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On Fringes

Some short answers to short questions: what makes a good fringe festival? It’s a festival where you see work you couldn’t or wouldn’t see otherwise; a festival where makers can make performance which couldn’t or wouldn’t otherwise be made.
What should fringe organisers do? Create opportunities (and even incentives) for makers to take risks on creating [...]

Posted 14 September 2009 § culture § theatre § twitter ‡ Comments (4) °

Faversham Forever round-up

Fringe 2008 and Aeneas Faversham Forever marked my third year of work with The Penny Dreadfuls – following Aeneas Faversham (2006) and Aeneas Faversham Returns (2007) – and I think we’re getting better at it.
Some production detail:
- we jumped ship from the Underbelly to the Pleasance 2, a 156-seat venue in the Pleasance Courtyard.
- our [...]

Posted 12 September 2008 § comedy § penny dreadfuls ‡ Comments (1) °