Fringe artists fight for support as festival numbers swell

Despite growing audience at Fringe Festivals, artists are increasingly concerned about the risks and challenges of participating in such events.

11 Mar 2016 12:00

Richard Watts

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Artists are increasingly having to fight for Fringe Festival audiences, resulting in winners and losers instead of unity. Image via www.pexels.com.

In a widely-shared Facebook post last Saturday, British comedian Alexis Dubus described his concerns about the changing nature of audiences at the Adelaide Fringe.

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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