* 'Taike Dance' to be performed at the Fringe in Edinburgh Oct 30, 2009
Riding on the success of an innovative temple fair dance during the opening ceremony of the Kaohsiung World Games, the Kaohsiung City Government is planning to promote the dance at the renowned Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the biggest arts festival in the world ... The bureau is planning to organize a Taike Dance company, which will train regularly so that it can represent Kaohsiung City at the next Edinburgh Festival Fringe next August, Shih said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
'Modern Moliere' Oct 27, 2009
So when Iannucci was talent-spotted at the Edinburgh Festival and offered a job by Radio Scotland, he abandoned his doctorate. Quickly poached by Radio 4, he first made his mark in 1991 when he assembled a team - including Steve Coogan, Chris Morris and Rebecca Front - to make the spoof news programme On the Hour. (BBC News -- UK)
Highland Festival activities Saturday Oct 17, 2009
She has appeared everywhere from the Edinburgh Festival to the Royal Albert Hall in front of Queen Elizabeth and is known for spicing her performances with fascinating and humorous anecdotes about Scotland's rich musical heritage. Holiday said festival attendees would be able to have people look at their genealogy and see if they have ties to a particular clan. (Murray Ledger & Times, KY)
First trip to China, with an old hand for guidance Oct 16, 2009
Many invitations have been made, including from the Edinburgh Festival. A citizen of Iceland who lives in Switzerland with his musician wife of 48 years, Thorunn, he values the freedom and the responsibility of leading such ''a high-level, friendly and committed'' orchestra. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
read story » Oct 1, 2009
The new show caused an equal sensation at the Edinburgh Festival later that year. Tap Dogs went on to play to packed houses at Sadler s Wells in London; return tours of Australia; a West End engagement, for which Dein won a second Olivier Award in 1996 for his choreography; and an off Broadway, New York season in 1997. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
Global shifts take shape on stage Sep 26, 2009
The opening attraction, as part of the Sydney Festival, is Tom Wright's Optimism, directed by Michael Kantor and starring Frank Woodley, who won the prestige Herald Angel Award when the production toured to the Edinburgh Festival this year. send photos, videos ffs to 0424 SMS SMH (+61 424 767 764), or us. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Framingham drama group asks business' help for Scotland trip Sep 15, 2009
Last spring, the organization was selected for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2010 - it's a three-week arts event that includes 1,800 different performances in July and August each year. Framingham's group will be one of 40 American high schools that perform while attending the festival. (Framingham TAB, MA)
Aussies shine at Edinburgh Sep 6, 2009
Edinburgh Festival Fringe grand dame Karen Koren has a reputation for making Australians famous ... " As well as using Australian acts, Koren also employs a lot of Aussies in her PR team and other areas, who she describes as having "sunshine dispositions" and a "good outlook on life". "The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the biggest arts festival in the world. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Fringe ticket sales break record Sep 1, 2009
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe has broken its own box office records by selling more than 1. 8 million tickets. (BBC News -- UK)
Richard Bacon makes comedy debut Aug 28, 2009
Richard broadcast live from the Edinburgh Festival, where he performed a ten-minute routine to an audience of 400 comedy fans. Story Tools. (BBC News -- UK)
Talking Shop Aug 27, 2009
Speaking from the Edinburgh Festival where he was taking in some shows, McDiarmid chatted about his own school days, taking a break from acting and his career-defining role in Star Wars. You're playing a headmaster in this Radio 4 drama, can you tell us a bit about it. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Soweto choir bids Fringe farewell Aug 24, 2009
The Soweto Gospel Choir first came to the Edinburgh festival in 2003, when they were little-known in the UK.. That first year, appearing at St George's West church, was to help change the fortunes of the choir. (BBC News -- UK)
Festival time Aug 24, 2009
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Wild and wacky at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Aug 15, 2009
48 hours at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe - Europe - msnbc ... 48 hours at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe ... Members of the public watch the Edinburgh Festivals Cavalcade, in Holyrood Park on August 9, in Edinburgh, Scotland. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Pakistani pipe band remain barred from entry to Scotland Aug 14, 2009
"Every year we work closely with organisers of cultural and sporting events, including the Edinburgh Festival, to help ensure that international participants are clear about the UK's visa application process. "We welcome all visitors, including from Pakistan, who can demonstrate that they meet the UK's entry clearance requirements. In 2007-08 we issued over 120,000 visas to Pakistanis. (BBC News -- South Asia)
'Yerufarris?' Aug 14, 2009
Three weeks working at the Edinburgh Festival led to a case of mistaken identity, recalls Laurie Taylor in his weekly column ... That was Ian's strongly expressed advice when he learned that I was to spend three weeks at the 1965 Edinburgh Festival playing a very small part in a very bad play. (BBC News -- UK)
Only kidding Aug 13, 2009
"The perception of children's theatre is more important now. "More people know there is good children's theatre at the Edinburgh festival. " Mr Davies, whose show Giraffes Can't Dance is at The Spaces at the Royal College of Surgeons, said the venues were much better than they used to be and more child-friendly. He said the attitude of children's shows was "more professional" and the expectations of the audience were high. As Pleasance director Anthony Alderson said: "Our latest problem is where... (BBC News -- UK)
Disney sets out to make 'The Passion for kids' Aug 10, 2009
The Edinburgh Festival, which starts on Friday, is at the glorious beating heart of civilisation, says Michael Henderson. most viewed. (Yahoo News -- 'The Passion of the Christ')
Success of abstinence in cutting teen pregnancies is a 'myth' Aug 10, 2009
" In Britain, experts say that the Government missed its target of cutting the under-18 pregnancy rate by 15 per cent from its 1998 level in spite of the 150 million campaign to reduce pregnancies among young girls. It was also likely to miss its target of halving teenage pregnancies by 2010, probably achieving a reduction of about 17 per cent. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1535684/Success-of-abstinence-in-cutting-teen-pregnancies-is-a-myth.html External Links More on Advertisement... (Yahoo News -- Birth Control)
Ticket sales up as Fringe begins Aug 7, 2009
The programme for the 63rd Edinburgh Festival Fringe features almost 19,000 performers, with shows from 60 countries including comedy, music, theatre, musicals, opera and dance. It runs from 7-31 August and includes famous names such as Clive James, Julian Clary, Christopher Biggins and cricketing legend Henry Blofeld. (BBC News -- UK)
Wacky, weird and provocative at Fringe Festival Aug 6, 2009
LONDON - A credit crunch musical, a fat Glaswegian Sikh who cooks and tells anecdotes and a man who washes his audiences feet await visitors to the 63rd Edinburgh Festival Fringe beginning on Friday. The annual three weeks of creative anarchy in the Scottish capital will see more than 2000 comedy, theater, dance, music and other shows compete for attention at the worlds largest open-access arts festival. (MSNBC -- News)
Theatrical Innovations at Fringe Fe... Jul 31, 2009
As the official of the Edinburgh Festival indicates, that act prompted the formation of Fringe societies and fringe festivals across North America and Europe ... In all, 31,320 performances were staged that year, making the Edinburgh festival the largest in the world. (Suite101.com)
Why cinema-goers in Edinburgh will be scratching and sniffing Jul 27, 2009
Page last updated at 13:19 GMT, Sunday, 26 July 2009 14:19 UK. Scratch 'n' sniff Gregory's Girl. (BBC News -- UK)
Mikelangelo And The Black Sea Gentlemen Jul 23, 2009
That potential has taken them to the heights of critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2005, where they garnered a five-star review in The Scotsman, as well as regular appearances elsewhere in the Famous Spiegeltent. The band are packing up their caravan for another national tour this month to play songs from their third album, Dead Men Tell A Thousand Tales, before heading back to Edinburgh and London later in the year. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Comedy Crosses Borders Jul 22, 2009
The companies will announce a roster of new artist signings after the Edinburgh Festival. In a digital world, comedy translates very easily, said Robert Hartmann, Principal, Levity Entertainment Group. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
BIT O' FRINGE JUST BEFORE EDINBURGH Jul 17, 2009
JETTING to Scotland next month for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Better pack some Valium with your NoDoz -- you've got 2,098 shows to choose from, and three weeks to see them. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Gerard's high interview Jul 14, 2009
Gerard, 39, explained in an interview with America's Esquire magazine: "I became quite infamous in Scottish legal circles. It's very difficult to be fired as a trainee lawyer, but they actually fired me one week before I was due to qualify. I should have seen it coming. The Edinburgh Festival was going. I went to see a production of 'Trainspotting'. It was such an incredible atmosphere, and I'm dying inside. This is the life I wanted to live, I was thinking, 'I can do this. I know I can do this.... (iAfrica.com)
Circus guru Jim Rose still has a taste for cutting-edge entertainment Jul 8, 2009
"It's a big freak party and you re all invited! Jim Rose shouted to the audience at Longview s Cadillac Island Casino Friday night. Then he opened his eyes wide, tapped a red cowboy boot to the rock music that coursed through the room and swallowed three razor blades.During the first show of his new tour Friday, Rose shoved a spoon, handle first, up his nose. He laid his face in broken glass and invited a woman from the audience to stand on the back of his head. He lowered a live scorpion into... (Longview Daily News, WA)
Starkweather-Fugate Killing Spree Is Now A Musical On The Canadian Stage Jul 8, 2009
Eight groups, not invited to perform in the larger Edinburgh Festival of the Arts, created makeshift theaters on the outskirts or fringe of the established festival. Soon the Fringe Festival gained a large and loyal following, outstripping the mainstream festival. (Nebraska Statepaper)
Photo Release -- "Secret of Kells" Builds On Edinburgh Festival Win to Set USA Theatrical Launch With Empire Film Group Jul 2, 2009
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Chief to drag singers from pit of despair Jul 1, 2009
The Edinburgh Festival director, Jonathan Mills, said Terracini would bring a breadth of experience to the role, and the company's chief executive, Adrian Collette, praised Terracini for his advocacy of Australian music and talent. "His comprehensive experience will enable him to oversee the artistic future of our company and its personnel with confidence and sensitivity," he said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Tassel hassle May 30, 2009
Writer Laurie Penny performed with a burlesque troop at the 2005 Edinburgh Festival and says a show that started out being about politics, gradually became about stripping. "As we became more successful, greater emphasis was put on the sexual side of our performance," she says. (BBC News -- UK)
Confusion on the road to Damascus May 30, 2009
The award-winning drama, written by Scottish playwright David Greig for the Traverse's Edinburgh Festival program of 2007, was meant to poke fun at the disorientation of the Brit abroad. But some Damascenes in the audience saw it as mocking their culture. (Asia Times Online)
Venice film festival shows the strain May 27, 2009
27 Aug 2008: Take a look at Matthew Bourne's modern-day dance version of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, a sold-out hit at the Edinburgh festival. 12 Sep 2004. (Yahoo News -- Film Awards)
All the suburbs are a stage May 18, 2009
The couple came up with the idea after returning home to Northcote from staging a play at the Edinburgh Festival and travel in China and India. Despite being low on resources, their theatre company has set itself the task of staging new texts and believes it has many more Melbourne stories to tell. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
What makes good art? May 11, 2009
THE SUMMER I was 18, I worked at an exhibition at the Edinburgh Festival. It featured the work of Josef Beuys and other artists from Dusseldorf. (Boston Globe)
In love with the elegance and passion of timeless Cuba May 6, 2009
He has since developed Miami Libre in the US, Hemingway's Havana, for last year's Edinburgh Festival, and Havana Rumba, now playing in London. "All those shows are about Cuba's past and Havana Rumba is about Cuba today, so it's slightly political and a little bit more dangerous," he says. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Don't expect a good night's sleep on this bed of nails May 5, 2009
Both plays had previously been award-winners at the Edinburgh Festival and garnered international acclaim. The dialogue between Bedbound's two characters, a father and daughter mired in squalor, rattles along like a machine gun, bursting forth in unrelenting waves. (Globe and Mail)
Two comics walk into a festival … May 1, 2009
" Gadsby, whose home town of Smithton is best-known for "good dairy farms, potatoes and incest", is readying for the Sydney Comedy Festival next week, and festivals in New Zealand, Ireland and, in August, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Hills, already scouting for acts to support next year, has discovered a new passion. "Every day I'd get the ticket reports for Hannah, Adam and Jessie and I was more excited about Hannah selling out a 60-seat venue than I was about me selling-out a 950-seat venue.... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Rock + Roll Nerd Apr 29, 2009
He is flown to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe by a high-profile producer and given a long season for his show, a big venue, lots of publicity and a shiny white grand piano at which to perform. It's a stunning vault to prominence. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Claim to fame Apr 19, 2009
Frances-White had a hit show at the Edinburgh Festival last year, but she didn't feel this made her a household name. Even so, she went along with the story, and accompanying photo shoot. (The Age, Australia)
Irish comedians have the last laugh Apr 17, 2009
comedy prize (formerly the Perrier), the comedy world's most prestigious award, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August. Dylan Moran was the youngest-ever winner of the same award when he received it in 1996 at age 24. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
That joke isn't funny Apr 6, 2009
So far, there's been little legal drama associated with Melbourne's comedy festival a few stern letters to acts who use the brand inappropriately but two years ago, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe offered legal workshops to comics to help them protect their copyright and avoid contracts that impinge on their legal rights. "People get embarrassed," lawyer Charlotte Harris, who hosted the August 2006 workshops, told The Independent newspaper. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Dodging a bullet: comedian's story of Black Saturday Mar 13, 2009
In the 10 years since he launched himself as a fully-fledged wunderkind at the Edinburgh festival, aged 23, he has refined his knack for waggish garrulousness, turning it into a spellbinding art form. Noble is Mr Ad Lib, the Crown Prince of Improv. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Black Watch play sweeps the board Mar 9, 2009
The play, which was first created for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe three years ago, is based on the personal testimony of a group of soldiers. Latest accolades. (BBC News -- UK)
Macabre royal tale given fado flavour Feb 24, 2009
Scottish composer James MacMillan's lurid English-language version of the tale premiered at the Edinburgh Festival in 1996, and was taken to Portugal by Scottish Opera five years later. Updated to the 60s, this chamber opera invokes a Portuguese kings exhumation of his murdered mistress. (Globe and Mail)
This week: Arts and entertainment picks Feb 23, 2009
Sunday, February 22, 2009. This Oakland-raised pianist took the firm grounding in tradition she got from late beloved mentor Ed Kelly and took it to New York in the late '70s, where she marinated in the vital avant-garde scene there, later embracing Latin Jazz as well. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Island in the mainstream Feb 20, 2009
HUGH HUGHES is something of a theatre celebrity - an "emerging Welsh performance artist" who has starred in several popular productions, won awards at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and received acclaim for his work in cities from New York to Helsinki. The gregarious performer, who likes to mix philosophy and storytelling with multimedia and audience participation in his shows, even has a dedicated fan club on Facebook. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
European Parliament edges closer to musicians copyright extension Feb 14, 2009
Deep Cut, which won two Stage Awards for Acting Excellence at last year s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, is to transfer. Penny Downie and Ellie Kendrick are to appear in Shakespeare Globe Theatre s 2009 season, entitled Young Hearts. (Stage)
Musical Rob Roy dropped, Catwalk in trouble Feb 8, 2009
The musical, an extension of a 90-minute version that played the 2006 Edinburgh Festival, was to be directed by Len Cariou. Based on the exploits of the legendary late 17th- and early 18th-century Scottish hero, it was to star George Masswohl, Stephanie Roth and David Dunbar. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
To expats, laughter can be the best medicine Feb 8, 2009
Top comedians have crashed and burned on stage in Brussels, and not for want of talent: One who tanked appallingly went on two weeks later to win the top comedy award at the Edinburgh festival. People love being in the audience surrounded by the laughter, but it takes practice to respond with the crowd and feel in on the jokes. (International Herald Tribune -- At Home)
