Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society

the edinburgh festival fringe is widely acknowledged to be the biggest arts festival in the world and takes place every august for three weeks in scotland’s capital city. every year thousands of performers take to a multitude of stages all over edinburgh to present shows for every taste. from big names in the world of entertainment to unknown artists looking to build their careers, the festival caters for everyone and includes theatre, comedy, dance, physical theatre, musicals, operas, music, exhibitions and events. in 1947, eight theatre groups turned up uninvited to perform at the edinburgh international festival, an initiative created to celebrate and enrich european cultural life in the wake of the second world war. not being part of the official programme of the international festival didn’t stop these performers – they just went ahead and staged their shows anyway. the festival fringe society formalised the existence of this collective of performances, provided information to art