Fringe Benefits Edinburgh
For three weeks every August, the Fringe Festival practically takes over Edinburgh, Scotland. The Fringe brings together thousands of artists in thousands of shows, selling millions of tickets. It also brings the promise of career-defining experience and exposure but at great risk to the artists putting on the shows. Fringe Benefits Edinburgh is a unique behind-the-scenes look at the Fringe Festival through the experiences of first-time and seasoned performers, producers, venue directors, political leaders, organisers, and local residents. This is a story about dreams, ambitions, and reality colliding.
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For three weeks every August, the Fringe Festival practically takes over Edinburgh, Scotland. The Fringe brings together thousands of artists in thousands of shows, selling millions of tickets. It also brings the promise of career-defining experience and exposure. Fringe Benefits is a documentary series about dreams, ambitions, and reality colliding in a city thousands of years old.
The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, or the Fringe, is the world's third most ticketed event annually. In a city of just over half a million, it hosts thousands of unique shows for three weeks every August, offering artists unparalleled exposure and career-defining experiences. Uncover the festival's challenges and the financial intricacies influencing pivotal decisions for everyone involved, from seasoned professionals to first-time pro...
As we dive deeper into the Fringe, we look at the biggest challenge facing performers, producers, venues, and residents: cost. Specifically, we are looking at the two biggest and most contentious costs at the Fringe: venues and accommodations.
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As the 2023 Fringe draws closer, all of our focus is on Niamh and Hannah and their journey in the months leading up to the Fringe.
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It's finally the Fringe, where Molly climbs ancient hills to catch shows and check in on Niamh and Hannah who are only midway through their time at the Fringe...and feeling it. We also look at Edinburgh's unique relationship with the festivals that descend upon it each year and if or how these dynamics have evolved in the post-pandemic era.
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Through Niamh, Hannah, and everyone we have spoken to, we have established Fringe is hard even if everything lines up perfectly, and especially when it doesn’t. But what if you are disabled in a city of hills? Or you have to deal with racism on top of putting on a daily show. What is the Fringe like for you? In the penultimate episode, we are going to hear from two artists facing those challenges and what they are doing to meet the...
With The Fringe, the story doesn’t end at the last curtain call. Where does it leave artists in terms of their work, bank accounts, and their health? How do you celebrate and justify one of the most draining months of your life and the months or years leading up to it? For the last regular episode, Molly talks to Hannah and Niamh as they reflect on their Fringe experience. We also explore the repercussions of a changi...
This is the first Bonus Episode of Fringe Benefits Edinburgh with Sarah Verghese of Nouveau Riche and Sarah Verghese Productions.
Molly had so many insightful and interesting conversations in the making of Fringe Benefits Edinburgh, often going beyond the Fringe. She had to leave so much of it on the editing floor, or rather, a computer hard drive, during the series. So she decided to release Bonus Episodes.
This is the extended in...
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