Feeling Good

Feeling Good

Industry anger becomes art at Dublin Fringe

There’s a new confidence by emergent artists. How best to leave a mark that lasts?

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Chris McCormack
Sep 20, 2024
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Daniel Mahon, Loré Adewusi and Ultan Pringle in Julius Caesar Variety Show by Joy Nesbitt.

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.”

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