Dublin Fringe Festival 2021: INTIMACIES

23 July 2021

Shows that pull you closer and encounters that dissolve distance – small capacities and intimate subject matter:

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I Feel You Apart From Me, Lark

Experienced via WhatsApp voice note, listen to the experience of Irish expats missing home and how we find ways to keep each other close when we can’t hold hands

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Changing The Sheets, Harry Butler

A two-hander about one night stands, intimacy and pillow talk when strangers first meet

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Heave, Orla Graham and Seón Simpson

A theatre-film hybrid about long distance love in lockdown and falling back in love with Belfast

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You’re Still HereMurmuration, co-presented by Dublin Fringe Festival and the Abbey Theatre 

Performed in a tent in the grounds of Dublin Castle, this live performance follows the impact on a family when a prodigal son returns home

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NarcissusArchway & tasteinyourmouth

A new play about Queer friendship, celebrity sightings and lifechanging nights out

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Speak Softly Go Far, Hannah Mamalis / Oisín McKenna / MaÏa Nunes

Co-commissioned by Dublin Fringe Festival and the Abbey Theatre. A trio of covert theatre experiences to be listened to alone, in public space near home, these audio encounters invite you to let an artist occupy your mind
 

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Eleonora Salter & the Monster from the Sea, Jane Madden & Clodagh Mooney Duggan

A strange but sweet supernatural romance between a lightkeeper and mysterious voice in the radio
 

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Idir Mise Agus Craiceann Do Chluaise, AerachAiteachGaelach

Listen, laugh, and dance your way through the life journey of a queer Irish speaker. In this immersive audio art experience