The Underground Venues season at the 2013 Buxton Fringe has come to an end and what a year it was!

We hosted 65 shows and over 200 performances, entertained 4000 audience members and got through 10 packs of blu-tac and 50 sticks of chalk. We’ve shown once again that Fringe can buck the trend of the recession, thanks to the fantastic line-up of shows, from every genre and style, that we were treated to this year.
There was much excitement about 2013 being the last ever year for Underground Venues. As many of you will know, the Crescent development is due to involve building work in the Old Hall Hotel cellars. But we’re pleased to say we do intend to be back in one form or another at the 2014 Fringe – so keep an eye on this blog, our Twitter or Facebook for more updates.Now hosting three performance spaces, Underground Venues had another year of fantastic reviews, from the Buxton Fringe (see here) and from Fringe Guru (see here) and Underground shows once again triumphed at the Fringe awards. Best Production, Best Actor & Actress, Best Comedy, Best Comedy Performer, Best Youth Production and Best Young Actor all went to Underground shows – along with a huge number of nominations – a big well done to all of them! (Full list here)