Fringe artists fight for support as festival numbers swell

Despite growing audience at Fringe Festivals, artists are increasingly concerned about the risks and challenges of participating in such events.

11 Mar 2016

Richard Watts

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Artists are increasingly having to fight for Fringe Festival audiences, resulting in winners and losers instead of unity. Image via www.pexels.com.

In a widely-shared Facebook post last Saturday, British comedian Alexis Dubus described his concerns about the changing nature of audiences at the Adelaide Fringe.

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Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts