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Guildford Fringe Festival opens this Friday 2 July 2021, running until 25 July with a packed programme of entertainment after last year’s event was sadly cancelled due to Covid-related restrictions. Booking is now open at GuildfordFringeFestival.com for more than 70 arts events with an average ticket price of just £9. Set up by Managing Director Nick Wyschna in 2013, Guildford’s largest […]

“some meaty layers between those aubergines.” Rebekka wants to avoid the usual comedy show cliches such as a moral message 3/4 of the way in, telling you about her new baby but- if you’re lucky -they’ll be some meaty layers between those aubergines. Her Grandfather was a magician so expect a surreal comedy show that […]

Generous donors help Guildford Fringe Festival organisers to reach the half-way milestone in their £10,000 Crowdfunder campaign **PLUS Guildford Fringe Autumn and Winter Shows Announced – On Sale** Generous donors have delighted and reassured Guildford Fringe Festival organisers by helping them to reach the half-way milestone in their current Crowdfunder campaign. More than 50% of […]

Dear Fringe Supporter This is not an easy message to write down, in fact it has taken several attempts and there has been many a tear shed already. I have come to the decision to cancel Guildford Fringe Festival 2020. Cancelling something that has taken years to build is heart-breaking but we have to be […]

Our Fabulous Venues   The Back Room of The Star Inn 70-90 seats PA, lights and stage No disabled access.       The Keep Pub Upstairs 25 seats Downstairs 40 seats We can bring in PA if needed buts it a small venue so not always necessary. No disabled access to upstairs function room. No disabled […]

As the dust settles on the 7th Guildford Fringe Festival I thought it time to reflect on a wonderful month and to thank a few people. However, if you will forgive a little self-indulgence I would like to begin this blog about July with news of a rather momentous event which took place in August. Charlotte […]

A View From The Fringe… We could list all of Jen Powell’s achievements, a catalogue of posts and positions, the boards and committees that have been graced by Jen’s presence or even her passion for Welsh Rugby…but we only have a few hundred words to play with and there would be no room for anything […]

Guildford Fringe Festival is planning a show-stopping, foot-tapping and fun-filled Free Fringe line-up as part of this year’s jam-packed Festival programme. The excitement begins at the Free Fringe Weekend on 29 and 30 June, when you can’t fail to be entertained if you head into the town centre. On 29 June, join professional caricaturist David […]

Brainfruit Productions are bringing their singing bear, dancing wolf & buffalo to Guildford’s 2019 fringe. Their acclaimed comic musical, Bear North, will play at the Star Inn on Saturday July 14th at 7pm.   Set in the wilds of Northern Canada, the show has just returned from New Zealand’s fringe circuit where, in 2017, the company […]

Oxfordshire theatre-maker Tina Sederholm brings her critically acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe show, Everything Wrong With You Is Beautiful to the Guildford Fringe Festival on 12th July, 2019. Poet and raconteur Tina Sederholm knows she is an adult but has always felt like the problem child. As her father is consumed by Alzheimer’s, she tries to find […]