The Pleasance Theatre Trust (often simply called The Pleasance) is a venue operator and producer of live events, known internationally for being one of the major, so-called "Big Four", operators at the
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe (also referred to as The Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe, or Edinburgh Fringe Festival) is the world's largest arts and media festival, which in 2019 spanned 25 days and featured more than 59,600 performances of 3,841 dif ...
, the world's largest arts festival. The trust is named after
The Pleasance
The Pleasance is a theatre, bar, sports and recreation complex in Edinburgh, Scotland, situated on a street of the same name. It is owned by the University of Edinburgh, and for nine months of the year it serves the Edinburgh University Stude ...
, the students' union venue complex which it runs in Edinburgh during the Fringe, although the organisation's operations have expanded from that original base to include another venue complex, the
Potterrow Student Centre
The Potterrow Mandela Centre or Potterrow Student Centre is operated by Edinburgh University Students' Association in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Site and architecture
The name "Potterrow" recalls a medieval suburb which stood outside the town wall ...
(branded as
Pleasance Dome
The Potterrow Mandela Centre or Potterrow Student Centre is operated by Edinburgh University Students' Association in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Site and architecture
The name "Potterrow" recalls a medieval suburb which stood outside the town wal ...
) during the Fringe, and a year-round base in London,
Pleasance Islington
Pleasance Islington (also known as Pleasance London or the Pleasance Theatre) is a fringe theatre in Islington, London, opened in 1995. It is run by the Pleasance Theatre Trust and is the sister venue of the original Pleasance Edinburgh.
It h ...
.
Fringe events were first held under "The Pleasance" banner in 1985,
[ although the trust itself was only founded in 1994,][ before the Pleasance Islington was established in 1995.
]
Gallery
File:Pleasance Dome (Potterrow Student Centre), Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 (44246074022).jpg, The 'Pleasance Dome' at Potterrow during the 2018 festival
File:Pleasance Courtyard - geograph.org.uk - 2017188.jpg, The Pleasance courtyard beer garden in 2010
File:The Pleasance Courtyard Festival venue, 2013.JPG, The Pleasance during the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe Festival
References
External links
Pleasance website
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
1985 establishments in Scotland
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