The Search for Fringe Benefits

The Bath Chronicle (June 25, 2009)

Author: Ralph Oswick

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No sooner has Bath Fringe come to an end, the Edinburgh Fringe programme plops onto my doormat. Or should I say lands with an almighty wallop, for the vast tome is of almost Biblical proportions.

It's taken me a week just to read the index pages. This is an alphabet of hopes, aspirations and vainglory in itself. Little snippets that fill one with fear, amusement, despair and even excitement. I plough through, highlighter in hand, picking obscure show titles that catch my eye, ready to look them up in the main listings when I have an hour or 10 to spend!

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The Search for Fringe Benefits

My friend reckons that because one is inevitably disappointed with the hyped-up festival hits...

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