Access, Affordability and Inclusion Guide

Many Dublin Fringe venues are fully or partially wheelchair accessible. 

Please check individual show pages and the Venues page for more detailed access information before booking, as access can vary by venue and performance space. 

ISL-interpreted performances feature a live interpreter who signs the spoken content of the show, making it more accessible for Deaf audience members who use Irish Sign Language (the primary language of the Deaf community in Ireland). There are five ISL interpreted performances, with four of these offered through Lianne Quigley’s ISL Deaf Translations Project.  

ISL interpreted performances:  

• Chronically Hopeful, Musici Ireland  

• CRISIS ACTOR, Eoghan Carrick & Lauren Jones  

• Kafka’s Doll, Theatre Lovett 

• SAOIRSE, An Taibhdhearc 

• Miss You , Chaos Factory

Audio Description is a live spoken commentary that describes important visual details in a performance for audience members who are blind or visually impaired. It is usually heard through a headset. 

Audio Described performances may also include a Touch Tour. 

Audio Described performance:  

• SLUGS , Creepy Boys 

Touch Tours give blind and visually impaired audience members a chance to explore elements of the set, costumes or props before the show begins. 

Touch Tour performance:  

• SLUGS , Creepy Boys 

Relaxed Performances are designed for anyone who would benefit from a more easy-going theatre environment. 

They usually support noise and movement in the auditorium, allow re-entry when needed, and offer a more flexible, less formal atmosphere. 

Relaxed Performances:  

• Chronically Hopeful, Musici Ireland 

• Growing Pains, Carley Magee, Age 14+ 

• ROLLING!, Mónia Muñoz Dance, Age 3+   

• The Waking Walls, AlanJames Burns 

• Welcome to Traumatraum, SPECKINTIME 

Creative Captions expand on traditional captions by representing spoken dialogue and sound in a more immersive and accessible way. 

By integrating colour, movement and expressive typography, captions become embedded within the visual language and design of a work. Created with Deaf audiences in mind, Creative Captions are also an access tool for all audience members. 

Creative Captioned performance: 

• The Waking Walls, AlanJames Burns 

Some Festival events are completely free to attend. 

Free events might cost nothing, but they could still end up being your favourite part of the Festival. 

Free events:  

• an cailligh rua, Megan Luddy O’Leary 

• Miss Powder Vacuum 2026, Bill Harris 

• Pretty Vacant, The Performance Corporation 

• TenderWRITE, Tenderfoot: Plays By & For Young People, Age 13+ 

• The Waking Walls, AlanJames Burns 

• Weaver, Joanna Mattrey (Installation is free to visit) 

Pay What You Can ticketing helps break down cost as a barrier to attending live performance.  

For selected shows on selected dates, audiences can choose a ticket price that suits them.  

Pay What You Can Ticketing for Dublin Fringe Festival will be announced very soon.  

Dublin Fringe Festival champions bold work for all ages, including a programme strand made for and with young people!  

Look for age guidance symbols from 3+ to 14+ on show pages to help you find shows for younger audiences, teens and curious first-time Fringe-goers. This year, Young Radicals isn’t tucked away in one place – it runs through the festival, opening up more of the programme to young audiences.  

Family Friendly Shows  

Click the ‘Family Friendly’ tag when browsing the What’s On page for work for the whole family and look out for age guidance on show pages to help find shows for younger audiences, teens and curious first-time Fringe-goers. 

Young Radicals is not tucked away in one place. It runs through the Festival, opening up more of the programme to young audiences. 

Young Radicals performances: 

• ROLLING!, Mónia Muñoz Dance, Age 3+  

• AFRONAUTS, Circus Zambia & Wake the Beast, Age 5+ 

• Kafka’s Doll,  Theatre Lovett, Age 8+ 

• Novel Ideas, Grand Stretch, Age 13+ 

• TenderWRITE, Tenderfoot: Plays By & For Young People, Age 13+ 

• Gleek of the Week, Conor Burke, Age 14+ 

• Growing Pains, Carley Magee, Age 14+ 

• Mourning is a Muscle, Barry Fitzgerald, Age 14+ 

Home Ground performances create welcoming, celebratory audience spaces for key communities represented in Dublin Fringe work to attend shows together. 

Co-created with artists in the programme, Home Ground is part of making Dublin Fringe a place where more people can see themselves, feel at home and take up space. 

These include audience nights for Black and global majority, Deaf and disabled, queer / LGBTQIA+, Traveller and working-class communities. 

Home Ground performances:  

• Across The Fence, Thomas Collins 

• Chronically Hopeful, Musici Ireland   

• Diversity Training, Neil Green 

• Exhibit A: Imposter, Justine Megan 

• GRETEL, TAN & JWY 

• Novel Ideas, Grand Stretch, Age 13+ 

• Pretty Vacant, The Performance Corporation 

• SPOILED, Caitlin Magnall-Kearns 

• The Act of Existing, Croí Glan 

• The Boxes, Yves Lorrhan & Inner Man Community  

• TRACES OF A WORLD-TO-BE, Hana Laine Flamm & Emma Hurson

Some shows and events are presented as Gaeilge, or feature Irish language as a key part of the work. 

Irish Language / As Gaeilge events:  

• an cailligh rua, Megan Luddy O’Leary 

• Cabáiste Cabaret, Cabáiste Cabaret 

• GaelMaxxing, Síomha Hennessy 

• SAOIRSE, An Taibhdhearc 

We’re partnering with Performing Arts Forum on PAF Connects, offering audiences the opportunity to attend a show with peers, gather for food and network beforehand. 

Sharing the experience of live performance is vital, so join us for a celebration of connection, creativity and shared experience. 

PAF Connects performance: SAOIRSE, An Taibhdhearc 

WEFT Audience Club is a space for Black and global majority audience members to gather, experience boundary-pushing work and reflect together. 

Led by an experienced coordinator, clubbers see Festival shows together, with time to talk, connect and meet the artists shaping this year’s programme. 

If you’re interested in being a part of this year’s Weft Audience Club check back in with us in August when the call out for participant’s goes live!