{"id":1920,"date":"2024-07-08T18:31:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T18:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/altonfringe.com\/?p=1920"},"modified":"2026-05-31T09:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T09:02:15","slug":"the-fringe-at-the-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/altonfringe.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/08\/the-fringe-at-the-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Alton Fringe at the Alton Arts Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A celebration of 35 years of Fringe productions<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

An evening of extracts celebrating 36 years of Fringe productions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Directed by Louise Biddiss and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our contribution to Alton’s inaugural Arts Festival in July 2024 – organised by the wonderful Guild of Optimists<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 17 members of the cast remained on stage throughout and came forward for their contributions<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As our contribution to this year’s inaugural Alton Arts Festival<\/strong><\/em> we took the opportunity to celebrate 35 years of Fringe productions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although only a single evening event, this became a complex programme of extracts from no less than 14 productions, ranging from the first of all – 1988’s Murder in the Cathedral <\/em> – to ZigZag – the story of Gilbert White of Selborne <\/em>staged in 2022. Almost everything was learned, and rehearsals took many weeks. But the audience reaction on the night made it clear that the effort had been abundantly worthwhile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBrilliant\u201d, \u201csuperb\u201d would be my headlines for last evening\u2019s Fringe performances.  What a glorious feast of drama, so well performed.  Thank you all.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYet another superb evening of the most enjoyable pieces. Great to look back over so many years. Alton loves you.\u201d<\/em>‘<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Excellent evening’s entertainment, both funny and poignant in parts, showing the versatility and range of these accomplished actors.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A particular bonus was that Patrick Sandford, the professional director who had been engaged by the 1988 Alton May Arts Week<\/em> to direct that seminal production of Murder in the Cathedral<\/em> , accepted our invitation to join us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Members of the original 1988 cast of Murder in the Cathedral<\/em> – Richard Fowler, Chris Chappell, Lesley Willis & Louise Dilloway – with Patrick Sandford<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Photos by Ian Dumelow<\/em> – click to enlarge<\/p>\n\n\n\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n\n\n\n

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