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Post by stevej678 on Jan 14, 2022 16:10:08 GMT
The Fringe is back, running 5-29 August 2022!
Show registrations open on 7 February, with on-sale dates set for 3 March, 7 April and 5 May, prior to the printed programme launch on 9 June.
Who's Edinburgh bound this summer for the 75th anniversary festival and first full-scale Fringe for three years?
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Post by n1david on Jan 14, 2022 17:48:57 GMT
Fingers crossed, I have my hotel booked. Not quite sure how I'll feel about some of the sweaty, crowded, unventilated rooms I've been in over the years, but I'm hopeful that I'll feel more secure by the time August comes around.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 14, 2022 18:10:55 GMT
I cant wait.
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Post by properjob on Jan 14, 2022 18:30:57 GMT
This a good reminder that I need to book my accommodation for this year. I went last year but it wasn't the same.
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Post by talkingheads on Jan 14, 2022 20:34:28 GMT
Had my accommodation booked for two years so I'm going this year.
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Post by talkingheads on Apr 5, 2022 20:50:57 GMT
Lots more shows onsale today. Good idea of what to expect, lots of comedy, debut hours. Anybody else started their spreadsheet yet?
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Post by stevej678 on Apr 5, 2022 21:22:54 GMT
Lots more shows onsale today. Good idea of what to expect, lots of comedy, debut hours. Anybody else started their spreadsheet yet? Started it this evening with today's fresh batches from Underbelly and Pleasance! Looking forward to seeing what else goes live on edfringe.com on Thursday. |
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Post by n1david on Apr 5, 2022 22:00:25 GMT
Sadly I'm having to opt out again this year, thanks to a number of factors. Really hope it's a stunning return to form and I can get back in 2023.
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Post by distantcousin on Apr 13, 2022 13:25:48 GMT
Ashamed to say I'd forgotten all about it and that it existed. Hopefully next year...
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Post by zahidf on May 5, 2022 13:16:31 GMT
loads of shows added today. Looking forward to going through and picking out some good stuff!
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Post by properjob on Jun 21, 2022 21:58:06 GMT
The "big four"'s website EdFest.com has been launched for 2022 but interestingly now features another 4 of the major venues as well.
If they also don't charge booking fees it will be a cheaper alternative to the offical Edfringe website and cover most of the shows that people book.
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Post by properjob on Jul 4, 2022 20:53:19 GMT
It has just be revealed there won't be an offical fringe app this year. This is an absolutely bizarre decision by the fringe society and it appears one they have sat on since December.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jul 4, 2022 21:12:03 GMT
...err, because no one uses a mobile anymore?!
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Post by zahidf on Jul 5, 2022 11:13:21 GMT
Half Price Hut has been canned as well
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Post by thesoberpanda on Jul 5, 2022 17:23:54 GMT
For anyone who can't make it up, there's a streaming service called Nextup who are streaming some of the performances. We've been members for a few months and at £30 for a year of comedy it's a bit if a steal !! Full details here: nextupcomedy.com/edfringe/ |
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Post by og on Jul 6, 2022 9:28:33 GMT
Half Price Hut has been canned as well Geee so many of the smaller acts will suffer as a result of this. I'd say a good 40-60% of my Fringe shows in the last few visits were last minute app/hut bookings. Sometimes buying tickets via the app whilst queueing up for said event. There is a petition to rectify this, but I doubt with this little time left, nothing will happen. |
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Post by n1david on Jul 6, 2022 9:31:29 GMT
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Post by zahidf on Jul 6, 2022 10:59:27 GMT
Complete lack of transparency: to only confirm the lack of app to the acts a month before the festival when they knew in December (apparently) is pathetic |
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Post by properjob on Jul 6, 2022 17:22:09 GMT
It may be 7% of users but I wonder what it is by percentage of ticket sales, during the festival.
Also the website has been very slow for me recently so that isn't in great shape either.
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Post by diana20 on Jul 9, 2022 15:50:31 GMT
Just got the programme, pleased to see it is back to something it was pre covid.
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Post by talkingheads on Jul 11, 2022 7:43:06 GMT
The Fringe Society have treated acts with so much disdain this year I honestly think that every act should boycott next year. What could they do if everybody just refused to pay the registration fee and mounted shows anyway? That is after all the central ethos of the Fringe. To take the fee then announce, actually not even announce, casually let slip in a Twitter reply, that there's no app is absolutely disgusting, not to mention taking away the half price hut.
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Post by talkingheads on Jul 25, 2022 9:15:23 GMT
With the Fringe just over a week away, what are people most looking forward to? My spreadsheet is mostly comedy, with a few magic shows like the great Pete Firman and Caspar Thomas for some variety, the only play I've got down is Eh Up, Me Old Flowers: The Charlie Williams Story at Pleasance.
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Post by karloscar on Jul 25, 2022 12:11:34 GMT
Looking through the programme and for the first time ever I can say nothing inspires me to buy a ticket. Hopefully word of mouth brings up a few gems, but there's very little that's new or fresh.
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Post by zahidf on Jul 25, 2022 13:03:22 GMT
Ive got a whole load of stuff booked. theatre and musical wise, ive got making a murderer the musical, feeling afraid as if something terrible is going to happen, last return ( traverse), shannon Matthews the musical, Caste-ing, an August Wilson biography play, Oedipus electronica, Rebel ( David Bowie Dance show) and Every Word Was Once An Animal. And quite a few comedy stand up shows
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Post by joem on Jul 25, 2022 13:44:55 GMT
I have about 17 plays booked so far. Haven't been there for decades and may never go back so splurging out as much as possible. Particularly looking forward to the adaptation/staging of Nick Cave's "Murder Ballads".
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