News

Fringe 2020 will run from May 22 – June 7

We will be launching the registration process around our annual
Open Meeting on Tuesday January 14
at 6pm in the Bell Back Bar (103 Walcot Street, Bath, BA1 5BW)
If you don’t want to (or can’t) come to that, you can be alerted to when the application process is opening by EMailing wendy[at]bathfringe.co.uk, which the first part of the registration process anyway: you will be sent the link to complete the next phase.
People familiar with the process are welcome to just get yourselves on Wendy’s list and the rest will follow on all in good time.

Put that date in your diary!
While you’re about it, here are some resources to help

www.bathfringe.co.uk/about-the-fringe/putting-a-show-into-bath-fringe/
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gsOVFjNf9n7uIK5Hzbw40GKsuI55vW0zphzvdbfHXbU/edit?usp=sharing
(a lot of the resources aren’t there yet)
Venues list – still being updated – on this site’s downloads page

The Mission Theatre

One step ahead of us, The Mission Theatre have already launched their application process.
A bijou flexible theatre space in the centre of town, with a nice little café-bar space upstairs too: much in demand over the Fringe, so they have a selection process. Check in to it here.
Don’t worry if you don’t get one that way, there will be time to secure a different Fringe venue by the usual method after you hear about success or otherwise with that one.

Our ‘Outdoor Greats’ symposium – which looked at the history of Outdoor Arts through the window of the artists who were based in, or worked in, Bath in the 1970s – was useful as both discussion and historic reminiscence, and that encouraged us to film the event for documentation and reference for future researchers & fans.
The talk – ably filmed by Dan Gale of Somerset Film & Video – is online here (morning session) and here (afternoon).
When we’re more sure about various copyright issues, we will hope to be posting (or at least posting links to) some of the films of the actual events.
Arts Workshop co-founder Phil Shepherd gave a great brief history talk at the exhibition a few days ago. The exhibition will now run on into November, and the book is still on the way (we’ve seen some of the pages, it’s definitely happening…)

Here are links to some of the many pictures of Bath Fringe 2019

Official Bedlam Photographer Nik Palmer

Fringe pics on Facebook:
Bath Photo Walk do Bedlam Sunday: Pics by Paul Denning
Dr Yaya in action: pics from Natural Theatre Co.
Dr Yaya cast & crew: pics from Natural Theatre Co.
Bedlam Sunday: pics by Luke John Emmet
Bedlam Saturday: pics by Luke John Emmet
Bill’s Back Bar: pics by Luke John Emmet
Dr Yaya: pics by Luke John Emmet

There is also plenty of video – mostly posted live – on Facebook, but the best one is always Sarah Mallabar’s complilation of all the acts of the weekend, The trailer version (1m.20) is here, longer version (7m.20) here…

Thanks for doing great festival, everyone!
Back next year May 22 – June 7 2020

As part of our outdoor arts programme and one of the trails & maps strand which seems to have spontaneously generated itself for this year’s Fringe, today Bath Fringe announces our first piece of mobile app art!

Bath-based artist Stanley Donwood – best known for his cover artwork for every Radiohead release, as well as Glastonbury Festival’s official poster and T-Shirt – has made several pieces of work, mostly textual, deflating the ideas of Bath’s heritage by extending stories of the city’s history into the realms of outrage & fantasy: these include his pulp fiction novel Catacombs of Terror.

The latest iteration of that material is Bath’s Dark Past, a raging nightmare of the city narrated by Natural Theatre stalwart Ric Jerrom, and turned into an app with the assistance of Bath mobile tech company Blispa. It’s designed to be downloaded and listened to whilst walking the streets; the story unfolds as you follow the trail, like a guided tour – but with a distinct difference. You need a mobile device (no roaming download necessary, it’s a one-shot) equipped with bluetooth – and – if you don’t want to frighten passers-by with stray scraps of wild fantasy – headphones or earbuds.

Download the de.via app and (at present) it’s the only story. Go to https://go.blispa.com/devia and take a trip to a city you will only slightly recognise…