Dublin Fringe: Setting Irish theatre on edge

Next week’s Fringe will be Róise Goan’s last as director. She has helped make the festival the spiritual home of contemporary performance, says Pádraic Killeen

NEXT week’s Dublin Fringe Festival will be sentimental for its artistic director, Róise Goan, who is leaving after five years.

“It’s just the right time to go,” she says. “A festival like Fringe, which is all about new ideas and the next big thing, should take the same approach to its own leadership.” Goan will be succeeded by Canadian Kris Nelson who, Goan says, will “keep the things that are good and throw out the things that aren’t working.”