What’s The Fringe?   “Very generally speaking, Fringes are… Focused on the performing arts: Theater, dance, puppetry, spoken word and the like make up the Fringe core, but festivals often may include film and visual arts elements. Fringes don’t have a focus on a single discipline or genre, but are a performing-arts smörgåsbord Uncensored: No one gets too fussy about swears or nudity but squeaky-clean content isn’t marginal or discouraged, either Easy to participate in: Ticket prices are low for audiences and production fees are low for artists…[productions are] generally quite open to participation by the gamut of amateurs to professionals Festivals: They last from just a few days to a few weeks and involve boatloads of people at multiple venues Original: Fringes feature a huge array of original material—sometimes by design, but usually because that’s what Fringes naturally do well Rapid-fire: Typically, tech is minimal and time is a factor at our festivals. Shows are often kept brief (Fringes most frequently have shows right around 60 minutes in length) and technical requirements kept simple (minor sets, streamlined cues, nothing elaborate) It all started in 1947 in Edinburgh, Scotland, as an alternative festival that played concurrently with the Edinburgh International Festival. In 1948, Robert Kemp, a local journalist, gave it the name Fringe: “Round the fringe of official Festival drama, there seems to be more private enterprise than before…”  -United States Association of Fringe Festivals The Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals states that Fringes “…provide all artists, emerging and established, with the opportunity to produce their play no matter the content, form or style and to make the event as affordable and accessible as possible for the members of the community.”
What’s The Fringe?
 
“Very generally speaking, Fringes are…
  • Focused on the performing arts: Theater, dance, puppetry, spoken word and the like make up the Fringe core, but festivals often may include film and visual arts elements. Fringes don’t have a focus on a single discipline or genre, but are a performing-arts smörgåsbord

  • Uncensored: No one gets too fussy about swears or nudity but squeaky-clean content isn’t marginal or discouraged, either

  • Easy to participate in: Ticket prices are low for audiences and production fees are low for artists…[productions are] generally quite open to participation by the gamut of amateurs to professionals

  • Festivals: They last from just a few days to a few weeks and involve boatloads of people at multiple venues

  • Original: Fringes feature a huge array of original material—sometimes by design, but usually because that’s what Fringes naturally do well

  • Rapid-fire: Typically, tech is minimal and time is a factor at our festivals. Shows are often kept brief (Fringes most frequently have shows right around 60 minutes in length) and technical requirements kept simple (minor sets, streamlined cues, nothing elaborate)

It all started in 1947 in Edinburgh, Scotland, as an alternative festival that played concurrently with the Edinburgh International Festival. In 1948, Robert Kemp, a local journalist, gave it the name Fringe: “Round the fringe of official Festival drama, there seems to be more private enterprise than before…” 

-United States Association of Fringe Festivals

The Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals states that Fringes “…provide all artists, emerging and established, with the opportunity to produce their play no matter the content, form or style and to make the event as affordable and accessible as possible for the members of the community.”

What’s The Fringe?   “Very generally speaking, Fringes are… Focused on the performing arts: Theater, dance, puppetry, spoken word and the like make up the Fringe core, but festivals often may include film and visual arts elements. Fringes don’t have a focus on a single discipline or genre, but are a performing-arts smörgåsbord Uncensored: No one gets too fussy about swears or nudity but squeaky-clean content isn’t marginal or discouraged, either Easy to participate in: Ticket prices are low for audiences and production fees are low for artists…[productions are] generally quite open to participation by the gamut of amateurs to professionals Festivals: They last from just a few days to a few weeks and involve boatloads of people at multiple venues Original: Fringes feature a huge array of original material—sometimes by design, but usually because that’s what Fringes naturally do well Rapid-fire: Typically, tech is minimal and time is a factor at our festivals. Shows are often kept brief (Fringes most frequently have shows right around 60 minutes in length) and technical requirements kept simple (minor sets, streamlined cues, nothing elaborate) It all started in 1947 in Edinburgh, Scotland, as an alternative festival that played concurrently with the Edinburgh International Festival. In 1948, Robert Kemp, a local journalist, gave it the name Fringe: “Round the fringe of official Festival drama, there seems to be more private enterprise than before…”  -United States Association of Fringe Festivals The Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals states that Fringes “…provide all artists, emerging and established, with the opportunity to produce their play no matter the content, form or style and to make the event as affordable and accessible as possible for the members of the community.”
What’s The Fringe?
 
“Very generally speaking, Fringes are…
  • Focused on the performing arts: Theater, dance, puppetry, spoken word and the like make up the Fringe core, but festivals often may include film and visual arts elements. Fringes don’t have a focus on a single discipline or genre, but are a performing-arts smörgåsbord

  • Uncensored: No one gets too fussy about swears or nudity but squeaky-clean content isn’t marginal or discouraged, either

  • Easy to participate in: Ticket prices are low for audiences and production fees are low for artists…[productions are] generally quite open to participation by the gamut of amateurs to professionals

  • Festivals: They last from just a few days to a few weeks and involve boatloads of people at multiple venues

  • Original: Fringes feature a huge array of original material—sometimes by design, but usually because that’s what Fringes naturally do well

  • Rapid-fire: Typically, tech is minimal and time is a factor at our festivals. Shows are often kept brief (Fringes most frequently have shows right around 60 minutes in length) and technical requirements kept simple (minor sets, streamlined cues, nothing elaborate)

It all started in 1947 in Edinburgh, Scotland, as an alternative festival that played concurrently with the Edinburgh International Festival. In 1948, Robert Kemp, a local journalist, gave it the name Fringe: “Round the fringe of official Festival drama, there seems to be more private enterprise than before…” 

-United States Association of Fringe Festivals

The Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals states that Fringes “…provide all artists, emerging and established, with the opportunity to produce their play no matter the content, form or style and to make the event as affordable and accessible as possible for the members of the community.”

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