TICKETS NOW ON SALE for Barnstaple Fringe TheatreFest 2026!
We are so excited for our 20th festival, and can’t wait to see you there (in under 6 weeks!!)
Head to our website for all the info 🎭🥳
And we’re off! The full 2026 festival line-up is now live on the website. This means you can read all the show descriptions, and check out times and venues for all this year’s shows.
Tickets are not on sale just yet - but this is a great chance to plan ahead (and get excited!) with less than 8 weeks to go!
Ps. Want a TheatreFest brochure sent to your door? Head to our website to become a member, and get ahead of the game 😎
Welcome to our Meet The Team series!
We know it takes a whole community to make Fringe TheatreFest happen, and a huge part of that preparation is the logistical planning which happens behind the scenes.
Meet Jess, who is our programmer and has been an integral part of the team for many years!
Feel free to leave a question in the comments 🎭
We love this throwback volunteer photo from the archives… but can anyone guess the year!? 🤔
Just dropping by to let you know this year’s volunteer sign-up form is live! A big Thank You to those who have already signed up (you keen beans!) - we are so excited to see you in June.
Just head to our website to get stuck in, there’s heaps of benefits - the biggest of which is being part of a fantastic creative community, and having FAR too much fun over 4 days!
We need you! 🗣️ Could your business or workplace sponsor Fringe TheatreFest?
We are thrilled to have excellent local businesses supporting us, who we will be shouting about in the coming weeks…and it’s not too late to join them!
We are still on the lookout for sponsors for our 20th year of TheatreFest. We are an entirely nonprofit organisation, run by dedicated volunteers all year round.
Sponsors are vital to us, helping to enliven Barnstaple with this annual four-day festival that inspires over 1000 people with an exciting programme of comedy, drama, street-theatre, dance, music, magic and more.
With people travelling from far and wide, Fringe turns our local area into an exciting hubbub of entertainment and culture.
We have a variety of sponsorship opportunities available. In exchange you will receive advertisement, visible on leaflets/brochures and in-person promotion. All details can be found via our website, please just drop us a message to ask any questions.
We had a full house @theploughstannes last night for our Deep Beneath The Canopy performance!! Despite a minor sound issue at the beginning, we managed to transform and shift through to let our journey under the trees flow, with song, spoken word and an eclectic mix of instruments.
Thank you to Pete and Joe Burford, @pbuffery , Sharon Dixon @theploughstannes , Fringe Extra @theatrefestnd@davegreengallery and all the wonderful people in the audience like Danny & Aidan @thegrowforwardproject@benedickgeorge Satish @resurgencetrust and so many more, who came to support us. We are blessed.
📸 Suzanne Thomson
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Fringe Extra is underway! And there’s lots to look forward to on Friday: Black Box Theatre start the evening with a classic ghost story at 5pm. Dreamshed Theatre will be entertaining us all with their relatable and witty comedy Writers Block. And completing your Friday evening is none other than TheatreFest founders Multi Story Theatre with Last Dance Saloon.
Fringe Extra is organised by and hosted at @theploughstannes - tickets are on The Plough website - link in bio.
Come and see us AND over 35 other fantastic organisations at Green Lanes Shopping Centre today for the Revitalising Volunteering Event. Big thanks to NDVS for organising the event 🧡
Did you know? Fringe TheatreFest is run entirely by volunteers, so there’s loads of ways to get involved! We’ll be here until 2.30pm and we’d love to see you.
Today is the last day for submissions for ticketed venues ⏰ Get your show submission in by midnight tonight, and you’ll make it into the hat draw tomorrow, 12-2 in the Queens Theatre. (Head to our website for more info - we promise it’s straightforward!)
We’re looking forward to seeing you all on Saturday! Do let us know in the comments if you’ll be dropping by to join in the fun and excitement.
We can’t believe it’s less than 1 WEEK to go until the Hat Draw for TheatreFest 2026!
Join us Saturday 31st Jan, 12-2 in the Queens Theatre Gallery Bar, where we will be drawing the shows for the ticketed venues for this year’s programme.
Did you know, you can take a look at all the current submissions on our website? And don’t forget, we’re still taking applications up until January 30th 2026 at midnight, meaning you’ve still got time to get your name in that hat! 🎩🎭
Be part of the 20th Barnstaple Fringe TheatreFest! Applications are OPEN. Ticketed venue applications close on Friday 30th January. Alternative venue applications are first-come-first-serve and they’re filling up fast so get in quickly! Go to the website to apply - link in bio.
📸 thanks to @greenmindphotos
