THE Salisbury Fringe Festival will be taking place this weekend, with shows across the city in clubs, cafes and pubs.

Every event will be free and is the second year that it is taking place after a highly successful inaugural year in 2013.

Rosie Finnegan, who is the co-producer of two of the shows, is excited ahead of the festival which gives the opportunity to play in front of a new audience.

She said: “The Salisbury Fringe Festival is a fantastic platform for new writing and because everything is free it is a great way of trying out new ideas for both audiences and performers.”

The two plays that she has written are called Champagne Charlotte and Muffin Man which have been staged by Nevertheless Productions, who brought the standing-room-only show When She Imagines to the Fringe last year.

She added: “They are two very different plays. Muffin Man is funny and entertaining and will make you laugh out loud.

“Champagne Charlotte is a whole lot grittier and will leave you wanting to ask questions about yourself and your relationships with other people in your life, especially those closest to you.

“We like to give our audiences raw theatre that can be challenging, sometimes unnerving but ultimately entertaining.”

The two plays will be taking place on Sunday at 3pm in The Boston Tea Party.

For more information about the festival, which starts tomorrow at The Chapel, go to salisburyfringe.org.uk.