Off-West-Fringe-End-What?

London’s diverse theatrical smorgasbord can be a delightful place to graze, but to the uninitiated has all of the clarity of muddy dishwater – with terms such as West End, Off West End and Fringe getting thrown around with abandon, how will the casual theatregoer ever find their way around? Part of the London theatre … Continue reading →

That was the fringe that was

This week sees the end of both the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Camden Fringe, marking the putative end of the summer fringe season… and what a season it has been. In my mind, the summer fringe season runs from the beginning of the Brighton Fringe until the end of the Edinburgh Fringe, and not … Continue reading →

Eat your words

Me and my big mouth… I need to watch my words a little, it seems. In that vein, I’d like to issue a retraction on the blog article published recently called ‘The Fringe Is In Recession!’: I have been reliably informed that the ticket sales for this year’s Brighton Festival Fringe are indeed up. Just … Continue reading →

Musings on the fringe…

Now that we are slap-bang in the middle of the month of May, it’s time to look back and take stock on the Fringe as we’ve already experienced it. While I’m sure we’ll all have had different experiences, I wanted to collect most of my impressions into one place, to try and find a universal … Continue reading →

What the fringe?

It has hit that time of year again, where all of the thesps start to make their Fringe plans. The actors start casting their eyes for audition notices, wanting to see what bonanza they’ll be involved with, while the directors and producers should already be in the process of organising the next big spiel, especially … Continue reading →