Pan Pan Platform at Dublin Fringe Festival

We are delighted to be working in partnership with Pan Pan on  the fourth edition of the Pan Pan Platform at Dublin Fringe Festival. This initiative connects experienced makers and producers with exciting early career artists. 

The artists and shows that make up the 2023’s Pan Pan Platform are Ahmed, With Love.’s Clash at the Quays! and Martha Knight’s The King of All Birds. These shows will each have their world premiere this September at Dublin Fringe Festival 2023. Both projects will receive artistic mentorship from Gavin Quinn and Aedín Cosgrove and producing support from Emma Coen and Lisa Nally.   

“Developing new performance ideas is at the centre of Pan Pan’s raison d’être which is born from a desire to be individual and provide innovation in the development of theatre art. We fully support the emergence of new work from young and innovative artists and are delighted to support the two shows through the Pan Pan Platform at Dublin Fringe.”  – Pan Pan 

"It is truly remarkable to witness a renowned company like Pan Pan generously passing on their skills and knowledge to the next wave of experimental performance makers. Their support for Ahmed, With Love and Martha Knight is a testament to their dedication to fostering innovative, contemporary works. The eagerly awaited world premiere of both shows at Dublin Fringe Festival 2023 will undoubtedly showcase the profound impact of Pan Pan's mentorship and sponsorship."– David Francis Moore, Director, Dublin Fringe Festival.  

Since its inception, Pan Pan has constantly examined and challenged the nature of its work and has resisted settling into well-tried formulas. Developing new performance ideas is at the centre of the company’s mission. All the works created are original, either through the writing (original plays) or through the totally unique expression of established writings. Pan Pan tries to approach theatre as an open form of expression and has developed an individual aesthetic that has grown from making performances in a host of different situations and conditions. Pan Pan is committed to presenting performances nationally and internationally and developing links for co-productions and collaborations. The company has toured in Ireland, UK, Europe, USA, Canada, Korea, Australia, New Zealand and China. 

In 2019 Pan Pan and Dublin Fringe Festival decided to formalise their partnership as the Pan Pan Platform with Hannah Mamalis’s Symphony of Worms and Luke Casserly & Shanna May Breen’s Mould Into Shape. In 2020, Murmuration’s Will I See You There and Matt Bratko & Frank Sweeney’s Initiation were supported through the platform, in 2021 Ian Lynam's Autistic License and Lark's I Feel You Apart From Me and last year, in 2022 Colm Higgin’s The Birdwatcher's Trip to Alpha Centauri and Bradán’s Cooking the Vegan Salmon of Knowledge. 

Prior to that, Pan Pan was associate producer on four productions in Dublin Fringe Festival 2018, Unwoman Part III  by The Rabble and Maeve Stone, My Dad’s Blind  by Anna Shiels McNamee, Oneday  by Dick Walsh and James Moran and Everything I Do  by Zoe Ní Ríordáin. 

This initiative is funded by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon.