Dagogo Hart

Dagogo Hart is a playwright, spoken word poet and writer whose words have wowed audiences from bar basements to Ireland's biggest festival stages. He started performing in Dublin in 2016 in open mics and poetry slams, which saw him become an All Ireland poetry slam finalist. Since then, the Nigerian-born creative has performed for festivals like Electric Picnic, St. Patricks, Dublin Fringe, Drogheda literary festival, Cuirt International Poetry Festival, and First fortnight.

He is one-third of the collective WeAreGriot; A poetry collective that curates art events around poetry. Dagogo's personal works include; The Home Project (a series of poetry films), RedBeard Paddy (a poetry short film), Mmanwu (a play in the 2023 Dublin Fringe Festival), See True (a spoken word variety show) and Boy Child (a spoken-word play), the last two co-written with FeliSpeaks, Talkatives; a hip-hop and poetry slam as part of WeAreGriot. Hart's poetry is inspired by his hometown in Lagos, Nigeria, and his experience since moving to Ireland.