Free day out in celebration of Festival Fringe

LAURA PATERSON

Youth Centre and Sikh Sanjog to hand over Fringe box office vouchers and Lothian Bus day tickets to give people a free day out.

The giveaway is part of events across the globe – including in China, Canada, the US and Australia – to mark the first-ever World Fringe Day celebrating 70 years of the Fringe.

Scotland’s capital played host to the world’s first fringe in 1947 when eight theatre groups turned up uninvited to perform at the Edinburgh International Festival.

The performers were undeterred by not being on the official programme and staged their shows on the fringe of the main festival, leading to the movement’s name.

Since then, the founding principle of open access has remained key and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe has inspired the creation of fringe events worldwide.

Shona McCarthy, chief executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, said: “Here in Edinburgh we are focusing on saying thank you to the city and people of Edinburgh for supporting the Fringe over the last 70 years.” BRAIN training computer games do not make you cleverer, according to scientists.

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