Edinburgh Festival

Category

Library Item

Item no

11933

Title

Royal Mile, West Parliament Square during Edinburgh Festival

Description

Performers at the Fringe festival in Edinburgh march along the Royal Mile. The performers wear costumes, some carry swords and one has an eye painted on his body.

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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Events > Festivals > Fringe Festival

People > Entertainment and sports > Entertainers

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Edinburgh areas > Royal Mile

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh