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Books LLC : Edinburgh Comedy Festival: Paul Merton, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Joan Rivers, Clive James, Michael Mcintyre, Jerry Sadowitz, Dylan Moran
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Author: Books LLC
Title: Edinburgh Comedy Festival: Paul Merton, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Joan Rivers, Clive James, Michael Mcintyre, Jerry Sadowitz, Dylan Moran
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Published in: English
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 114
Date: 2010-09-15
ISBN: 1155527909
Publisher: Books LLC
Weight: 0.4 pounds
Size: 5.83 x 8.9 x 0.47 inches
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Chapters: Paul Merton, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Joan Rivers, Clive James, Michael Mcintyre, Jerry Sadowitz, Dylan Moran, Roy Walker, Omid Djalili, Pleasance, John Hegley, Underbelly Limited, Rhona Cameron, Jim Jeffries, Craig Hill, the Gilded Balloon. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 113. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Edinburgh Festival Fringe (The Fringe) is the worlds largest arts festival. Established in 1947 as an alternative to the Edinburgh International Festival, it takes place in Scotland's capital during three weeks every August alongside several other arts and cultural festivals, collectively known as the Edinburgh Festival, of which the Fringe is by far the largest. The Fringe mostly attracts events from the performing arts, particularly theatre and (the big growth area in recent years) comedy, although dance and music also figure significantly: in 2009 35% of shows were comedy and 28% were theatre. Theatre events can range from the classics of ancient Greece, William Shakespeare and Samuel Beckett, through to new works, and in 2009 37% of shows were world premieres. However, there is no selection committee to approve the entries it is an unjuried festival so any type of event is possible: the Fringe often showcases experimental works which might not be admitted to a more formal festival. In addition to ticketed events (included in the programme), there is an ongoing street fair, particularly on the Royal Mile. The organisers are the Festival Fringe Society: they publish the programme, sell tickets and offer advice to performers from the Fringe office on the Royal Mile. By way of scale, Fringe 2009 sold 1,859,235 tickets for 34,265 performances of 2,098 shows in 265 venues, over 25 days, for an average of over 74,000 admissions and 1,300 performances per day. Th...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=391974
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