If you’re the type to find yourself standing in Pavilion Gardens with a handful of flyers, ten minutes until the next show starts, and no idea what to see next…. This is the guide you need.

Buxton Fringe Weekly features conversations with comedians, actors, musicians, poets, and filmmakers, and includes reactions from audiences fresh out of shows and stories from the streets. Familiar favourites and first-timers alike join Maria each week to hype up their shows, spill some behind the scenes intel, and help you determine your Fringe plans.

Be part of the podcast! If you’ve seen a brilliant show, or found an unexpected gem, send us a voice note with your review and you could feature in a future episode! Visit speakpipe.com/BFW to record, or email buxtonfringeweekly@gmail.com

Buxton Fringe Weekly is produced by Maria Passingham in collaboration with Buxton Festival Fringe. Find more information on the Fringe or book tickets here. All editorial content is the responsibility of the producer.

You can listen to more of Maria Passingham’s podcasts here.

Artwork by Maisie Mannering.

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…Walk into a bar? Well, anything can happen, it’s the Buxton Festival Fringe! The flyers are multiplying, the hours are zooming past, and if you're wondering where to begin, we've got you.

We're taking a whistle-stop tour through week one of Buxton Fringe. We go behind the scenes with the people who make it all happen, meet performers bringing everything from dark comedy to dominatrix drama, discover why tap dancing is as much about music as movement, and learn that the Norse Gods aren't quite how Marvel would have you believe.

Along the way, we chat to award-winning performers, celebrate the wonderfully unusual spaces that become Fringe venues each July, and slow down for a full conversation with Jon and Katie Rand, the creative duo behind How To Be The Perfect Couple.

🎙️ We'd love to hear from you, too. Seen a Fringe show? Send us a voice note with your review at buxtonfringeweekly@gmail.com or via speakpipe.com/BFW and you might feature in a future episode.

Shows featured this week:

• Good Godders – Dom Hutchins
• Life of Charles – Charles Lloyd
• Unleashed – By The Bi Productions
• What Are We Going To Do When This Is All Over? – Split Infinitive Theatre
• How To Be The Perfect Couple – Randmade
• Jazz Gig for Kids, and Jazz & Tap Dance Jam at Onnen – Sole Rebel
• Valhalla Awaits: Viking Stories For Kids, and Thor's a Dick: Viking Legends Not for Kids – Sweet Productions/Stories Alive

Plus:

• Behind the scenes with Buxton Festival Fringe
• A look inside Underground Venues
• Buxton Carnival, the Flowerpot Trail and Sip & Sketch

Buxton Fringe Weekly is produced by Maria Passingham in collaboration with Buxton Festival Fringe.

Find more information on the Fringe or book tickets here. All editorial content is the responsibility of the producer.

You can listen to more of Maria Passingham’s podcasts here.

Artwork by Maisie Mannering.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can you write, rehearse and perform a play with your partner... and still be speaking by the end of it?

In this bonus episode, we spend a little longer with Jon and Katie Rand, the writing and acting team behind How To Be The Perfect Couple. We talk about ideas that percolate for decades, how to keep a play tense and claustrophobic, marriage psychologist lingo, and hear the entire play's narrative in one super-speed sound.

If you enjoyed the conversation in this week's main episode, here's the full chat, just as it happened.

Find out more about How To Be The Perfect Couple via Buxton Fringe or book tickets via https://underthefringe.com/

Be part of the podcast! If you’ve seen a brilliant show, or found an unexpected gem, send us a voice note with your review and you could feature in a future episode! Visit speakpipe.com/BFW to record, or email buxtonfringeweekly@gmail.com

Buxton Fringe Weekly is produced by Maria Passingham in collaboration with Buxton Festival Fringe. All editorial content is the responsibility of the producer.

You can listen to more of Maria Passingham’s podcasts here.

Artwork by Maisie Mannering.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.