EdFringe venue producers unite to 'secure' festival's future

The Fringe Alliance has stated six objectives designed to “ensure the future of the fringe ecosystem”.

The six objectives are:

• To advocate for, give a voice to, and foster cooperation between the venues, producers, artists and others involved in making and showing creative work at the Edinburgh Fringe.
• To make participation in the fringe more affordable and sustainable for individuals and organisations of all sizes.
• To raise financial support for the fringe community, and ensure that appropriate support reaches those operating in all parts of the fringe ecology.
• To work with and support the Fringe Society, with the Fringe Alliance serving as a professional voice for the people and organisations involved in creating and making the fringe.
• To promote best practice and education across the fringe.
• To secure a stable, sustainable and positive future for the fringe, and the people and organisations who make it happen.

The Fringe Alliance has labelled itself an “evolution” of the Association of Independent Venue Producers (AIVP), which was established in 2006.

In its statement, the Fringe Alliance said it would “build upon the groundwork laid by AIVP” and that it welcomed “interest in membership” from “all those involved in enabling creative work to take place during the fringe”.

It said its membership would include: “artists, creatives, theatremakers, theatre and production companies, producers of shows, managers and promoters, freelancers and specialists, venue producers and operators, and all those involved in taking a risk to produce the shows that make the Fringe happen each year.”