Dancehall Blues at the Dublin Fringe Festival 2023, for Coisceim Dance Theatre.

It's 2024 and the witching hour. As dusk approaches, the doors of the hall are flung wide open. You are invited to enter.

Two enigmatic dancers hit the dance floor – quietly questioning their hopes and dreams amongst the surrounding turmoil. As their shadows deepen, they take more chances and dance more dances – “where are we headed to, where does it all end?” 

Directed and choreographed by David Bolger, DANCEHALL BLUES unites two of Ireland's most exciting performers, Stephanie Dufresne and Alex O’Neill for the very first time – in an intimate duet that grooves between hope and the dystopia of an angry world.

Underpinned by the experimental freedom that being in the Fringe entails, DANCEHALL BLUES investigates the blurred, vanishing line between fiction and non-fiction – in CoisCèim's first work for the festival in over a decade.

Set within our landmark studio building in the north inner city – the dancehall is waiting to welcome you.