The Fringe Files

History

History of The Fringe Files

Founded in 2010 by British playwright Michael Starr, The Fringe Files is an award-winning amateur touring theatre company based in the West of England, known for debuting original plays at major arts events and fringe festivals.

Since 2024, we have expanded our content offerings on our YouTube channel, including podcasts and helpful "how-to" guides designed for aspiring playwrights.

Productions

Over the years, we've proudly produced the following shows:

A Tail of Forklure, Blackhaven, Christmas Evie the Panto, Planet of the Zers, Samantha, The Cook Did It!, The Curse of Miss Fortune, The Not so Great Fallout of 1983, Underline

Venue Partners

A heartfelt thank you goes out to all of our venue partners:

Backwell Playhouse, Hamilton House, Hen & Chickens Theatre Bar, Memorial Hall, Norden Farm, Rhoda McGaw Theatre, Riverside Arts Centre, Shaftesbury Arts Centre, St Werburghs Centre, Stanchester Academy, Surgeons Hall, The Bear, The Drawbridge, The Place, The Underground Theatre, The Watershed

Festivals / Fringes

We've been incredibly fortunate to participate in some truly outstanding festivals and fringe events:

Avon Short Play Festival, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Maidenhead Drama Festival, Shaftesbury Arts Marathon, Shaftesbury Drama Festival, Spelthorne & Runnymede Drama Festival, Terry Pratchett’s Hogswatch Festival, Woking Drama Festival

Rehearsal Spaces

A huge thank you to these wonderful venues for graciously offering us the much-needed rehearsal spaces:

Backwell Playhouse, Bishops Tavern, Long Ashton Centre, St Thomas the Martyr, St Werburghs Centre, The Bear, The Drawbridge, The Griffin, The Hope & Anchor, The Millers, The Nog Inn

Blog Tagwords

Check out some of our most popular blog search terms:

Accolades, Announcements, Artwork, Images, Performance, Promotional, Reflections, Rehearsal, Technical, Trailer, Videos

Rolling Statistics

A glimpse at our rolling stats since we first launched in 2011:

Productions = 9
Performances = 38
Locations = 19
Festivals = 13
Award Nominations = 30
Award Wins = 5