Dublin Gay Theatre Festival

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The International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival is an annual theatrical event held in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Usually held in May, the fourth festival is due to be held from May 7th to May 20th, 2007.

According to its official website, the Dublin Gay Theatre Festival provides "theatrical and academic fora for the presentation of new and exciting works by gay authors, or works that have a gay character, theme, relevance or other input by a gay artist to promote visiblilty and recognition of gay people's contribution to the arts nationally and internationally."

The festival was founded in 2004 in order to mark the 150th anniversary of Oscar Wilde, and to encourage and develop concepts of gay theatre. The image of Oscar Wilde was first used as the official festival logo in 2006 and remains so today.

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