Pleasance Venue, Edinburgh Festival, Bristo Square

Category

Library Item

Item no

11889

Title

Pleasance venue, Edinburgh Festival, Bristo Square

Description

A large sign advertising a Fringe venue is attached to a building in Edinburgh. The building is curved and constructed of square concrete blocks.

Artist / maker

Ansell, Andrew J L

Date

2007

Size

19.7 x 26.4 cm

Type

Digital image

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe has its roots in the attendance of eight uninvited theatre groups at the inaugural Edinburgh International Festival in 1947. This unofficial adjunct to the festival grew in both size and organisation throughout the 1950's with more and more performers coming to take advantage of the audiences drawn to the capital by the official events. By the end of the decade a well organised Festival Fringe Society had been established with a constitution, brochure, and central ticket sales. Today 'The Fringe' hosts several hundred productions each year, and ticket sales have exceeded 1.6 million.

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Business > Advertising > Advertisements

Places > Edinburgh areas > Southside

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Sport and leisure > Sports and recreation facilities > Festival venues

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