Welcome to the Quaker Meeting House, Fringe Venue 40. Quakers from South East Scotland and beyond have run Venue 40 as part of our community involvement since 1989, providing food for the mind, body and spirit. All profits from the theatre go to charity.
Welcome to the Quaker Meeting House, Fringe Venue 40. Quakers from South East Scotland and beyond have run Venue 40 as part of our community involvement since 1989, providing food for the mind, body and spirit. All profits from the theatre go to charity.
2021
The Quaker Meeting House in Edinburgh, usually transformed into Fringe Venue 40 every August, will not be operating as a venue for live performances this year due to ongoing uncertainty about what Covid-19 restrictions may still be in place. The Fringe was cancelled for the first time in 2020, and although it is likely that some events will take place this year, it is thought that the prospects for small, indoor, seated venues are not good.
Dear Friends,
To all our companies who were planning to join us for Fringe 2020: thank you for your patience, and we hope you are all keeping well and safe. We have been thinking about the way forward from here, and would like to update you.
For the 31st year, Quakers will turn the Edinburgh Quaker Meeting House in Victoria Terrace into Fringe Venue 40, offering shows, workshops and a café, and raising money for charity.
Venue manager Sue Proudlove says “we try to offer a programme that springs from our Quaker values of peace, sustainability, truth and equality, but which also reflects our sense of fun”.
During the Festival Fringe, silence-based Meetings for Worship take place in our Meeting Room on the top floor at the following times:
All are welcome to join us at any of these Meetings for Worship.
