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House of Misery Presents… kick off second night of Lancashire Fringe Festival
The House of Misery are another Lancashire-based performance group which Lancashire Fringe Festival is very proud to support. HoM are theatre quartet with a difference, already producing engaging and humourous work to audiences in the region. For the festival they inverse the popular pub quiz format and produce a performance show with a difference. So,…
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Performance artist Frances Kay will bloody well blow your mind at Lancashire Fringe Festival
Frances Kay, from Rishton near Blackburn, brings her controversial performance Sorry to Lancashire Fringe Festival on Friday, July 15. And this is one not to be missed. It’s unlike anything else on at the festival – and unlike anything else you will ever see. Ever. Her work explores the effects of performance on the body…
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Comedy duo Larknado set for Lancashire Fringe Festival
Born out of the ashes of Northern AR Souls is comedy due Neil P Shawcross and Dan Barnes performing at Lancashire Fringe Festival as Larknado. The two north-west comedians have joined forces to deliver a new show first devised at Liverpool Comedy Festival in 2015. Their series of sketches and costume changes offers traditional comedy…
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The future is now: Charlotte Berry’s Crystal Vision at Lancashire Fringe Festival
Lancashire Fringe Festival is not only a supporter of brilliant performance but also of Lancashire talent. So the festival will launch on Friday night (July 15) with a wonderful performer called Charlotte Berry. Berry, a graduate of the University of Central Lancashire’s Contemporary Theatre and Performance course, will deliver her seductively wonderful performance Crystal Vision.…
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Mind Control – Mason King the mentalist comes to Lancashire Fringe Festival
Mason King is heading to Edinburgh Fringe with his show Mind Control. King is one of the most exciting mentalists to come out of the UK in years. His modern, contemporary and unique style of mind-reading psychological illusions has made him one of the most in-demand entertainers of his genre. This is entertainment with the…
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Spoken word: Poet Marvin Cheeseman and Lancashire Fringe Festival
Marvin Cheeseman is comedy performance poet. He is very funny. He has appeared at many comedy venues across the UK including the Edinburgh Festival and the Cheltenham Festival of Literature. His work is described as ‘a celebration of the mundane’ and ‘a report from the launderette of life’. In 2014 he was named Hull Comedian of…
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Claire Doyle exhibition: Modify My Vagina!
This festival is not just about amazing performers. It also has art. Great art. Art with heart. And as far as conceptual art goes – and believe me it goes far – there is no greater artist than Claire Doyle. When I first experienced her work, looking on as she encouraged a pensioner to graffiti…
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Juliette Burton’s Decision Time comes to Lancashire Fringe Festival
Lancashire Fringe Festival welcomes a performer who has had five-star reviews clinging to her for the past few years. On Saturday July 16, Juliette Burton – who had a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival last year with her multi-award-winning show ‘Look At Me’ – will preview her brand new show ‘Decision Time’ which…
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Lancashire Fringe Festival presents Joanne Tremarco’s Women Who Wank

Liverpool-based performer Joanne Tremarco brings her brilliant and controversial improvised performance show Women Who Wank to Preston on Friday, July 15, to launch Lancashire Fringe Festival. Tremarco has received huge acclaim for the piece, a tender, hysterical, enlightening, witty and physical show which she has performed over 150 times around the world. Reviews for her…
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First part of the PRESS RELEASE for Lancashire Fringe Festival
Press release New fringe festival launches in Preston June 29, 2016 A new performance arts festival showcasing the country’s best live acts will launch in Preston over two days on July 15 and 16. Lancashire Fringe Festival is a unique showcase for stand-up comedians, improvisation and spoken-word performers. The free festival, organised by Garry Cook,…