London Festival Fringe
london festival fringe festival promotes art entertainment london england addition helping artist performer stage work festival run london award art performance year various art category including jazz music theatre comedy film origin london festival fringe started london borough southwark festival promote london bridge area london east end initiated group volunteer enthusiast london bridge festival held july support southwark council local business festival saw event span three week including stand comedy live music film art performance concentrated mainly along borough high street tooley street near london bridge underground railway station success event increasing interest theatre performance lack suitable theatre venue area spurred organizer expand scope festival include london west end becoming london festival fringe festival run london bridge festival limited nonprofit company established group enthusiast resident southwark borough festival committee act facilitator artist performer providing infrastructure logistics support selling ticket organize show venue area spanning festival clustered around london west end london bridge area festival saw beginning festival also run london award art performance theatre playwright jazz new music new comedy poetry photography award judged based panel judge selected established artist performer london circuit first festival held show event half fringe theatre production fringe report fringe theatre