Photo: courtesy Sue Proudlove
Friends return for Edinburgh Fringe
‘There won’t be performances in the building this year, but three special events will see local Quakers participating in the Fringe.’
Quakers have been busy for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, despite the fact that the Meeting house is not open as a venue.
Usually the Central Edinburgh Meeting House turns into Venue 40 for the August event but this year has not been used. The festival was cancelled in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Earlier this summer, the Edinburgh festivals were offered millions of pounds in emergency funding in the face of fears they may never fully recover from the severe impacts of the pandemic. The Fringe runs until 30 August,‘There won’t be performances in the building this year, but three special events will see local Quakers participating in the Fringe,’ said Sue Proudlove, co-manager of the Meeting house. ‘Members of “Stitches for Survival” visited to display some of the 1.5 mile-long scarf they are creating ready for COP26 to draw attention to the climate crisis.’
Other Quaker events include ‘Heroes’, an online concert of comedy and songs recorded by Majk Stokes, assistant manager at the Meeting house.
Meanwhile forty-five hand-crafted panels have formed a window display from the Loving Earth Project, linked with Quaker witness at COP26.
‘2022 will see the Fringe celebrating its seventy-fifth anniversary, and Quakers hope to join the party with friends old and new,’ said Sue Proudlove.
