With this year being the 25th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality, The International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival has been inspired to take that monumental event as a theme for its latest programme. As festival founder Brian Merriman describes it, “Voices through decriminalisation. Those that lived with it and those that are now living in a new era.”
This seems fitting, as it was the after-effects of the moment for decriminalisation 25 years ago that provided a catalyst for the creation of the festival itself