As part of As Seen On Fringe 2026.
The Pigeon Factory
Oh!Scare Wilde Productions
22 – 25 July 2026
“An ingenious, consistently entertaining performance.” – (★★★★) The Irish Times
Walden has a pretty good life. Happily married to his mannequin wife, he works his pigeon children into the ground and feasts upon their eggs for sustenance. Walden is doing everything he’s supposed to do – so why does he feel so empty? Can his fantasies about his pigeons sustain him? Or must he face up to a great hurt done to him in the past?
The Pigeon Factory is a darkly absurd one-man show that explores work, family and finding purpose in a broken society.
The Pigeon Factory made its debut at Cork Midsummer Festival 2023, and went on to be performed in Cork Arts Theatre, Smock Alley Theatre, West Cork Fit-Up Festival 2024, and Cork Fringe 2026.
Press Quotes
“An ingenious, consistently entertaining performance.” – (★★★★) The Irish Times
“O’Neill is easily the best comic writer at work in theatre in Cork at the moment.” – Tripe + Drisheen
Production Credits
Written & Performed by Aaron O’Neill
Directed by Dee Finn
Sound Design by Adam Donovan
Set Design by Hannah Lane
Pigeon Design by Seana Coveney
Team Biographies
Aaron O’Neill is a playwright and actor from Cork. He is artistic director of Oh!Scare Wilde Productions, a Cork-based theatre company specializing in original work. He graduated from University College Cork’sDrama & Theatre Studies course in 2017. In 2022 he took part in the Tales of Two Cities artist development programme, run by The Everyman Theatre, Cork Midsummer Festival, and Bristol Old Vic. Plays written by Aaron include The Relatability Engine (2022), The Pigeon Factory (2023), and Bottlenose: A Mystery for Modern Ireland (2025).
Dee Finn is a director and stage manager from Cork. She graduated from University College Cork’s Drama & Theatre Studies course in 2018. She co-runs Oh!Scare Wilde Productions, and has directed the company’s productions of The Pigeon Factory (Cork Midsummer Festival 2023, West Cork Fit Up Festival 2024) and Bottlenose: A Mystery for Modern Ireland (Cork Midsummer Festival, 2025). As a stage manager, she has worked with the Abbey Theatre on their production of In Real Life (2025), and their 100th anniversary production of The Plough and the Stars (2026).
Support Credits
The Edinburgh Fringe run of this show is funded by Culture Ireland.
Dates & Times
22 – 25 July
7pm
Tickets
€20/18
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Space
Cube
Duration
60 minutes
Warning
Scenes of violence, loud noises.
Genres
Theatre
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