Help The Pleasance and Everyone we Support

This summer, we should have been welcoming you to the Pleasance. However, for the first time in 36 years, the gates are locked and the Courtyard stands empty.

To make sure the Pleasance and everyone we support can return in 2021, we need your help.

We are not-for-profit charity funded by our ticket sales, receiving no regular government subsidy. By donating the cost of a ticket from this year's festival, you’ll help make sure we can be there in the future.

We pledge that 30% of everything we raise will go directly to emerging theatre-makers and comedians, with a dedicated fund to help debut shows reach Fringe 2021.

The Pleasance Courtyard is our home at the centre of the Fringe. An extraordinary place full of possibilities where artists and audiences thrive in a melting pot of creativity. It's a place for everyone, built by us, but made unforgettable by you.

We want to bring artists back to the stage. We want to ensure the Edinburgh Festival Fringe remains the world’s greatest theatrical showcase and training ground.

Together, we can open the gates again.

Thank you for your support, from everyone at the Pleasance.

Video Credits -

Editor: Hamish Morrow

Music: Daniel T Mays

Footage: Recorded at Pleasance Edinburgh as part of the Pleasance Festival Volunteer Programme by Theo Davies and Barnaby Chadwick.