Move to grow Cape fringe arts circuit
THE Cape Town Fringe Festival is taking on a new format this year. The Fringe team are focused on building a Cape Town Fringe Circuit.
“The circuit is designed to promote venues and communities under-served by the arts,” says chief executive Tony Lankester. The fourth edition of the festival will include venues in Khayelitsha, Langa, Delft and Athlone as well as the CBD.
The Cape Town Fringe Festival, from September 21 to October 8, has been running for three years and made an impact on the city’s cultural landscape.
A fringe festival is characterised by small productions, mostly by independent practitioners.
It typically uses small and unconventional spaces as venues, staging six to eight performances a day per venue, making it cheaper and more accessible for everyone who participates.
The 2017 festival will aim to connect participating venues into a circuit across the Peninsula during the two-week celebration of independent live performances, creativity and culture.
Formal venues and informal spaces are both eligible for consideration.
Cape Town venue owners, production companies, collectives and individual theatres makers are invited to register their interest online at https://capetownfringe.co.za. The deadline for submissions is July 31.