PRESS RELEASE for immediate release June 2024
One size definitely does not fit all and this year’s Buxton Fringe (July 3-21) looks set to entertain the entire family with events targeted at different age groups and interests.
The Fringe’s lively Children’s Events section lists an incredible variety of entertainment with handy age guidance on each event. Youngsters are asked to get busy with The Great Buxton Bilberry Bumblebee Hunt from Buxton Crescent Heritage Trust and Friends of Buxton Station. There is a host of bee-related activities at the Pump Room including buzz-worthy crafts and a daily woolly bee shop hunt. Fringe favourites Stone and Water are also hoping for active participation with their TINY! make session in the Pavilion Gardens, this year themed around all those fantastic creatures you may not yet have met in the park.
Rebecca Huff is meanwhile offering an hour of stories and songs with her show The Hungry Monster and Other Stories in the intimate setting of Scrivener’s Bookshop. In the rather larger arena of the Pavilion Arts Centre Auditorium, Buxton Opera House Intermediate Young Company has meanwhile come up with The Tooth, The Whole Tooth and Nothing But the Tooth, a whole musical exploring what happens when a young boy puts his tooth under his pillow and is transported to Tooth Town.
For sheer silliness, over at Underground at Spring Gardens, Philip Simon’s School’s Out Comedy Club offers a joke show where the kids are the stars.
Parents should be aware that there are plenty of shows outside the Children’s Events category that could be suitable for young people. Fringe performers have put smiley faces against events that they believe to be family-friendly with Nuwork’s Treasure Island in Theatre promising a fantastic adventure for slightly older children, for example. The Fringe’s own child-friendly promotions including Fringe Sunday and its carnival float.
For further information, audiences should see www.buxtonfringe.org.uk, download the free Fringe App or visit the friendly Fringe Information Desk in the Pavilion Gardens, open daily from 10-5pm and the place to pick up a printed programme and a cool Fringe badge!
For families on a budget, the Fringe also rounds up all its free shows in Fringe for Free (under What’s On) on the website.
Fringe Marketing Officer Stephanie Billen says: “As our playful programme cover image suggests, this year we really want to get across the message that the Fringe is for all the family!”
The Fringe wishes to thank High Peak Borough Council, its Fringe Friends and the town’s many Fringe supporters and venues.
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