live on the Dublin Fringe Festival website later in the summer.