Theatre

Sara Keating: Irish theatre makers pack up in preparation for Edinburgh Fringe

The Scottish showcase connects artists with a wider community of theatre producers and audiences from further afield

Charlotte McCurry in Lie Low, which deals with mental health issues and the reverberations of trauma as a woman struggles to come to terms with being attacked in her own home. Image by Ciaran Bagnall

As Dublin theatres enter a late summer lull in anticipation of the extravaganza of the Dublin Fringe Festival in September, a coterie of Irish artists is getting ready to travel to the crowded marketplace of the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival.

Many of the shows originated at last year’s Dublin Fringe and have been warming up with runs around the country in advance of their Scottish transfer. Funded by Culture Ireland, the shows give an impressively ...