After nearly eight decades of shaping global performance culture, The Fringe Festival is finally coming to India and is set to take place in Mumbai this March.

What began in 1947 as a rebellious act on the margins of the Edinburgh International Festival has grown into the world’s largest open-access arts movement, spanning more than 300 festivals, including Edinburgh, Prague and Adelaide. It has launched careers, challenged conventions and redefined what live performance can look like. This March, that spirit lands in Mumbai for the very first time.

The Mumbai Fringe Festival will make its India debut from March 10 to March 15, opening at the iconic Tata Theatre in NCPA before unfolding across Bandra’s creative circuit including Khar Comedy Club, 3 Art House and indifferent Gharonda. Over six days and nearly 60 performances, the festival will transform the neighbourhood into a dynamic cultural map where audiences move between venues, discover new voices and experience comedy, theatre, poetry, storytelling and experimental work in its most immediate form.