Edinburgh Fringe

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is often called the Edinburgh Fringe and sometimes just the Fringe. It is one of the arts festivals collectively termed the Edinburgh Festival. It takes place annually in the city of Edinburgh during August. It was originally set up to complement the Edinburgh International Festival but now dwarfs it. The Edinburgh Fringe is the world?s largest arts festival.

Introduction

The Fringe is focused almost exclusively on the performing arts, particularly theatre and comedy. Fringe material can be anything from Shakespeare to modern works; however the nature of the fringe encourages experimental works. At first there was a lot of animosity between the fringe and the official festival, however now this has almost entirely disappeared.

Related Topics:
Performing arts - Shakespeare

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The Festival Fringe Society run the fringe. They publish the programme, sell tickets and offer advice to performers. The office is located on the Royal Mile.

Related Topics:
Programme - Royal Mile

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