Here & Now Showcase Returns with Six Bold Performances at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

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The Edinburgh Festival Fringe returns with the Here & Now Showcase, featuring six bold and brilliant tour-ready performances from August 18th-24th, 2025. The showcase presents the best dance, installation, integrated performance, movement, and theatre being created in England, highlighting themes of tradition and heritage, revolution and collective deliberation, community building, and self-discovery.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Here & Now Showcase features six bold performances from 18 artists, exploring themes of tradition, heritage, revolution, community building, and self-discovery.
  • The showcase includes performances by Khalid Abdalla, Ad Infinitum, SERAFINE1369, Sutara Gayle AKA Lorna Gee, Andy Smith, and Jo Bannon, among others.
  • The performances will take place in venues such as Dance Base, Pleasance, Traverse Theatre, and Zoo Venues, with 4 public performances in the Fringe and 2 industry performances.
  • The showcase is funded by Arts Council England and presented by partner organizations Battersea Arts Centre, FABRIC, and GIFT.
  • Industry events will host previously showcased dance artists from England, who will pitch new and ambitious large-scale works.
  • The festival will also feature the award-winning performers Josie Dale-Jones and Louise Orwin, who will build new international networks for their 2024 hit Fringe shows.

Statistics:

  • The Here & Now Showcase will feature 6 performances from 18 artists over 6 days.
  • The performances will be held in 4 different venues, with a total of 6 dates and times.
  • The festival will have a total of 4 public performances in the Fringe and 2 industry performances.
  • The showcase is funded by Arts Council England.

Sources:

  • "Byline: The Newsroom!"
  • The Newsroom's website for the Here & Now Showcase