Connecting experienced and emerging producers with exciting artists.

In 2023 Pan Pan Platform supported Ahmed, With Love’s CLASH AT THE QUAYS! and Martha Knight’s The King of All Birds. These shows each had their world premiere in September 2023 at Dublin Fringe Festival. Both projects received artistic mentorship from Gavin Quinn and Aedín Cosgrove and producing support from producer Emma Coen and associate producer Lisa Nally.

Since its inception, Pan Pan has constantly examined and challenged the nature of its work and has resisted settling into well-tried formulas. Developing new performance ideas is at the centre of the company’s mission. All the works created are original, either through the writing (original plays) or through the totally unique expression of established writings. Pan Pan tries to approach theatre as an open form of expression and has developed an individual aesthetic that has grown from making performances in a host of different situations and conditions. Pan Pan is committed to presenting performances nationally and internationally and developing links for co-productions and collaborations. The company has toured in Ireland, UK, Europe, USA, Canada, Korea, Australia, New Zealand and China.

In 2019 Pan Pan and Dublin Fringe Festival decided to formalise their partnership as the Pan Pan Platform with Hannah Mamalis’s Symphony of Worms and Luke Casserly & Shanna May Breen’s Mould Into Shape. In 2020, Murmuration’s Will I See You There and Matt Bratko & Frank Sweeney’s Initiation were supported through the platform and in 2021 Ian Lynam’s Autistic License and Lark’s I Feel You Apart From Me. Last year’s Platform shows were Colm Higgins’ The Birdwatcher’s Trip to Alpha Centauri and Bradán’s Cooking the Vegan Salmon of Knowledge. Prior to that, Pan Pan was associate producer on four productions in Dublin Fringe Festival 2018, Unwoman Part III by The Rabble and Maeve Stone, My Dad’s Blind by Anna Shiels McNamee, Oneday by Dick Walsh and James Moran and Everything I Do by Zoe Ní Ríordáin.

This initiative is funded by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon.