The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has announced the continuation of their partnership with the AI research and development company Anthropic, as the Official Education Partner of the Fringe for 2025.

Last year, Anthropic delivered a series of workshops helping artists, media professionals and academics learn how Claude can aid the creative process and heard feedback on AI from the Fringe community.

Anthropic will deliver workshops for Fringe artists designed to help artists explore the potential of AI in their preparations for Fringe 2025, including for tasks such as brainstorming, planning, storyboarding, and more. These sessions will be delivered online via Fringe Connect where Anthropic’s education and creative teams will be on hand to answer questions and explain how to utilise Claude.

The workshops will conclude with a virtual Q&A offering artists the chance to ask the Anthropic team about AI and inviting an honest conversation about the opportunities and challenges of technological transformation for creatives.

Anthropic events for artists

The sessions, for registered Fringe artists, will be run in a variety of formats and cover a range of topics with Anthropic’s education and creative teams.  

For further details on the sessions and to sign up, visit Fringe Connect. 

Tony Lankester, Chief Executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, said: ‘AI is a highly debated topic in society, particularly in the creative sector – and rightly so. Thankfully, highly debated topics are the bread and butter of the Fringe, and I can’t think of a better place for this debate to continue and develop. 

‘We’ve been in ongoing discussions with the Anthropic team over the past year, and we’ve been really impressed with their commitment to collaboratively engage with the creative community, and explore how AI can help and not detract from the creative process.’

Everett Katigbak, brand creative director at Anthropic said: ‘As a musician and documentary filmmaker, I loved meeting like-minded creatives with a curiosity about technology during our Fringe workshops last year. At Anthropic, we believe AI should amplify creative vision, and support the irreplaceable human spark that drives artistic expression. That’s why we're approaching things differently – with a commitment to data privacy for our users, and a focus on listening and learning.

Claude is designed to remove technical barriers and expand possibilities, while keeping artists firmly at the center of the creative process. We're honored to support the Fringe again in 2025, and to convene workshops and conversations that help artists discover new tools as they bring their shows to Edinburgh.’