‘Fleabag’ Star Phoebe Waller-Bridge Launches $120,000 Fund for Edinburgh Fringe Artists – Global Bulletin

FUND “Fleabag” star Phoebe Waller-Bridge is launching a £100,000 ($120,000) Keep it Fringe fund, a new initiative to support artists at the Edinburgh Fringe festival. Waller-Bridge serves as president of the Fringe Society. The fund, supported by the Fleabag for Charity campaign and funds donated to the Fringe Society, will distribute 50 bursaries of £2,000 to individual artists or companies bringing work to the Fringe in 2023. It seeks to protect artists’ prospects by removing some of the growing barriers to performing. “Fleabag” launched as a play at the Fringe in 2023. Waller-Bridge said: “For a creative, the festival is… Read Full Article