First Yorkshire Fringe Festival
- Alan Hulme
- 3 minutes ago
- 1 min read
The first Yorkshire Fringe Festival debuts in July (11-19), starting with a special launch event on July 2 offering a preview of the week's events.
The festival aims to champion an "eclectic and inclusive" mix of both emerging and established talent, bringing together performers, creatives and audiences from across the region for theatre, comedy, music and spoken-word entertainment in a variety of venues across the county.
Local writer Jonathan Hall, of the Yorkshire Fringe Committee, said: “We’re excited to launch the new festival. We’re aiming to establish Yorkshire as a premier destination for fringe theatre in the UK by creating an entertaining, accessible and diverse programme. We look forward to making this inaugural Yorkshire Fringe Festival a fantastic success.”
Events so far include Seizure at Bingley Arts Centre (July 11), a script-in-hand showcase of new writing from across the region; Birdbrained, a Sketchy Goose Edinburgh Fringe preview (July 11) at the Library in Woodhouse, Sheffield; Colosseum of Chaos by Red Ladder Theatre Company, with an interactive theatre experience, at the Cluntergate Centre in Wakefield (July 12); Play In A Day by Fight Like A Girl! at Slung Low, Holbeck (July 13); Our Mandate, by Rebel Roots Youth Academy (July 14-16) at Queenswood Social Club, Headingley and many more, including the just-announced Conflict of Interest (July 17-18, Lantern Theatre, Sheffield), a new legal thriller from Righton Productions.
More info and tickets here