3rd – 24th July 2019
Welcome to our coverage of Buxton Festival Fringe.
“Buxton Fringe began in 1980 to run concurrently with the world-renowned Buxton Festival, with international opera and high profile literary talks at its core. FRINGE40 in 2019 represents its 40th year with the event lasting three days longer than usual.
The Fringe goes from strength to strength each year and now has a respected and professional image with a full colour programme, reviews of all shows, awards and many artists using it as a preview before appearing at Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
The Fringe provides a showcase for performers and artists of all kinds in a variety of venues. Dance, drama, music, poetry, comedy, film, exhibitions and magic are just some of the forms that have appeared – we welcome all genres.”
Essential Links
Visit the Buxton Fringe web site
Find out what’s on
Register, log in and plan your Fringe
VIew late changes to the programme
Book tickets
Join them on Facebook
Follow them on Twitter
Read the Buxton Fringe blog
View them on Instagram
I want to see… at Buxton Festival Fringe
Here’s our unique guide to help you find a show to see at Buxton Festival Fringe. We’ve pulled out the popular, the weird and the eclectic. So, scan down and get booking!
I want to see…
… a monologue play about love, loss, bravery… and hurtling down a hill in a matchbox with wheels. Then see Soapbox Racer
… a fusion of poetry, live music and audio. Then see A Beautiful Way to be Crazy
… a magic show. Then see Caspar Thomas: The Art of Close Up Magic
… am acclaimed one-woman comedy drama. Then see Are There More of You?
… Laurel and Hardy. Then see The Laurel and Hardy Cabaret
… some charming theatre for all the family. Then see The Red Balloon
… a solo comedy show with music. Then see ‘Despite Everything, Price Still Includes Biscuits’
… some surreal, absurd comedy/cabaret. Then see Twonkey’s Ten Year Twitch
… Moscow’s top satirical stand-up comedian. Then see Oleg Denisov: Russian Troll
… a cabaret of storytelling, vaudeville and psychedelic folk. Then see New World Fayre
… a legendary solo version of Under Milk Wood. Then see Under MIlk Wood (Semi-skimmed)
… a theatrical adaptation of a classic. Then see Tom Jones: All the girls love a bastard!
… some top drawer biographical theatre. Then see Call Mr Robeson
… some short plays. Then see Taking Flight Short Play Festival
… an acclaimed stand-up comedian. Then see What Not
… two short plays. Then see Looking At Life – Two Short Comic Plays
… some award-winning spoken word. Then see Three One-Man Shows: Hitler, Shakespeare & Maugham
… a moving, immersive theatre piece depicting the impact of the First World War on a local family.. Then see Letters of War
… a comedy duo – Stand-up spoken word from the Beat Generation. Then see The Glummer Twins: Just a Number
… Tommy Cooper. Then see Just Like That! The Tommy Cooper Show
… a comedy story about boxing. Then see James McNicholas: The Boxer
… some debut character comedy. Then see An Audience with Yasmine Day
We’ll be adding more recommendations in the run up to, and during the Fringe.
Buxton Festival Fringe Link Collage
A new visual way to explore Buxton Festival Fringe.
Simply click on an image to reveal details of a recommended show.
Follow your artistic instincts…
We’ll be adding more recommendations for our link collage in the run up to, and during the Fringe.
Keyword Chaos at Buxton Festival Fringe
Here is our quirky and intuitive way to find a show to see at Buxton Festival Fringe.
We’re trawling the program and pulling out intriguing and inspiring phrases from the show descriptions.
How it works: Click on a sentence or a phrase that draws you, and then get booking …
When Ben meet Al, and Al meets Henry, that’s when everything changes.
We’ll be adding more keyword chaos recommendations in the run up to, and during the Fringe.