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Fringe Edinburgh Goodside 2025

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Edinburgh 2025

Wikipedia Photography Assignment: Fringe 2025

🎯 Main Priorities

Focus on performers from the Global South

  • This is the top priority to justify the optics of our Fringe presence.
  • Prioritize acts that don’t yet have Wikipedia pages.
  • Venues like Summerhall often host strong international content.

Cover visually interesting, high-energy shows

  • Think: dance, acrobatics, physical theater, and visually dynamic performances.
  • International shows tend to be especially compelling and camera-friendly.

Photograph comedy showcases with large casts (6-12 performers)

  • Target venues: Monkey Barrel, Assembly, Pleasance
  • These are great opportunities to photograph multiple emerging comedians in one go.
  • We may reimburse up to $250 (possibly more) for showcase tickets.

✅ Volume Goals

  • Aim to photograph 4-5 acts per day

  • Try to hit a total of * ~50 acts over 10 days*

  • Mix high-profile acts (e.g., Hannah Gadsby level) with lesser-known performers

  • Many solo acts will be thrilled to be photographed

📝 Other Notes

  • Don’t worry too much about press passes — many showcases aren’t worth the admin hassle.
  • Bryan and Philip are already covering major names and have relationships; follow their lead for high-profile opportunities.
  • Quejaytee also has good leads.
  • Wiki pages are helpful, but not the main goal here — representation is.

🧭 Guiding Principle

Prioritize coverage of performers from the Global South. That’s the core mission and the best way to justify our presence at Fringe.

Shows

Based on the previous analysis of high-energy shows from the Global South, here are the names of the shows and their venues for the countries you listed:

Strong Presence from East Asia and Southern Africa:

  • China:
  • Blue Ka Wing (company) - Venue not explicitly listed in the filtered data.
  • Flow Dance Crew (company) - Venue not explicitly listed in the filtered data.
  • TS Crew (company) - Venue not explicitly listed in the filtered data.
  • The Great Her (company) - Venue not explicitly listed in the filtered data.
  • Zheng Xiaofan Dance Theatre (company) - Venue not explicitly listed in the filtered data.
  • The Room Dance Theatre (company) - Venue not explicitly listed in the filtered data.
  • Shenzhen University School of Arts 201 Theatre Company (company) - Venue not explicitly listed in the filtered data.
  • Shanghai Theatre Academy College of Dance (company) - Venue not explicitly listed in the filtered data.
  • The Central Academy of Drama (company) - Venue not explicitly listed in the filtered data.
  • Taiwan (Republic of China):
  • NTNUGIPA (company) - Venue not explicitly listed in the filtered data.
  • Hsu Chen Wei Dance Company (company) - Venue not explicitly listed in the filtered data.
  • Chun Dance (company) - Venue not explicitly listed in the filtered data.
  • South Africa:
  • Africa Power: The Colour of Water - Assembly Rooms
  • KPLesedi Drama and Cultural Crew (company) - Venue not explicitly listed in the filtered data.

Emerging Contributions from Other Global South Countries:

  • Brazil:
  • “Voyeur / Samba and Love” - Venue not explicitly listed in the filtered data.
  • “Puff” - Venue not explicitly listed in the filtered data.
  • Ghana:
  • “Afro Acrobatic Art” - Venue not explicitly listed in the filtered data.
  • Palestine:
  • “Balfour Reparations” - Venue not explicitly listed in the filtered data.
  • “Dance Double Bill” - Venue not explicitly listed in the filtered data.
  • Chile:
  • “Deshacer el Rostro (To Undo the Face)” - Venue not explicitly listed in the filtered data.
  • Korea, Republic of:
  • “I Woke Up One Morning and Had Become AI” - Venue not explicitly listed in the filtered data.
  • “The Land of Beat” - Venue not explicitly listed in the filtered data.

Based on Gemini’s analysis of high-energy shows from the Global South, here are some shows:

Strong Presence from East Asia and Southern Africa:

  • China:
  • Blue Ka Wing (company)
  • Flow Dance Crew (company)
  • TS Crew (company)
  • The Great Her (company)
  • Zheng Xiaofan Dance Theatre (company)
  • The Room Dance Theatre (company)
  • Shenzhen University School of Arts 201 Theatre Company (company)
  • Shanghai Theatre Academy College of Dance (company)
  • The Central Academy of Drama (company)
  • Taiwan (Republic of China):
  • NTNUGIPA (company)
  • Hsu Chen Wei Dance Company (company)
  • Chun Dance (company)
  • South Africa:
  • Africa Power: The Colour of Water
  • KPLesedi Drama and Cultural Crew (company)

Emerging Contributions from Other Global South Countries:

  • New Zealand:
  • “The Butterfly Who Flew Into The Rave”
  • Brazil:
  • “Voyeur / Samba and Love”
  • “Puff”
  • Ghana:
  • “Afro Acrobatic Art”
  • Palestine:
  • “Balfour Reparations”
  • “Dance Double Bill”
  • Chile:
  • “Deshacer el Rostro (To Undo the Face)”
  • Korea, Republic of:
  • “I Woke Up One Morning and Had Become AI”
  • “The Land of Beat”

Venues

Yes. Summerhall is one of the Fringe venues. One of the best. Probably most tightly curated is

-⁠ ⁠Summerhall (year round programming) -⁠ ⁠⁠Pleasance -⁠ ⁠⁠Assembly -⁠ ⁠⁠Underbelly -⁠ ⁠⁠Gilded Balloon -⁠ ⁠⁠Monkey Barrel (year round comedy)

then separately EICC has a few fancy shows that are more professional.

other

Some allocation for book events (so edinburgh book helps checks that off). And fringe counts against theater performance for us and Global South. Fringe good bc it’s so large so lots of photos. Edinburgh International Festival smaller. More work. So fine if someone wants to get. But I won’t push on it since it’s somewhat duplicative of the kind of stuff we can get from Fringe. Maybe higher chance of wikipedia pages.