Buxton Fringe

Fringe deadline put back by a month

25 March 2021

Buxton Fringe has extended the deadline for its printed programme until Tuesday 18 May as entries begin to roll in for the 2021 festival.

Venues start to gear up for Buxton Fringe

6 February 2021

Indoor and outdoor venues across Buxton and beyond have told Buxton Fringe they are ready to welcome Fringe performers in summer 2021.

Buxton Fringe: improved entry for performers

25 November 2020

Buxton Festival Fringe 2021 will open for entries on Tuesday 1 December with an improved entry procedure designed to be easier for performers to use.

Decision for Buxton Fringe to go online “vindicated”

14 November 2020

A rush of entries in June vindicated a decision by Buxton Fringe to go ahead with a mainly online programme in 2020.

Crooked Spire musical gets Arts Council grant

16 October 2020

Ashgate Heritage Arts has been awarded a grant by Arts Council England to develop a medieval murder mystery musical adapted from Chris Nickson’s novel The Crooked Spire.

Performers praise 2020 Buxton Fringe

1 October 2020

Buxton Festival Fringe has confirmed that it will go ahead in 2021 in parallel with Buxton International Festival.

Buxton Fringe “vindicated” by late rush of entries

21 July 2020

The decision to go ahead with the 2020 Buxton Fringe was “more than vindicated by the rush of entries that came in” in June, according to new chair Stephen Walker.

Medieval murder-mystery musical at Buxton Fringe

7 July 2020

A medieval story of murder, deception and love set in Chesterfield in the aftermath of a global pandemic is to be told at Buxton Fringe.

Peak Voices sing online for Buxton Fringe

7 July 2020

Professional Derbyshire-based singing group Peak Voices is presenting an hour-long online production of their show One Song More as part of Buxton Fringe.

Gogol’s madman diary gets second Buxton reading

6 July 2020

Damn Cheek Productions is to repeat its online reading of Kelvin Segger’s dramatisation of Nikolai Gogol’s Diary of a Madman as part of Buxton Fringe.

Landscape Jukebox celebrates Peak District beauty

3 July 2020

A “theatrical project that investigates the different ways in which people think” and which is a celebration of the Peak District has been created especially for Buxton Fringe.

Crookes makes Buxton debut with improvised tap

3 July 2020

Rebecca Crookes is to make her Buxton Fringe debut with Time to Tap, a tap performance with live music by Kyle Lamley.

Blackboard play is class act for Buxton Fringe

2 July 2020

Blackboard Theatre is to present for Buxton Fringe a live video recording of a read-through of Special Measures, a tour of which was cut short due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Three’s Company’s comedy podcast for Buxton Fringe

1 July 2020

Three’s Company, which has been taking productions to Buxton Fringe for 16 years, is offering a new online comedy podcast for the 2020 festival.

“Highly unusual” Buxton Fringe goes ahead

27 June 2020

Almost 90 entries have been received for the 2020 “highly unusual” Buxton Fringe, described by the organisers as a “wonderful show of faith, creativity and ingenuity from our loyal and tireless performers”.

Gogol’s madman diary brought to life at Buxton

27 June 2020

Damn Cheek Productions is to present an online reading of Kelvin Segger’s dramatisation of Nikolai Gogol’s Diary of a Madman at Buxton Fringe.

Hussey clowns about in isolation at Buxton Fringe

27 June 2020

Bath Spa University graduate Frank Hussey has entered his one-man online mini-series, A Clown Named Curly in isolation, for the Buxton Fringe.

Buxton Fringe to offer phone performances

11 June 2020

Buxton Fringe, which has reported some “inevitable” cancellations, has 60 entries, many of them online, and has come up with a novel idea for those who do not have access to the Internet.

Through the Screen

Orange and Pip Theatre

An Ordinary Woman

Ray Castleton

Three Voices

Debbie Cannon

Xuxu’s Revolt

Pieter Egriega

Crossing the Line—the Full Story

Michael Sheath

Root

Kellie Colbert