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Post by talkingheads on Mar 24, 2020 20:51:16 GMT
I love the Fringe but the way they are going on and dismissing the crisis is frankly disgusting. Profit before people. How do they honestly think they will put it on? Artists can't create shows, to which there will be no audience to show them anyway. It's mind boggling. Now the Olympics have been postponed I would be surprised if the Fringe wasn't cancelled by the end of the week.
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Mar 24, 2020 21:19:13 GMT
I love the Fringe but the way they are going on and dismissing the crisis is frankly disgusting. Profit before people. How do they honestly think they will put it on? Artists can't create shows, to which there will be no audience to show them anyway. It's mind boggling. Now the Olympics have been postponed I would be surprised if the Fringe wasn't cancelled by the end of the week. I can't really imagine quite what they will say in this Friday's update if it isn't "it's cancelled".
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Post by clair on Mar 25, 2020 9:15:00 GMT
Being a technophobe I have no idea how possible this would be but I wonder if there's any way the Fringe could offer something like the Theatre Cafe concerts being streamed. I know it wouldn't work for all shows but perhaps some of them could do something along those lines with people buying a daily pass/show pass/whatever works so there's something out there for all those performers already preparing for it. As I say, no idea if it could be done but surely worth a thought
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Mar 25, 2020 12:19:45 GMT
Some great news for Lazy Susan fans!
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Post by talkingheads on Mar 27, 2020 14:26:03 GMT
What the hell do the Edinburgh Fringe think they're playing at? No statement in 6 days, lots of artists being pestered for payment as deadlines approach and accomodation refusing to refund as 'it's still going ahead'
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Mar 27, 2020 15:06:35 GMT
Shona McCarthy's weekly update has just been published. It sounds like cancellation is imminent.
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Post by duncan on Mar 31, 2020 7:09:10 GMT
From the EN this morning, set to be cancelled but leaving themselves some wriggle room to host a small set of shows if restrictions are lifted.
All planning for the staging of what has become the world’s biggest arts festival is expected to be officially suspended tomorrow and refunds offered to people who have bought tickets for the hundreds of shows already on sale.
It is understood the city’s other signature events that are normally staged in August, including the International Festival, the Tattoo and the book festival are also preparing to call them off after crisis talks in recent weeks.
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Post by talkingheads on Mar 31, 2020 7:25:48 GMT
From the EN this morning, set to be cancelled but leaving themselves some wriggle room to host a small set of shows if restrictions are lifted. All planning for the staging of what has become the world’s biggest arts festival is expected to be officially suspended tomorrow and refunds offered to people who have bought tickets for the hundreds of shows already on sale. It is understood the city’s other signature events that are normally staged in August, including the International Festival, the Tattoo and the book festival are also preparing to call them off after crisis talks in recent weeks. Finally! I adore the Fringe and the idea of not going makes me incredibly sad but absolutely the right desicion. The financial impact on Scotland without the thousands of tourists is going to be inconceivable.
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Mar 31, 2020 8:05:38 GMT
Sounds like the plan is to officially put all planning on hold and refund tickets purchased but with the likes of Pleasance, Underbelly, Assembly and Gilded Balloon, perhaps independently rather than under the Fringe banner, to still have the option to pull a line-up together at short notice if circumstances allow them to much nearer the time. I guess that would be a very limited offering and most likely wouldn't happen at all but it might serve as a way of keeping the highest profile venues on-side and on-message regarding cancellation. I'm gutted not to have the Fringe to look forward to this summer but it's clearly the right decision and the only realistic option. Apart from having umpteen attempts at Coronavirus the Musical to endure next year, it should be one hell of an event and explosion of creativity in 2021! 16 and a bit months and counting.
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Post by talkingheads on Mar 31, 2020 8:09:43 GMT
Sounds like the plan is to officially put all planning on hold and refund tickets purchased but with the likes of Pleasance, Underbelly, Assembly and Gilded Balloon, perhaps independently rather than under the Fringe banner, to still have the option to pull a line-up together at short notice if circumstances allow them to much nearer the time. I guess that would be a very limited offering and most likely wouldn't happen at all but it might serve as a way of keeping the highest profile venues on-side and on-message regarding cancellation. I'm gutted not to have the Fringe to look forward to this summer but it's clearly the right decision and the only realistic option. Apart from having umpteen attempts at Coronavirus the Musical to endure next year, it should be one hell of an event and explosion of creativity in 2021! 16 and a bit months and counting. I know! If there's one consolation, it;s that I am saving up to go all out on 2021 and visit for the whole three weeks. It'll be expensive but 1 there's time to save up and 2 after this going to see shows and comedy will be top of my list of things to do
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Post by poster J on Mar 31, 2020 9:12:20 GMT
Oh well. Just cancelled my accommodation booking before I forget about it!
Definitely going to try to get up to Edinburgh at some point this year but I can be more flexible on timings if there is no Fringe rather than picking an expensive bank holiday weekend.
