THE FRINGE NEEDS VENUE SPACE

Do you own and/or operate a pub, club, studio, theatre, gallery, restaurant, cafe, prominent workspace, dilapidated disused building, shipping container or sizeable garden shed?

Then you could participate in the 2011 Adelaide Fringe by registering your venue for next year’s festival.

It seems like only yesterday that we were picking ‘Corn Star’ kernals out of our teeth and holding our sides in after a night of laughs at the Bosco Theatre, but preparations for next year’s Fringe Festival are already underway. First things first; the festival organisers need a good spread of venues in which to host the weird and whacky events already being planned in 2011. And with the bizarre venues chosen at this year’s Fringe, if you own four walls and an elevated stage, you could be hosting your very own Fringe venue next year.

Some of the more left-of-centre venues at this year’s festival included the disused laneway off Grenfell Street that was triumphantly converted into Arcade Lane and subsequently judged the best venue of 2010, an artist’s garage that was transformed into an exhibition space, a 44-seat bus used to host a travelling show about op shopping, and a shipping container in which a dance show took place. The possibilities are literally endless.

So if you’re keen on contributing to Adelaide’s unique and iconic Fringe Festival, you can find out all you need to know here or contact venues@adelaidefringe.com.au.