We’re pretty stoked about the sheer volume of totally queer shows at this year’s Dublin Fringe Festival.

Here’s the lowdown…

1) MDLSX

Project Arts Centre: Sept 15 & 16, 8.30pm

A riff on Jeffery Eugenides’ epic intersex novel, //Middlesex//, that includes a DJ set, this gender-blending monologue cries freedom from the boundaries of the body, skin colour, sexual organs, and national identity.

2) Triple Threat

Project Arts Centre: Sept 19-23: 9.15pm

If you didn’t catch her at Yestival last May, now’s your chance to experience ultra-feminist Lucy McCormick powering on up with her queer as fuck royal variety show.

3) B!RTH Choices

Project Arts Centre: Sept 16 & 17: 6.15pm

Written and performed renowned lesbian playwright, Stacey Gregg (who is having a baby with her partner this year), this show looks at reproductive choices and the inherent challenges.

4) Aon Mhac Tíre Nó Roinnt Mic Tíre

Project Arts Centre: Sept 22 & 23: 7.15pm

Ruairi Donovan and Mica Sigourney explore queer brotherhood and the border between the Irish republic and the north.

5) Dummy

Peacock at The Abbey: Sept 9-16: 6.30pm

Written and directed by Irish gay couple, Peter Dunne and Donncha O’Dea, this darkly funny tale toys with family dysfunction, with a little ventriquilsim thrown in for good measure.

6) Dear Attracta

The New Theatre: Sept 19-23: 8.30pm

The Fringe debut of very brand new drag star, Attracta Tension an old-style Agony Aunt with problems to share.

7) The Power of Wow

Bewley’s Café Theatre: Sept 19-23: 8pm

Xnthony goes straight and gets married in an effort to finally make it in the fame game.

8) Fully Automated Luxury Gender Oasis

Temple Bar Gallery + Studios: Sept 15-19: 2.30-8pm

Artist collective, The Trans Live Art Salon hosts a space with performances, readings, queer skill-sharing workshops, and tea.

9) Tomboy Survival Guide

Peacock at The Abbey: Sept 21 – 23: 9pm

Writer and storyteller Ivan Coyote and an all-tomboy band invite you to dismantle the gender stories we tell each other.

10) Everything Now

Smock Alley Theatre: Sept 13-17: 6.30pm

Gay choreographer John Scott’s new show with Irish Modern Dance Theatre is a rollercoaster ride with beautiful dancing men, a multicultural chorus, dazzling lights, stunning sounds and physical explosions.

11) Within Rooms

The Lir Academy: Sept 12-16: 6.30pm

A group of über queer Brazilian performers star in this equally queer play exploring the relationship between four young people living together in San Paulo.

12) Black Jam

Fibber Magees: Sept 21: 8.30pm

Feminist, queer and punk politics are ignited in this celebration of African music featuring a stellar line-up of alt Afro performers, and dancing.

Dublin Fringe Festival runs from the 9th-24th September. Check out www.fringefest.com for the full Fringe line-up.

The Fringe Pink List was originally published August 2017 in GCN Issue #333