{"id":39,"date":"2022-10-03T19:33:16","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T19:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-342966-2934446.cloudwaysapps.com\/?page_id=39"},"modified":"2022-11-07T16:59:49","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T16:59:49","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/altonfringe.com\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Alton Fringe Theatre&nbsp;<\/strong>formed in 1988 when a diverse and talented group found themselves working together for an Alton Arts Week \u2018all-comers-welcome\u2019 production of&nbsp;<em>Murder in the Cathedral,<\/em>&nbsp;under the inspiring direction of Patrick Sandford. Since then&nbsp;<em>The Fringe&nbsp;<\/em>has produced one or two plays each year, occasionally in conjunction with other groups . It has also put together programmes of readings and songs.<br><br>For years its home was the now-demolished Amery Hill School drama studio but it also performed in a variety of churches, village halls, a marquee in St Lawrence churchyard, and in Jane Austen\u2019s house in neighbouring Chawton. Recent productions have used the Wessex Arts Theatre at Alton College and the Alton Maltings Centre.<br><br>The productions are small scale, low budget and performed to small audiences, but always aspiring to high artistic standards. As a result the performances have a character of intimacy and privilege which makes them very special.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plays are chosen to be as diverse as possible, and everyone is encouraged to direct when they find themselves with an enthusiasm for a particular work. As a result no less than \u00a0fourteen members of the group have to date directed at least one play.<br><br>A full list of productions, some linked to photos and other records, is on the <a href=\"https:\/\/altonfringe.com\/index.php\/chronological-list-of-fringe-productions\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"222\">Productions page<\/a>.<br><br>There is a core of \u2018stalwarts\u2019 who have been in from the start but a large number of other people, including many young performers whose lives have inevitably moved on, have been warmly included over the years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alton Fringe Theatre&nbsp;formed in 1988 when a diverse and talented group found themselves working together for an Alton Arts Week \u2018all-comers-welcome\u2019 production of&nbsp;Murder in the Cathedral,&nbsp;under the inspiring direction of Patrick Sandford. Since then&nbsp;The Fringe&nbsp;has produced one or two plays each year, occasionally in conjunction with other groups . It has also put together programmes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-39","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/altonfringe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/altonfringe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/altonfringe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/altonfringe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/altonfringe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/altonfringe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/altonfringe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}