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Edinburgh Festival Fringe--2012

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the largest arts festival in the world and takes place every August for three weeks in Scotland’s capital city. Read more …

Every year thousands of performers take to a multitude of stages all over Edinburgh to present shows for every taste. From big names in the world of entertainment to unknown artists looking to build their careers, the festival caters for everyone and includes theatre, comedy, dance, physical theatre, musicals, operas, music, exhibitions and events.

Our story dates back to 1947, when eight theatre groups turned up uninvited to perform at the (then newly formed) Edinburgh International Festival, an initiative created to celebrate and enrich European cultural life in the wake of the Second World War. Not being part of the official programme of the International festival didn’t stop these performers – they just went ahead and staged their shows anyway. Year on year more and more performers followed their example and in 1959 the Festival Fringe Society was created in response to the success of this growing trend.

The Society formalised the existence of this collective of performances, provided information to artists, published the Fringe programme and created a central box office. Its constitution was written in line with the ethos that brought these theatre companies to Edinburgh back in 1947: that the Society was to take no part in vetting the festival’s programme. To this day that policy remains at the core of our festival and we’re proud to include in our programme anyone with a story to tell and a venue willing to host them.

So come on in and join us in this celebration of arts and entertainment!

More information on this production is available at www.edfringe.com.

Features about Edinburgh Festival Fringe--2012

The Smarts: Edinburgh Fringe attractions

The Scotsman, 31/05/2012

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2012: the weird and the wonderful

David Kettle, The Edinburgh Reporter, 01/06/2012

Edinburgh festival fringe 2012: my early tips

Lyn Gardner, The Guardian, 01/06/2012

I'm not bothered about titles. If the buck stops with you, the buck stops regardless of what people call you.

Ali Howard, The Herald, 23/07/2012

Where and when?

Multiple venues. Check the website for event and venue details., from Friday August 3, 2012, until Monday August 27, 2012.

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