Fringe Fringe is the inaugural festival from A Fair Cut, soon to be the Fair Cut Foundation, a not-for-profit that really, truly puts artists first. Our mission: artists making more work. The proposals below are what we think a fairer comedy and fringe festival looks like, and we want to talk them through with you at our town hall before anything is locked in.
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These are the ideas we want to build the festival around. They're proposals, not finished policy. This is what we think a fairer festival looks like, and we want to hear what you think before anything is set in stone. We're holding a town hall so artists, producers, venues and supporters can pull these apart with us, push back, and help shape the final version.
A governing board made up of people familiar with the day-to-day reality of being a working performer. Five year tenures for the chief executive.
A reasonable registration paid by all participants, artists and venues. Free for the first year of Fringe Fringe.
Our cut of ticket sales is five percent, locked forever. Every festival takes a share to fund the resources artists rely on. Ours never rises.
The festival should not also be running its own venues. There is too much conflict of interest when a festival programs shows, runs venues, and then hands out awards.
A transparent panel of artists, attendees and industry. Judge attendance is published, not their name, just a fairer open system. This keeps us accountable.
Humans have been trading for millennia. We believe artists can make a living sharing their craft. We'll run under a not-for-profit charity.
Come to the town hall. Nothing here is locked in. We want to talk these proposals through together before we commit to anything. Details land on the timeline as we firm them up.
A snapshot of who's already in.
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