PRESS RELEASE: For immediate release June 1st 2015
Punch and Judy was one of the earliest shows at Buxton Fringe three decades ago. Now it is back for the summer along with many other children’s shows in a bigger than usual For Families category.
Brought to Buxton by FoolSize Theatre, Punch and Judy is just one of a number of family shows at Underground Venues including ComedySportz, in which two improv comedy teams battle it out for laughs, The Kagools, offering fast-paced physical comedy and sketches, and Fringe Award-winning Victorian magic duo Morgan & West.
Over at the Arts Centre Studio, also managed during the Fringe by Underground Venues, acclaimed local company REC Youth Theatre presents Grimm Tales, featuring some of the world’s most enthralling fairytales, and Dame for a Laugh entertains tots with Nana & Nunu – The Big Sneeze!, featuring a cuddly but snuffly aardvark!
The Pavilion Gardens is enchanting at any time but never more so than between July 8 and 26, the dates of the Fringe, when it hosts a number of fantastic children’s shows and workshops. Look out for HandMade Theatre’s Flying the Nest teaching us all about birds with the help of a giant nest, and The Magical Storytelling Yurt, courtesy of High Peak Community Arts. Fringe regulars Stone and Water are also back inviting us to make Tiny! Pirates, plus the odd mermaid.
The fun continues with shows as diverse as Gilbert and Sullivan’s Trial by Jury in a double bill with Cox and Box from talented young people’s company, PB Theatricals, and the irrepressible Theo the Mouse, back with an all-new circus-themed show.
Stephanie Billen, Fringe Marketing manager, says: “A grown-up Fringe reviewer once called our top quality children’s entertainment his ‘guilty pleasure’. It’s certainly lots of fun for all ages. Look out too for the smiley face symbol in the programme indicating events in other sections that the performers feel would be suitable for families. We also hope to see lots of young people at Fringe Sunday on July 12 and waving on our float during the carnival the day before.”
For more information about family-friendly Fringe shows please visit http://www.buxtonfringe.org.uk
The Fringe wishes to thank its sponsor The University of Derby, financial supporters The Osborne Group and High Peak Borough Council, Fringe Friends and all its other supporters and venues around the town.
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