Temporary Venue on Site of Old Guilded Baloon

Category

Library Item

Item no

11941

Title

Temporary venue on site of old Guilded Baloon, Cowgate, during the Edinburgh Festival, looking towards South Bridge

Description

In a derelict area below buildings is an area being used as a venue during the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh. There are several marquees around the site which is bordered by advertising hoardings for Fringe shows.

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 > Old Town

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Sport and leisure > Sports and recreation facilities > Festival venues

Sport and leisure > Sports and recreation facilities > Marquees

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