Want to grab yourself a bargain? Team up with family or friends and you can make some big savings on tickets at the Fringe.
We know that rising prices are a challenge for everyone right now, so today we wanted to take a look at a great way you can save money by booking tickets together with family or friends to access some pretty decent discounts to some of the biggest shows at this year’s Fringe.
Here is a rundown of some of the deals on offer.
Fringe Fridays
Thank God It’s Friday! Celebrate the end of the week at this brand new event. Fringe Fridays are Ventnor Fringe’s very own mini music festivals. Two full days of live music in our stunning new cliff top venue at Flowersbrook, with a carefully curated line up by Ventnor Exchange.
Headliners are the Mercury Prize Nominated The Big Moon on 22nd July with the epic Goat Girl taking the reigns on the 29th July.
Tickets are £35 or £60 if booking both days together, but team up as a group of 6 and you can get this down to £25pp
Joe Plumb: Born To Be The Weather Wizard
Winner of the Rouse Audience Choice Award in 2021, Joe Plumb is back with an all new show which explores what makes a local celebrity. You can hear him talk more about the show in the ‘How To Fringe’ Podcast.
Tickets are £12 each but go with 3 friends and they cost a very pre-inflation £10!
Paul Zerdin: Hands Free
One of the best known ventriloquists around and winner of America’s Got Talent, Paul Zerdin will be bringing his latest smash-hit show to Ventnor for the first time. Sam, Albert, Baby, Roger the bodyguard and an urban fox have all survived the lockdowns and are back on the stage, so get ready to be involved!
There are various group discounts available on this show which can get you more than 25% off.
The Good Times Show
A massive highlight of 2021 ‘Lets Circus’ follow up last year’s completely sold out run of ‘The Greatest Showpeople’ with ‘The Good Times Show’ which brings together artists from Japan, Australia and the UK in their intimate Big Top, The Magpie.
Unmistakably circus, this comedy driven variety show is a genuine all-ages experience. Expect acrobatics, aerial, comedy, unicycling and a gigantic red balloon! It’s the perfect family treat and a brilliant introduction to the Fringe for those who haven’t been before. Standard tickets are £18 but a group of 6 works out at just over £13 each!
Hotel Paradiso
An irresistibly colourful, loud and fun show for all the family by Lost in Translation, one of the UK’s leading contemporary circus companies and Guinness World Record holders!
With thrillingly spectacular circus skills, physical comedy, theatrical storytelling and slapstick, Hotel Paradiso sees the staff family tackle the scheming banker as he tries to possess the Hotel Paradiso. Full of hijinks and impeccable clowning, Lost in Translation will treat audiences to heart-stopping aerial, stunning floor acrobatics and extraordinary juggling.
Pull together the whole family or a group of mates and save £5 each, enough for a free pre-show drink!
DEAL OF THE FRINGE: The Geneva Convention of Human F**ks
You place your order and sit down in one of the cubicles. The girl you’ve ordered comes over, delivers the coffee and then ducks under the table to get to business.’
Three blokes decide to do an epic grand tour of Europe to sample all the forbidden and exploited delights that the continent has to offer.
Performed entirely by women, The Geneva Convention of Human F**ks follows Liam, Peter and Michael on their travels as they revise what they think is right and wrong, challenge their friendship to breaking point and question their relationship as men to women.
A show created by ‘Yet To Be’ who produce thought provoking, new and original ensemble performance work for theatre.
Head together as a group of 4 and get a massive 58% off by booking the ‘mates rates’ ticket. Bargain!
