Industry anger becomes art at Dublin Fringe
There’s a new confidence by emergent artists. How best to leave a mark that lasts?
At this year’s Dublin Fringe Festival, there was a moment during a play when someone decided they were done with theatre. In the stunningly clever It Was Paradise, Unfortunately, playwright Raphaël Amahl Khouri, despite having a celebrated success, realised the precarious life of making plays was a harmful addiction and not a career. “Fuck Shakespeare,” he says, as his scene partner unbuttons their shirt, revealing a t-shirt saying: “… and fuck Aristotle.”