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Comparison
case local talent, and in turn shine the
spotlight onto the host city. Adelaide
Fringe is a key player in this aspect of
using the festival to advertise the city
– bringing home the message that Canberra is the capital of arts and performance.
In some ways, not all festivals are
structured like this; the Sydney
Fringe is now entering its 6th year and
bases its advertising mostly around
the attractions that Sydney has to offer as opposed to the talent it showcases. The Sydney Fringe, like the Melbourne
Fringe likes to promote its sustainability
measures, which in turn do provide an extra element of spectacle to performances – having shows in outdoor spaces and
encouraging audiences to become more
involved in their community.
Brisbane Fringe Festival is no exception, embracing new possibilities and encouraging their performers to rethink the
space they perform in – and how it can
change their act. Audiences will hold different expectations each year at a fringe
festival, and by offering participants with
workshops and seminars in which assist
artists in best utilizing their performance
space, the best results will be achieved for
both artists and audiences alike.
The Perth Fringe World Festival is arguably still trying to find its feet and is not
yet as notorious as its siblings – only having been established in 2012, the festival
does follow the structure of other Fringe
festivals nationally. Closely mimicking the
Adelaide Fringe in the sense that it does
extensively advertise its main location, and
specifically how over 50 spaces around
Perth iw transformed for the arts and theatrical performance during the festival.
The Perth Fringe World Festival is actually
connected to the World Fringe Alliance, of
which the Adelaide and Edinburgh Fringes
are a part of. Surely it will not take too long
for this festival to make a name for itself
worldwide.
Overall Melbourne does encapsulate various aspects of all Australian Fringe Festivals, and each participating state’s festival
does excel in different ways. Audiences
will always vary state to state, however
nationally, attendances at Fringe Festivals
is on the rise.
Overall, Adelaide dedicates the most effort to incorporating the city