Music, talk and sex work advocacy from Lady Grew

Dublin Fringe Festival

Lady Grew (aka Kate McGrew, Director, Sex Workers’ Alliance Ireland) presents a new show of comedy and song, laced with hard hitting facts about sex work and its criminalisation in Ireland.

Fresh from its premier at San Diego International Fringe earlier this year, it marks a new departure on how we should view and judge sex work.

Kate McGrew is American born, living in Ireland, with family roots in Fermanagh. In 2014 she starred on Ireland’s national TV channel, RTE 2, in an award-winning docu-drama "Connected". Ireland’s largest selling newspaper, Sunday Independent, described her as ‘Ireland’s favourite courtesan.’

Her previous shows were "Sweet Pang!" (winner of 4 Stars Broadway, Baby Edinburgh Fringe Fest 2013 and Fringe on Fire, San Diego International Fringe Fest 2014); "Hooker P.I." (winner of Fringe of the Fringe, San Diego International Fringe Fest 2015 and Shortlisted for judges Choice Award, Dublin Fringe, 2014 and ''Hookers Do it Standing Up', Judges Choice Award shortlisted, 2019.

For further information or to arrange an interview contact:

Kate McGrew - 0867778700 - ladygrew@gmail.com - @LadyGrew· Twitter

Mirjana Rendulic, Kate McGrew and Panti Bliss, on the opening night of 'Hookers Do It Standng Up' an award nominated show at Dublin Fringe Festival, September 2018

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