Fringe festivals power ahead across three states

As Adelaide Fringe opens, new Fringe Festivals are also springing up in Hobart and on the Mornington Peninsula.

17 Feb 2023 13:31

Richard Watts

Performing Arts

A scene from the development of ‘Emergency Dollhouse’ for Dark Fringe; Photo: Sabio and Male.

Responding to the annual influx of mainland tourists into Hobart each winter, a new Tasmanian festival called Dark Fringe will be held for the first time this June.

Another new Fringe – in the small coastal town of Flinders, on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula – is having its inaugural outing this week.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts