A nonbinary person looking off into the distance lit in pink

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. 

An impressive raconteur
— The Irish Times

Recent & upcoming work