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| + | [[Fringe]] was an experimental theatre company founded in Cape Town in 1977 by [[Dawie Malan]], [[Chris Galloway]], [[Bill Curry]] and others. Productions include ''[[Exit the King]]'', ''[[Deathwatch]]'', ''[[Die Van Aardes van Grootoor]]'' (1977-79), ''[[Info Scandals]]'', ''[[The Haunted Host]]'' and **. They played at the [[Space Theatre]] and a number of these also played at the [[Market Theatre]] |
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| − | The word has had many meanings over the years of course, and its cultural and social meanings are also quite diverse.
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| − | == Dictionary definition ==
| + | '''See also [[Fringe Theatre]]''' |
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| − | For instance, the word is defined as follows in the ''Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary'':
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| − | An ornamental border of threads left loose or formed into tassels or twists, used to edge clothing or material; The front part of someone’s hair, cut so as to hang over the forehead; A natural border of hair or fibres in an animal or plant; the "fringe" (or often "the fringes") are the outer, marginal, or extreme part(s) of an area, group, or sphere of activity.
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| − | == The social/cultural meaning of the term fringe ==
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| − | Based on the last mentioned interpretation, the socio-cultural derivatives are the notion of something not part of the mainstream, or main event, e.g. '''Fringe''' culture and art forms, (otherwise also called '''Alternative''', '''Experimental''' or '''Avant-garde''' culture art forms) are seen as work that deviates from, radicalizes and/or opposes the mainstream or conventional work of the time, and utilizes and experiments with unconventional forms, subject matter and content. (See also the notion of [[Counterculture]])
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| − | == Theatrical use of the term Fringe ==
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| − | In terms of theatre the concept of [[Fringe Theatre]], (also referred to as [[Alternative Theatre]], [[Experimental Theatre]] or [[Avant-garde Theatre]])
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| − | == Origins of the notion and the term ==
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| − | It is generally accepted by most sources that the specific theatrical use of the term [[Fringe]] originated from the late 1960s with the activities taking place on the "fringe" of the Edinburgh Festival. The '''Edinburgh Festival Fringe'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Festival_Fringe] began as an alternative to the '''Edinburgh International Festival''' and takes place annually during three weeks of August. Attached as it was to what would become the largest arts festival in the world, the fringe event set in motion an international fringe movement, with "fringe" events gradually assuming the status of independent [[venue]]s and/or [[festival]]s, and such with "fringe festivals" occurring each year across the globe.
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| − | ==Fringe Theatre in South Africa ==
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| − | The term [[Fringe Theatre]] has been used in two ways in South Africa.
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| − | ===As the name of a set of events at a [[festival]], or an alternative festival===
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| − | Deriving from the processes described above, we find the first use of the term from the very beginning of the [[Grahamstown Festival]] in the mid 1970s. Since then there have been a number of similar "fringe" events at South African [[festival]]s,
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| − | The [[Cape Town Fringe]]
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| − | === As the name for a theatrical venue ===
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| − | [[The Fringe]] at the [[Joburg Theatre Complex]]
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| − | == Fringe theatre in South Africa ==
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| − | == Sources ==
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