Sydney Fringe has announced that Sydney Fringe Festival 2020 will not take place as planned in light of ongoing uncertainty around COVID-19 restrictions. Kerri Glasscock, Sydney Fringe Festival CEO said: “We are devastated not to be presenting our annual festival but the uncertainty and risk no longer make it viable for us to proceed this year. Instead of this year’s festival, Fringe will undertake a number of new, innovative projects designed to lead the independent sector through the vital recovery process following the pandemic.”

One new project will see Fringe partner with five international Fringe Festivals to present an online Global Fringe event to be streamed live during September 2020. Working together with Stockholm Fringe, Brighton Fringe, New Zealand Fringe, San Diego Fringe and Hollywood Fringe, Sydney Fringe will present new and recent work through a new digital platform. This digital platform will premier four Sydney produced events and eight international events as part of Global Fringe, with each production to be professionally recorded and streamed to audiences globally.

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