Three Bugs Fringe Theatre
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Three Bugs Fringe Theatre (or 3BUGS) is a society of the University of Birmingham Guild of Students. Set up in 2003 by Stephen Makin and Michael Wood, its primary purpose is to allow University of Birmingham Students to take productions to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe each summer.
[edit] Past Productions at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
In 2003 Three Bugs production of Skin written and directed by Michael Wood and Stephen Makin took place at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In 2004, a three star production of David Adey's original piece Laius took place at the Fringe, as well as Makin's second project. Stephen Berkoff's Metamorphosis was performed outside on scaffolding at the new Greenside venue, receiving a four star review from the Fringe dedicated magazine Three Weeks. In a first for the society, it also toured Britain, stopping at The University of Birmingham Guild of Students, the Crescent Theatre in Birmingham as part of the Birmingham Festival, and the cornerHOUSE in Surbiton, Surrey. By 2005, Three Bugs had four shows at the Festival. Kitty MacDonald wrote and directed Neverland, a musical based upon Peter Pan, to a four star review. C venues hosted Sam Luck's production of the Dario Fo play "Accidental Death of an Anarchist" (three stars, Three Weeks). In a directorial debut, Alex Kentish directed Charlotte Keatley's My Mother Said I Never Should receiving three stars from Three Weeks. In the company's second tour, Alex Freeman and Becky Sandy took Five Kinds of Silence to Birmingham, Sunderland and the Greenside venue in Edinburgh, receiving three stars in two different publications. In 2006 Three Bugs performed "Grimms Tales" by Carol Anne Duffy at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, with a cast of talented young University of Birmingham actors, including Pamela Lingham.
