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Plays from local festival chosen for Edinburgh Fringe

Alice CunninghamSuffolk
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Artistic director Julia Sowerbutts is excited about the impact INK will have on young people in the area

Five plays showcased at a Suffolk festival have been selected for this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

The plays were first performed in April at the annual INK Festival in Halesworth and chosen out of a pool of more than 540 submissions to be part of a wider show at the Edinburgh Fringe in August.

Julia Sowerbutts, founder and artistic director of INK Festival, said the team was "absolutely thrilled" by the news.

"To have a third of the final programme coming from INK is a wonderful testament to the quality of the writers we attract and the strength of the work being developed here in Suffolk," she said.

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Five plays that were showcased at INK Festival will be performed at Edinburgh Fringe later this year

She continued: "One of INK's core aims has always been to provide opportunities for emerging and established writers to have their work seen, developed and taken to wider audiences.

"Seeing these plays progress from INK to the world's largest arts festival is exactly the kind of success story we love to celebrate."

The Edinburgh Fringe takes place from 7 to 31 August and has a vast programme of performing arts shows.

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Edinburgh Fringe brings hundreds of thousands of people to the city every year

The selected plays from INK Festival are:

  • Vowel Movements by Gary Bates
  • A Perfect Two by Guy Newsham
  • Dying Stars by David Roberts
  • Here She Comes by Lucy Singer
  • Narratively Speaking by Barry Wood

They will be performed as part of The Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show at the Pleasance Courtyard during the Fringe.

Tom Hartwell of Bite-Size Plays said the quality of the work from INK Festival "stood out".

"We are delighted to be bringing these five plays to Edinburgh and continuing our relationship with the festival," he added.

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