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Mar 31, 2020 11:42:21 GMT
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Post by duncan on Mar 31, 2020 15:18:53 GMT
Apart from having umpteen attempts at Coronavirus the Musical to endure next year, it should be one hell of an event and explosion of creativity in 2021! Oh dear god! That and comedians with covid punning titles will be all over the place.
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Post by Being Alive on Apr 1, 2020 10:47:03 GMT
Just received cancelled confirmation of the Fringe, public announcement at midday.
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Post by xanady on Apr 1, 2020 11:42:47 GMT
Shame that it’s been cancelled but not unexpected,sadly.
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Post by talkingheads on Apr 1, 2020 17:52:59 GMT
Well I bought my tickets direct from Monkey Barrel Comedy so I assume I'll be contacted soon. My plan is to donate the ticket money directly to the respective comedians if I can, I mean as far as I'm concerned the money is spent and this way they get all of it rather than whatever cut they would have had from ticket sales, comedians need a lot more support than some other artists given how stand up and comedy in general is ignored by arts funding, and so there is absolutely zero income for many.
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Apr 4, 2020 12:15:52 GMT
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Post by stevejohnson678 on May 9, 2020 9:36:07 GMT
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Post by talkingheads on May 9, 2020 10:56:45 GMT
I adore the Fringe. But I really don't have a lot of sympathy for an organisation that forces comics and artists into dire financial straits and huge amounts of debt every year just to put on their show, never mind the advertising costs etc. If one positive thing can come if this, the power and control gets transferred to the artists when it comes to putting on shows that won't bankrupt them or their audiences!
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Jun 10, 2020 11:10:34 GMT
On what should have been programme launch day...
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Post by zahidf on Jun 13, 2020 22:16:19 GMT
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Jul 13, 2020 10:43:54 GMT
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Aug 2, 2020 21:38:20 GMT
Sad times to think this should have been the week when the Edinburgh Fringe exploded into life.
It's definitely hit me harder than any other aspect of missing theatre over the past few months. The sense of loss is tangible.
An empty Pleasance Courtyard, undoubtedly my favourite venue at the Fringe, is an especially forlorn sight.
Interested to see what's in the digital Fringe line-up unveiled tomorrow, and keen to do my bit supporting favourite venues and companies from years gone by, but I can't wait until the real thing can return.
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Post by talkingheads on Aug 2, 2020 22:00:46 GMT
Is it likely it will return next year in some form? Would you go if it did?
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Aug 2, 2020 22:24:51 GMT
Is it likely it will return next year in some form? Would you go if it did? I'll be booking accommodation for next August as soon as I can in the hope that it will be back. Not much else to do at this stage than try to keep positive and hope for the best!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2020 0:25:01 GMT
Is it likely it will return next year in some form? Would you go if it did? Absolutely. I live in East Lothian just outside of Edinburgh and next year is my final year of being able to perform with my youth theatre before I go off to college - I want to get that last year of performances.
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Post by zahidf on Aug 3, 2020 8:36:44 GMT
Im 100% going again next year if its on
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Post by talkingheads on Feb 26, 2021 11:54:39 GMT
I've seen several posts on Twitter from comedians today that seem to indicate that the Edinburgh Fringe, or at the very least some form of the Edinburgh Fringe, is being put together. I'm intrigued as to how many of us are thinking of going, or might risk going if it was put on? All I know is that the vast majority of Fringe acts lose money and that can be with sold out rooms, and that's before you take into account the crowds cramming into sweaty, humid basements. I just can't help feeling it's a bit too soon, and that if it's a socially distanced affair it will widen what was already a huge financial wedge between who can afford to go even further.
I am remaining cautious, but I have to admit that if it was announced I would be up there like a shot.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2021 12:14:14 GMT
Had the same thought this very morning. If it's on I'd love to go, I'm excited to go, but I don't know if I would. I'm sure an announcement would probably lead to an unconscious decision and the booking of tickets.
If instead of Eat Out to Help Out, Rishi ran a 'Sleep out to Help out' campaign to encourage holidaying, half price accommodation in Edinburgh would certainly be fairly persuasive.
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Post by talkingheads on Feb 26, 2021 12:19:34 GMT
Had the same thought this very morning. If it's on I'd love to go, I'm excited to go, but I don't know if I would. I'm sure an announcement would probably lead to an unconscious decision and the booking of tickets. If instead of Eat Out to Help Out, Rishi ran a 'Sleep out to Help out' campaign to encourage holidaying, half price accommodation in Edinburgh would certainly be fairly persuasive. I think my biggest worry would be that, no matter how many ticket limits were put on, if the Festival was announced in any form, a sizeable crowd is still going to show up. Walking the streets of Edinburgh is usually like navigating a slaughterhouse, all hemmed in together. Things like flyering would surely be out of the question, so many logistics just make me think it's almost impossible. But, perhaps more than any other discipline, the arts are adaptable and if it does go ahead I have no doubt they will find a way. You also surely would get into the dispute of vaccine passports, and as Scotland is on a different trajectory vaccine wise to the UK, how does that then affect what can go ahead? As I say, I do not envy the Fringe Society, a logistical nightmare.
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