Let Me Be Perfectly Queer with Aoife Sweeney O’Connor
Aoife Sweeney O’Connor a queer performer and maker – who will be fresh off of bringing their Fringe-tastic show An Evening With Wee Daniel to the Galway Theatre Festival – will be leading this fun filled non prescriptive workshop/talk.
They will talk on sustainable and holistic art practice for LGBTQ+ artists, including how to package and assert yourself as a freelancer.
To remove barriers for attendance we have a limited number of stipends available for access and/or childcare costs. Please contact natashaeverittarts@gmail.com to avail of this.
Note: Stipends will be distributed on a first come, first served basis.
Aoife Sweeney O’Connor
Aoife 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.
