Lockdown theme in play created for Buxton Fringe

An intriguing online drama set in lockdown gives a timely feel to this weekend’s offerings at Buxton Fringe.
By Gay Bolton
Published 11th Jul 2020, 05:30 BST
Through The Screen will be presented by Orange and Pip Theatre as part of Buxton Fringe.Through The Screen will be presented by Orange and Pip Theatre as part of Buxton Fringe.
Through The Screen will be presented by Orange and Pip Theatre as part of Buxton Fringe.

Three students are keeping in touch via video chat during quarantine. When Rosie suspects Paige isn't being entirely honest, she learns something which could damage their friendship group forever. Through The Screen is presented by Orange and Pip, the company behind the sell-out shows Ugly and After Alice who have experimented with a new medium by creating this virtual play produced in lockdown.

Looking for something to keep the children entertained today? How about getting them to make their own miniature museum? Ceeeping Toad will show them how to make display boxes, prepare their own Cabinets of Curiosity and create guidebooks to show people round their treasures.

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Or perhaps your little ones would like to make their own castle, with towers and drawbridge, moat or dragon. Once again, Creeping Toad comes to the rescue with their Lost Castles – Online production.

All this and more feature in Buxton Fringe’s 100 events which are streaming online up until July 19. For more details, go to www.buxtonfringe.org.uk.

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