Tales from Bradford Fringe

It’s the final episode of All Rise: The Bradford Legal Heritage Plays 

Featuring Exit Stage Right about a sneak thief prowling the aisles of the Alhambra & In Conversation with the team behind the plays Gill Arnold, Paisley Boyd and Lydia Pearce

Well of Deceit is based on a case of theft of apples from the 1800s. Listen to find out what happened when the defendant Thomas Stringer (a wealthy clothier) was found by his victim stuck down the well and why all is not as it seems! ‬

‪Deal or No Deal is the earliest case in the season, dating back to 1361. Joseph Barker attempted to sue John and Agnes Page for the return of his wife Matilda. John and Agnes contend that he sold his wife in return for a pig. ‬

‪Matilda takes the stand to tell some home truths and the bench take a dim view of the unusual business deal.

The Show Must Go On: The case of Percy Bairstow who stood trial around 1914 for being drunk and disorderly and assaulting an actor in the pantomime at the newly opened Alhambra Theatre. Will the drama on stage be matched by the antics of our thespian witnesses on the stand? Tune in to find out!

Poetry's Not Fu**ing Boring is back at Bradford Fringe Festival for a second year!

Continuing on from last weeks tasters with Luke 'Tatty' Hoggarth and Janine Booth, we're sharing some more awesome podcast poetry with you. This poem is by PNFB Collective Member Hayden Strawbridge - Look him up on twitter, he's the only one!

In Hayden's own word ~

I started writing poetry a few years ago while I was on placement in Pisa. I write about most things I observe and feel.

This specific poem was written when I ended up getting stranded in London and had to keep walking round on a cold December night, people didn't want to help me or even acknowledge my existence.

But just outside Euston station I met this fascinating character a man from Portugal we talked about politics and lots of random stuff, he also invited me to share in the warmth of his fire of burning papers.

Poetry's Not Fu**ing Boring is back at Bradford Fringe Festival for a second year!

You all loved yesterday's taster so much with Luke 'Tatty' Hoggarth, we wanted to share some more podcast poetry with you. This time by PNFB collective member, Marxist, trade unionist, socialist-feminist, author, poet, speaker, tutor, former RMT Executive member, supporter of Workers Liberty, aspie, bi, Peterborough United fan - Janine Booth

This year with a livestream featuring a variety of poets including Bradford's very own Nick Toczek as well as Janine Booth, Alex Asher, Keiron Higgins, Bernie the Bolt and a whole lot of others too many to fit in this blurb. We hope to entertain you with rhymes, rants and underground poetry during these strange and rather difficult times

Poetry's Not Fu**ing Boring is back at Bradford Fringe Festival

And we wanted to give you a little taster ahead of the festival launch this weekend with this podcast poetry by PNFB collective member Luke 'Tatty' Hoggarth.

This year with a livestream featuring a variety of poets including Bradford's very own Nick Toczek as well as Janine Booth, Alex Asher, Keiron Higgins, Bernie the Bolt and a whole lot of others too many to fit in this blurb. We hope to entertain you with rhymes, rants and underground poetry during these strange and rather difficult times

Bradford Fringe Festival 2020

SATURDAY 4TH OF JULY - TUESDAY 4TH AUGUST 2020

Bradford Fringe is going digital this year, we'll be streaming live and prerecorded theatre, comedy, poetry plus much more for a whole month.

From Billy Pearce in Conversation to the best in Queer comedy and radical theatre.

Buying tickets means you'll be contributing to our performers and Crowdfunder, directly supporting people with limited internet access with free packs of Fringe DVDs and other at home goodies.

We're thrilled to still be able to deliver a festival this year despite theatres and live spaces still being closed. We can't wait for you to join us on your sofa, for the best night out you'll have in all year!