How to make the most of a Fringe festival

Three Fringe festival veterans on why they love Fringe and their advice for newcomers.
A woman hatches from a a giant egg, with some of the shell worn as a hat. She wears a quizzical expression and holds one hand up to gesture at her egg-hat.

With Fringe festivals in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane drawing closer and largely back to full health following years of COVID disruptions, audiences can again expect an almost overwhelming array of music, comedy, theatre, cabaret and dance – not to mention an array of shows spanning these and other genres.

‘It’s edgy and out there, and a Fringe festival is a great platform for something like that,’ she said. ‘We want to push boundaries, but in a way that people can engage with and that’s accessible. A Fringe [festival] is a way for people to discover something new, something they wouldn’t normally see.’

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Daniel Herborn is a journalist and novelist based in Sydney. His writing has appeared or is forthcoming in The Saturday Paper, The Monthly, The Guardian, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, and others. He has also practised law at an Intellectual Property firm specialising in creative industries clients.