Fringe4 - something for the holidays

The Arts Festival's new youth bash - Fringe4 will take place during the October break offering a wide range of activities.

It will feature a musicians’ showcase, theatre, film and samba drumming to street music, street dance, circus performance skills, radio presenting and photography.  check out www.Fringe4.com to see the range of what is on offer.

The Dark Wood Project (on Mull)

The project is part funded by The Holywood Trust. Some of the activities have been made possible by Fresh Start for the Arts, which is funded by Leader, Dumfries and Galloway Council and Creative Scotland.

Kathleen O’Neill, Fresh Start Project Manager, said: “One of our most important aims is to help develop young talent and Fring4 is a great way for us to do that. This year we have funded a series of Youth Learning Journeys to help young people from D&G build their skills. This festival will be a chance for them to get up there in front of an audience of other young people and show what they can do. I’m sure the results will be inspirational.”

Fringe4 Highlights Include

Dark Wood on the 12-13 October at Threave Gardens involves young people and adults in a spectacular promenade theatre work devised through workshops to be held in the forest at Threave in September and October 2013.

Urban Safari is a community street theatre project developed throughout Scotland by Conflux. This is a fantastic opportunity to take part in a new and daring street theatre workshop. This taster session will lead to a performance as part of the FRINGE4 Festival Gathering at Easterbrook Hall in Dumfries on the 19th October.

 Oi Musica are specialists in creating new street bands they are here in D&G, working with street drummers, percussionists, brass and woodwind players. Oi Musica have been working with groups in D&G to create a new band. Come along to join them.

Trunk- Plan B Dance Company. Ages 4-6 Trunk is an exciting new interactive performance created by Julia McGhee for children aged between 4 and 6 years. The performance centres on a large travelling trunk containing a collection of objects. As each object appears or new sound is heard from inside the trunk, the children become participants in an exciting adventure which sees them go on a train journey.

Dumfries Youth Theatre, Blood Orange Sunday 20 October  7:30pm Chancers Night Club Dumfries Youth Theatre presents their most daring piece of work yet presented with Chancer’s Nightclub. He comes into contact with an underground character who takes him on a gritty emotional rollercoaster through his own consciousness. Audiences have been told to prepare for the unexpected with the show carrying an over 16’s only certificate.

The Grand Gathering  at Easterbrook Hall, Sat 19th Oct workshops 11am – 4pm, grand gathering 4-7pm. A bringing together of  samba workshops with Oi Musica,  young dance performances with  Plan B Trunk,   And a Youth Arts gathering presenting the work of  Young Musicians from Greyfriars Concerts, and Burns Song, dance from Body Electric, and the Attitude Dance Company , and Street Theatre from  Conflux.