Buxton Fringe

Bigger casts at 2023 Buxton Fringe

12 May 2023

Around 190 events have been scheduled, with companies from the UK and beyond offering more than one show or productions with bigger casts.

Buxton town benefits from 2022 Fringe

19 November 2022

Buxton Fringe 2022 contributed £217,331 to the Derbyshire economy including expenditure from performers and audience spend on food, accommodation and tickets.

Awards presented at Buxton Fringe ceremony

26 July 2022

Belfast’s Spanner in the Works won the theatre production award for its presentation of Patricia Downey’s Runny Honey.

Alan Turing play cracks code at Buxton Fringe

17 July 2022

Margaret Holbrook’s Any Other Day is a set few days after the death of Alan Turing, the father of theoretical computer science and AI.

Three’s Company takes new show to Buxton Fringe

17 July 2022

Buxton group Three’s Company is celebrating its 20th year at Buxton Fringe with Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s The Little Prince.

Play written 29 years ago to get Buxton première

15 July 2022

A one-woman play is to première at Buxton Fringe—29 years after being written.

“Fascinating female characters” in Buxton Fringe

3 July 2022

45 productions are listed under theatre for the 2022 Buxton Festival Fringe, with a number concentrating on “fascinating female characters”.

Jeff back at Buxton in new dementia drama

3 July 2022

Oldham-based actor Jeff Longmore is to return to Buxton after almost 30 years in Dare to Know Theatre’s The Forgotten at Buxton Fringe.

Haywire in the dark at Buxton

3 July 2022

North Wales company Haywire Theatre’s Nyctophilia will provide a “unique” experience to Buxton Fringe audiences: theatre in the dark.

Chris back at Buxton with new take on Lovecraft story

3 July 2022

Chris Neville-Smith will return to Buxton Fringe for the first time since 2017 with a new solo play, a retelling of the H P Lovecraft story The Rats in the Walls.