Some exciting news Fringe fans.

This year, Underground Venues is going to be branching out and running a venue on the Oxford Fringe for the first time.

Yes, the town of dreaming spires, punting, dictionaries and a special comma also has a Fringe festival! Like Buxton and Brighton, it’s a smaller version of the Edinburgh Fringe and hosts a wide range of acts from every genre and all across the world. It’s place at the beginning of June also makes it perfect for Fringe acts heading north to the daddy of them all in August.

The venue we’re running is called the Old Fire Station (OFS). It used to be a fire station (duh!) and then served as a student theatre for some years before closing for refurbishment. It’s now reopened as a state-of-the-art arts centre, fully furnished and can seat up to 158. And it’s position on George Street puts it right in the centre of town, seconds walk from the Bodelian, Sheldonian and Ashmolean (and many others things that rhyme with “ian”).

If you’re an act, the good news is applications are open now – just head to www.underthefringe.com/oxford Due to earlier deadlines however, applications will close on February 15th.

If you’re a Fringe fan, you’ll have to wait til June. The dates are 1st – 10th June but our full programme will be announced at www.underthefringe.com/oxford in March.

We hope you see you all – performers or audiences – there in June.