Stairs to Green Room venue

Category

Library Item

Item no

11940

Title

Stairs to Green Room venue, Cowgate, during the Edinburgh Festival

Description

An open gate to stairs leads up to a Fringe Festival venue. Umbrellas are on top of the railings above the gate. In front of the gate are metal crowd barriers. Through the passageway of the stairs two types of street lamp can be seen.

Artist / maker

Ansell, Andrew J L

Date

2007

Size

26.4 x 19.7 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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Architecture > Architectural features > Gates

Architecture > Architectural features > Stairways

Clothing and dress > Accessories > Umbrellas

Events > Festivals > Fringe Festival

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Sport and leisure > Sports and recreation facilities > Festival venues