BOOKING OPEN
Tickets are now available online and at the Queen's Theatre, Barnstaple. Details.
printed brochure available
Check out the fabulous shows we have lined up for you both on this website and in the printed brochure. The brochure is a handy booklet with loads of information, timetables and a map. You'll find the brochure in various coffee shops, eateries and hairdressers around Barnstaple but most certainly at Barnstaple Coffee Shop (54 High Street), Barnstaple Library, The Queen's Theatre The BikeShed (on The Square).
There have already been some changes since the brochure was printed. This is inevitable with a Fringe programme of this size. So keep checking the website for updates: changes to the programme
Fringe TheatreFest in year twelve is even bigger and more wide-ranging than ever. There are six ticketed venues plus a whole raft of shows in alternative spaces - including the Tent on the Square - that charge on a pay-what-you-will basis.
There are 262 performances of 78 different shows in just 4 days.
There’s comedy, tragedy, dance, spoken word, music, circus and puppetry in a multitude of combinations.
We can honestly say, hands on hearts, there is something for everyone!
what is Fringe TheatreFest?
Fringe TheatreFest is a low-cost opportunity to savour a whole variety of theatre. There are professional companies at the top of their game, community companies presenting ambitious work, aspiring professionals, schools, colleges, youth theatres and other groupings each with their own reasons for taking part. All share a passion to communicate. The festival is not juried or curated or censored. So the programme doesn't conform to a single vision of how theatre should be made or what it should contain but instead presents a huge range of approaches.
Fringe TheatreFest is supported by a large group of experienced volunteers - many professionals amongst them - who provide box-office, stewarding and technical expertise.
Fringe TheatreFest attracts invaluable backing from sponsors and grant-giving bodies as well as businesses, schools and other institutions that help us in kind.
staying in Barnstaple
If you are visiting Barnstaple for Fringe TheatreFest, we hope these accommodation suggestions will be useful.
get involved
If you are interested in being part of the volunteer team, check out the information on the volunteers page and either fill in the form or start a dialogue via the contact page.
Take a look at the archive to see what we've been up to over the past eleven years.
our partners and supporters for 2018
Barnstaple Town Centre Management are our partners in this enterprise
Samuels Solicitors are sponsoring the programme in the Golden Lion Tap
David Wilson Partnership are sponsoring the programme in St Anne's Arts Centre
Barry Hews Auto Services are sponsoring the programme in The Guildhall
Smiths Solicitors are sponsoring the programme in The Southgate
Talo Homes are sponsoring the programme in Tent on the Square
Lodgico are Gold Sponsors and co-sponsors of the printed brochure
Morgan Sindall are Gold Sponsors and co-sponsors of the printed brochure
Rosie Bracher Solicitors are Silver Sponsors
RGP Architects are Silver Sponsors
Margaret Nathanson is a Silver Sponsor
Stevens & Willey are Bronze Sponsors
Barnstaple Town Council have made availabe The Guildhall
The Golden Lion Tap have made available a venue and space for the box-office hub.
The Baptist Church have made their hall available at a special rate.
The Plough Arts Centre have made St Anne's Arts Centre available.
The Southgate have made themselves available as a venue.
The Green Lanes Shopping Centre is hosting alt space performances.
White Moose Gallery is hosting alt space performances.
Barnstaple Library is hosting alt space performances.
Boston Tea Party is hosting alt space performances.
Escape Down The Rabbit Hole is hosting alt space performances.
The Cove Boutique is hosting an all-day alt space event.
Youth House is hosting alt space performances.
The BikeShed are hosting alt space performances.
Barnstaple Coffee Shop are hosting afternoon 'taster' sessions on 27 & 28 June.
Queen's Theatre are hosting a 'taster' session on 29 June and providing space for a pre-festival box office.
North Devon Councillors have supported Fringe TheatreFest with community grants.
Fullabrook CIC have supported the volunteer training programme.
St John's Garden Centre make available a truck to transport bulky equipment.
Swimbridge Jubilee Hall make available staging and display equipment
Barnstaple Museum helps us with facilities on The Square and in the Tent
Bideford College helps us with equipment to turn various spaces into studio theatres
The Common Players help us with the provision of the Tent on the Square
Take a look at who supported us in 2017
"one of the hidden gems of the Fringe Theatre scene" FringeReview
