Artist and illustrator Andrea Joseph, a member of High Peak Artists, has been announced as the cover artist for this year’s Buxton Fringe programme.
Her design will now be used as the programme cover artwork for this summer’s event, which runs 8-26 July 2026.
Created in pen and entitled “Show! Here! Today!” it features a bird bringing all kinds of artistic performance to Buxton.
“It is such fun and so unusual, we couldn’t get it out of our minds,” said Fringe marketing officer Stephanie Billen.
“As well as being beautifully executed as one might expect from this professional artist, it captures all the many types of entertainment one might have at the Fringe and the sheer ingenuity of our entrants as they put their shows together, often on a shoestring.
“The fact that it is different from what we have had before also appeals given that we celebrate innovation from our participants.”
Originally from South Wales, Andrea now lives in New Mills.
As well as being an artist, she is a book illustrator and also works with charities as well as running drawing events in the High Peak.
Her playful work combines text with images and is created using pens, coloured pencil, gouache and collage.
She says of her design: “When I decided to enter the Fringe competition I knew immediately that I wanted to do some sort of one man band image.
“I love working in the details so someone who carries all of the equipment to create a show, on their back, really appealed to me – where the bird idea came from I have no idea!”
This year’s Fringe, which is currently open for entires, runs 8-26 July 2026 with the programme due out at the beginning of June.
Acts are listed on the Fringe website and on the free-to-download Fringe app.
More of Andrea’s work can be found on her @aheavysoul Instagram page.
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