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Fringe Report is based in London, United Kingdom. We review fringe theatre, arts, independent and arthouse film, dance, performance, poetry, music - anything that falls off the edge of the mainstream, though we often cover that too, there are no rigid lines.

We publish 2-3 items a week all year round in London, and cover as many regional fringes as we can. We are an accredited reviewer to, and our awards are recognised by, Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com), the definitive website of the worldwide film industry. We do in-depth interviews, lots of features, plus fashion, recipes (arts people have to eat, and dress), a pretty full list of London venues big and small and some from other towns, births, marriages, deaths, birthdays, gossip, and reports on parties (eg here). Fringe Report started on Friday 12 July 2002.

We review 50 shows at Edinburgh Fringe each year. It is the largest arts event in the world with over 2,000 shows. And we cover Edinburgh launches and gossip (eg here). We review 10 items each at London Film Festival, Dublin Fringe and Brighton Fringe, with reports over the years on others including Camden, Bath, Newbury, Reading, Montreal. If you want to file from your city anywhere in the world please do. We have permanent writers in London, New York, Dublin, Denver Colorado, Edinburgh, Dallas Texas, NorthEast England - and Hawaii.

We have around 12,000 regular readers spread entirely across the globe. Most of them are in Mainland Europe, England, Canada, United States, Republic of Ireland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland. We have readers in the Middle East, across Asia, in Vietnam, China, Australia. We would love to have Spanish writers, as that's a half of the world who can't easily read us and we'd love you to, so any Spanish writers (who can kindly also translate for a non-Spanish reading editorial team) will be very welcome. Wherever you are, whatever language you find most friendly, you're welcome at Fringe Report - as a reader, as a writer.

There's a newsletter too. As well as Fringe Report the website (www.fringereport.com) we send out a monthly newsletter around the 15th as a briefing and gossip loop to industry, showbiz professionals, prs, actors, producers, directors, composers, performers, the public, theatregoers, arts enthusiasts, venue managers, promoters, impresarios, journalists - and you if you like. You can subscribe free here.

We do 25 awards each year (Fringe Report Awards). They are announced on the last Friday in January and presented on any day mid February that isn't Valentine's Day, when the loved are glum and the single suicidal. You can nominate for the awards at any time during the year here

Our boards. We ask one person from each of our awards each year to form an advisory board. At the end of their year we ask them to join a long-term consultancy board. We also invite people who aren't at all connected to the arts but kindly bring other perspectives to the boards. In this way we draw together talent from all over the world, great people who help keep us on our toes, and know how to party.

And you?. If you are interested in writing, editing, or designing for Fringe Report or just want to say hello and tell us how your day's been going so far, please email us at reviews@fringereport.com. We'll look forward to hearing from you. John Park editor Fringe Report.

Writers

Writers past and present include (if you're missing please let us know):

Adanma Frederick
Agnes Poitevin-Navarre
Al Black
Alana Pryce
Alex Dower
Alison Collinge
Allegra Galvin
Amine Yahia Cherif
Andrew Doyle
Anna Bewick
Anneka Svenska
Beth White
Bo Wilson
Brad Hall
Catherine Balavage
Cecilia Colby
Cecilia Holmes
Chris Twiselton
Claire Roberts
Claire Wood
Colman Higgins
Dan Geary
David Luff
David Vickerstaff
eliza wyatt
Eloise Emanuel
Fatima Bajwa
Fiona Doyle
Georgina Edwards (Georgie Edwards)
Gill Smith
Hannah Dee
Hils Jago
Holly Payton
Husam Asi
Imogen Rands
Isabel Robinson
Isabelle Georges
Ishbel McFarlane
Jason Korsner
Jemma Gross
Jeni Morrison
Jenny Bell
Jenny Diggins
Jessica Burn
Jodi Miller
Johnnie Oddball
Jolanta Jagiello
Jonathan Lovett
Jonathan McPherson
Julie Kokkalou
Karen Harrup
Karen Lister
Katie Warren
Kellie Higgins
Kevin Gillette
Kitty Winter
Lara Apponyi
Larry Herold
Lea Harris
Lucy Scott
Lucy Traube
Lydia Lesley Summer Fraser-Ward
Marc Blakewill
Marcus Markou
Maria Santos
Mary Paterson
Michelle Flower
Mike Miller
Mike Toller
Nadia Gilani
Neelam Challoner (Neelam Gill)
Natalie Pilato
Pam Lee
Paul Aspey
Penny Sims
Peter Andrews
Peter Benedict
Pete Shaw
Philippa Tatham
Phyllis Foundis
Rachael Booth
Rebecca Cross
Richard Costello
Rick Alancroft
Sam Penwill
Samantha Darling
Samantha Jayne Hulston
Sara Pascoe
Sarah McComish
Sarah Shavel
Scarlett Ritchie
Shireen Mula
Siobhan Rhodes-Johnson
Steve Henwood
Taly Koren
Tim Passmore
Tom Wontner
Tracy Keeling
Ty Lemerande
Vanessa Whyte
Victoria Johnston
Wendy Richmond
Zena Barrie

Sub-Editors

Peter Andrews
Maria Santos
Sarah Shavel
Gill Smith
Bo Wilson

Permanent Correspondents

Sarah Shavel - Chicago
Kevin Gillette - Dallas
Peter Andrews - North England
Lea Harris - Edinburgh
Larry Herold - New York
Colman Higgins - Ireland
Brad Hall - Hawaii

Editing & Publishing Team

Mary Paterson
John Park (Editor)
Sara Pascoe
Sarah Shavel
Gill Smith
Bo Wilson (Facebook)

Design & Ideas Team

Agnes Poitevin-Navarre
Annelies Graf
Bo Wilson
Chris Timms
Georgina Edwards (Georgie Edwards)
Peter Andrews
Rachael D Booth
Richard Dragun (certificates and more)
Rupert Keenlyside
Tim Nicholls

Technical Consultant

Chris Timms

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