Born in Paris and currently living in Dublin, Louis Deslis was awarded the Dublin Fringe Festival ‘Little Gem’ trophy for Patchwork. The show will make a welcome return to Bewley’s Cafe Theatre for all those who weren’t quick enough to catch it the first time.

Portrait by Faolan Carey.

Patchwork - On the night of the Bataclan terrorist attacks a young French man tries to contact home. Hurtling through Dublin’s nightlife he wrestles with memories of his emerging sexuality, nationality and identity. Growing up overnight, he holds a mirror to Ireland and the Irish and how the land of a thousand welcomes can sometimes treat strangers with contempt. It’s a fast paced, dynamic story which brings us around an all-too-familiar cityscape, this time, however, we see it through an ‘outsiders’ eyes.