Venue 13

Venue 13 Venue 13 at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Venue 13 promotes emerging and established talent at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Run from Cardiff, it features work and artists from Wales, the UK and further afield, particularly the US. For the last 12 years, Venue 13 has been proud to be the Edinburgh home of CalArts (California Institute of the Arts) Festival Theater.

Spreadsheets, free shows, and perfectly timed dumplings. Episode 11 of Podcast 13, the Venue 13 Podcast is officially li...
07/06/2026

Spreadsheets, free shows, and perfectly timed dumplings. Episode 11 of Podcast 13, the Venue 13 Podcast is officially live!

This week, we are also joined by the exceptionally talented Chris Davis . After a seven-year break, he is returning to Edinburgh with The 40-Year-Old Ballerino—a deeply personal memoir play that blends physical theater, stand-up comedy, and an entire on-stage ballet barre class.

But first, we tackle a highly debated topic: What type of Fringe-goer are you? We look at everything from the hyper-organized "Full Planner" to the spontaneous "Go with the Flow" crowds sharing our best advice on avoiding festival burnout (and why you occasionally need to eat your food with an actual knife and fork).

To wrap it all up, we preview three incredible events happening around Scotland this June, including the Eden Festival and The Karate Kid The Musical at the Festival Theatre.

Listen to the full episode and check out the show notes here: https://www.venue13.com/episode-11-chris-davis-is-the-40-year-old-ballerino

It’s a massive day for Venue 13! 🎊 Episode 10 of the podcast is live, and Ian and Vanesa are revealing our entire 11-sho...
27/05/2026

It’s a massive day for Venue 13! 🎊 Episode 10 of the podcast is live, and Ian and Vanesa are revealing our entire 11-show lineup for August 2026!

Whether you're looking for q***r sketch comedy, gothic folk musicals, absurdist Canadian horror, or a 45-minute dance fitness party, our artists are bringing the true Fringe energy this year. We’re so proud to host 5 world premieres and feature companies making their Edinburgh Fringe debuts.

We also kick off the episode discussing a crucial new report from Festivals Edinburgh on the role of AI in the festival ecosystem, which gives a wonderful shoutout to our venue!

https://www.venue13.com/episode-10-the-full-venue-13-2026-programme-here-in-the-long-now-by-isla-cowan/

Listen to the full breakdown wherever you get your podcasts, and grab your tickets at venue13.com before they sell out!

19/05/2026

Mais uma estreia chegando no e-Teatro WeDo!

A.I Campfire - um Art Performance diretamente da Escócia para sua casa.

Performance que se apresentou no maior festival de artes cênicas do mundo, ganha temporada digital aqui na nossa casa!

Sinopse: Ao redor de uma fogueira, lendas escocesas ganham vida — contadas por humanos, transformadas pela inteligência artificial.
Uma experiência imersiva sobre natureza, mito e o que acontece quando a máquina aprende a contar histórias antigas. Pequena. Íntima. Inesquecível.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Está pronto para viver essa experiência?

We have big news and Episode 9 is finally here to spill the beans! Venue 13 is teaming up with Soft Serve Cartel and ren...
16/05/2026

We have big news and Episode 9 is finally here to spill the beans!

Venue 13 is teaming up with Soft Serve Cartel and renewable energy partners to bring the Edinburgh Fringe’s FIRST carbon-conscious vegan food trailer to the festival this August 2026!

Festival food is notoriously carbon-intensive, usually relying on loud, smelly diesel generators. We want to prove that vendors can run at scale on completely clean energy using a hybrid of hydrogen fuel cells and solar panels.

In this episode, Ian and Vanesa are joined by special guest Nico Barcella. We talk about Ian's history with solar arts projects, Vanesa's background in hydrogen tech, and Nico’s incredible community-driven food ventures (yes, Unity Doner's spit-cooked vegan kebabs and Soft Serve Cartel's ice cream are coming to the trailer!). We also close out with a beautiful play reading of Undertow by Keith Barker.

We’ve launched a crowdfunding campaign (https://crowdfund.edfringe.com/p/venue-13-vegan-food-trailer) with a target of £6,800 to cover the site infrastructure and licenses. Whether you can donate, sponsor the trailer, or simply share this post, every bit helps us change how festival food operates.

🎧 Listen to the episode and support the crowdfunder here: https://www.venue13.com/episode-9-a-hydrogen-and-solar-vegan-food-trailer-at-the-fringe-how-you-can-help-make-it-happen-undertow-by-keith-barker/

04/05/2026

Theatres across the UK are gaining sustainability certifications, from pantomime companies to major venues. The next frontier to conquer is energy.

Venue 13 at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe is tackling this head-on with their hydrogen/solar-powered vegan food trailer pilot.

Support the crowdfund here.
https://crowdfund.edfringe.com/p/venue-13-vegan-food-trailer

04/05/2026

Many Arts organisations have set out extensive sustainability frameworks telling the industry what needs to change.

The National Theatre has achieved the Theatre Green Book Basic Standard across productions, buildings and operations, embedding sustainable practice as a contractual requirement for all staff and freelancers, and has cut its energy emissions by 26% since 2019.
(https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/about-us/sustainability/)

Culture for Climate Scotland equips organisations and strategic bodies to harness the role of culture in achieving transformational environmental change, providing tools to measure, monitor and reduce carbon emissions across the sector.
(https://cultureforclimate.scot/)

Venue 13 shares the plight for sustainability. Our hydrogen/solar pilot is a crowdfunded, community-backed project to prove that clean power works in a festival setting, cutting down the reliance on diesel generators.

If you work in the arts, renewables or simply care about what comes next, we need you by our side backing this project.

👉 https://crowdfund.edfringe.com/p/venue-13-vegan-food-trailer

03/05/2026

At Venue 13, we are ready to shift the scales at the Fringe and bring renewable energy one step closer to the biggest arts festival in the world!

It's happening! With your help, our crowdfunding campaign will make our hydrogen/solar-powered vegan food trailer pilot a reality, and we will show what a sustainable festival venue could really look like.

Every contribution counts. Tell your friends, collaborate with us, and help us make it happen!
https://crowdfund.edfringe.com/p/venue-13-vegan-food-trailer

02/05/2026

The time for Hydrogen is here!

MIT just cut hydrogen production energy costs by 30%.

The tech is here and finally, the costs are falling. https://news.mit.edu/2026/toward-cheaper-cleaner-hydrogen-production-0403

Venue 13 at the Edinburgh Fringe is already planning a pilot project involving a hydrogen- and solar-powered vegan food trailer.

Crowdfunding to bring renewable energy to the world's biggest arts festival. Your donation will help us get there👇
https://crowdfund.edfringe.com/p/venue-13-vegan-food-trailer

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