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Fringe Festival season heats up across four states

From a floating venue in Perth to a CBD takeover in Sydney, the Australian Fringe spirit remains independent, irreverent and adaptable.

26 Jul 2019 12:00

Richard Watts

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Fringe on the Water at FRINGE WORLD. Image supplied.

The largest arts festival in the world, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, is readying to kick off, with artists from across the world currently making their way to Scotland. Running from 2-26 August 2019, this year’s Fringe will host over 50,000 performances of over 3,500 shows, including dozens of Australian acts.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts