Meet Dublin Fringe Festival’s 2026 Resident Artists
We are buzzing to welcome three incredible artists onto our Resident Artist programme for 2026. Anna D, Favour Odusola, and Lórcan Strain will set up shop in Fringe HQ from January to December, working, creating, and inspiring in the heart of Dublin.
Our Resident Artists are given access to a free, full-time desk in our bustling Dublin Fringe HQ, a space where they can make their own work, seven days a week. This space is more than just an office, it’s a launchpad for inspiration, collaboration, and connection. They’ll also receive invaluable support, advice, and networking opportunities from the entire Dublin Fringe Festival team, as well as an honorarium towards their practice and financial support towards mentorship or training opportunities.
It’s going to be an exciting year ahead, and we can’t wait for you to get to know them!
Anna D is a writer, performer and spoken word poet. Her work is violently vulnerable, fragile and fierce and aims to disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed. She is interested in the politics of emotional life, the female experience, motherhood, relationships, familial and collective trauma and the web of structural oppression that impacts how we relate to each other and the world today. She has won multiple slams and competitions including the All-Ireland Poetry Slam. Her show Roots in Every Room debuted at Dublin Fringe Festival 2025 and was nominated for the ‘Radical Spirit’ award.
Favour Oluwaseunla Odusola is a Nigerian-born, Dublin-based multidisciplinary dance artist creative director/educator whose work merges Afro dance, contemporary movement, theatre, and music to shape compelling narratives rooted in culture and identity. With UMA, UMAKOKO/ JAIVA Dance Camp, he has built innovative platforms that spotlight underrepresented artists, develop dance training ecosystems, and foster cultural exchange through performance, education, and creative business. With over nine years of experience across the dance/music industry, he has performed for various artists while choreographing and curating performances for festivals and brands. Credits include Kokoro (Dublin Theatre Festival) and Octopus Children (Dublin Fringe Festival, Best Ensemble Award).
Lórcan Strain is a non-binary, multidisciplinary artist from Co. Donegal. Their work blends a unique style of music, theatre, and comedy that questions what it means to grow up as a culchie queerdo under the influence of the catholic church. Their hit show Songs of Theys premiered at the Dublin Fringe in 2023, and went on to a sold out run in Smock Alley Theatre in 2024. They received nominations for their work at Dublin Fringe and the Irish Times Theatre awards as well as writing bursaries from An Grainan Theatre, Letterkenny.
We will also be announcing our 2026 Room to Create Artists in early 2026, so check back then!