Experience the magic of Daniel O’Donnell live in concert… almost!
Join Aoife for an absurdist autobiographical cabaret as they celebrate quare identity, growing up in Donegal, and their unironic obsession with wee Daniel. From their first meeting with Daniel as a baby, to his surprise appearance at their mother’s funeral.
This is not a piss take, it’s a rapturous love letter to the rural queer non-binary experience, to mammies and to our Daniel.
You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and g’wan, you’ll have a cup of tea.
Developed at FRINGE LAB. Supported by An Grianán Theatre and Stoke Improv.
Written and Performed by Aoife Sweeney O’Connor
with Original Music by Anna Jacob, Paul Prior and Aoife Sweeney O’Connor
Design by Eimear Conroy
Directing and Dramaturgy by Kelly Shatter and Ultan Pringle
Additional Dramaturgical support by Cliona Malin
Produced by Lisa Nally
Image by Dylan Gomery
Aoife Sweeney O’Connor is a performer, maker and writer from Donegal
Their debut autobiographical theatre cabaret piece ‘An Evening with Wee Daniel’ had a sold-out run at Dublin Fringe Festival 2024. The play won the inaugural Theatre Lovett Award and was nominated for the Bewley’s Little Gem Award. It will tour later this year.
Aoife is the host and producer of the celebrated queer cabaret EGG. Their show ‘EGG: The Proclamation of the Irish Republegg’ sold-out the National Stadium and won the Beyond the Pale Award at Dublin Fringe 2023.
A trained actor and graduate of the Bow Street Academy, Aoife has appeared in acclaimed independent comedy ‘Bicycle Thieves: Pumped Up’, Galway Film Fleadh Best Animation winner ‘To Break a Circle’ and Stacey Gregg’s ‘Disco Dykes’.
Aoife was selected as a 2024 Artist in Residence at Dublin Fringe Festival, and chosen for the Transforming Stages programme with Outburst Arts Festival and X-Pollinator 2024. They are a recipient of the Axis Assemble Bursary and the Arts Council Agility Award. Their work has received support from Dublin Fringe, An Grianan Theatre, Outburst Queer Arts Festival, Xnthony and Daniel O’Donnell himself.
Supported by An Grianan Theatre, Dublin Fringe Festival, Stoke Improv and XNTHONY LTD.
