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Reading Fringe Festival banner AFTER breaking records and going global in its last two years Reading Fringe Festival will be taking a pause in 2021 as it plans for its tenth anniversary and beyond. Created in 2012 with the first festival taking place the following year, the July festival has quickly established itself as a fixture in both the Reading cultural calendar and the national fringe festival programme. In particular it has grown rapidly in recent years. Last year saw Reading Fringe Digital reach more than 13,000 households online, across six continents. This year the Fringe team has decided that rather than run its usual line-up of some 100 events covering cabaret, comedy, dance, drama, music, spoken word and more, they will instead take time out to plan its future and explore options that will allow the festival to come back better than ever in 2022.
Others questioned why the scheme was returning and urged people to follow the rules.
Tom Collins said: What s the point of clapping? Are we congratulating ourselves on flouting the rules, or the fact we re so entitled we can t take simple direction? It was cute the first time, now let s just do our part and stay inside. I m sure they d appreciate that much more.
Steph Weller said: Nope, just another social media look how amazing I am by clapping on my street , and then not going by lockdown rules. The NHS staff are exhausted and the NHS is at breaking point. They d appreciate it more if we just follow the simple rules and stop being selfish.