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Dublin Fringe Festival 2026: Even the slapstick has a point to it in Brigid Leahy’s high-concept play
Dublin Fringe Festival 2026: Even the slapstick has a point to it in Brigid Leahy’s high-concept playWhat could possibly capture the nuance and complexity of modern motherhood?
Why, a metatheatrical reality TV show in which women carry the cloned foetuses of historical figures, of course. , tech companies and governments own the DNA of history’s great men, and it’s up to women to ensure that the clones fulfil their destinies. It being 2026, the whole thing is available to stream on the cleverly titled “State of Gestation”.
Abigail , a doe-eyed patriot and ultimate tradwife, is carrying Abraham Lincoln, while Joan , a cynical single mother who’s only in it for the Substack, has Michael Collins. As mothers to big fellows with similar career trajectories, the women have a lot in common. But any potential camaraderie is quashed by the meddling of a bombastic British reality TV director , makes light work of a complicated plot.
There’s a lot going on in Daddy Issues, and at times it seems determined to take on every facet of modern life, from surveillance capitalism to nationalism. But when it stays close to the maternal material, Leahy’s play is worth a binge-watch. The Act of Existing at Dublin Fringe: Who dances first, Ben or Bobbi?
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