Download or read book The World s Largest Arts Festival the Edinburgh Festival Fringe written by Xela Ann Pollock Batchelder and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the world's largest arts festival. Its success has inspired imitation and so fringe theatre festivals have proliferated around the world. This dissertation is not a history of the Fringe, but an examination of those structures of the Edinburgh Fringe which have allowed it to continue to grow and succeed. To understand how the Edinburgh Fringe works one must understand that no performer is invited, those performers who come to Edinburgh are not given any financial assistance by the Fringe and the productions are housed in temporary performance spaces. There is no central governing body at the Edinburgh Fringe. The Fringe Society coordinates rather than coerces by providing needed services to performers and venue managers. The importance of these basic structures is often neglected. Both in Edinburgh and beyond three myths exercise as much influence as an understanding of these structures. The term "myth" is used to describe three ideas which are not factually correct, but which serve a useful purpose in promoting fringe theatre in both Edinburgh and beyond. The most important of these myths holds that the Edinburgh Fringe is dominated by new and edgy work. This last myth is so foundational it has come to be incorporated in the very definition of fringe theatre. Each of these myths has had an impact on non Edinburgh Regional Fringes, few of which closely imitate the structure of the Edinburgh Fringe. The most misunderstood and arguably the most important of the structures which have ensured the Edinburgh Fringe's continued successes are the entrepreneurial venues administered by independent venue managers. This dissertation scrutinizes the antipathy some at Edinburgh have for the entrepreneurial venues. It then investigates in some detail the risks and labors undertaken by managers of venues large and small to demonstrate how these venues operate and why the managers take on such a demanding task.
Download or read book Denial Is a Wonderful Thing written by Christina Augello and published by Exit Press. This book was released on 2017-10-11 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One woman, three continents, six decades, and a lusty affair: from Mumbai to the Outback, New York to the Haight, and naive schoolgirl to free spirit, Christina reveals all in this one-woman "talk story." Join her as she relives the highlights and laughs at the mistakes. "Six decades of adventure, discovery and denial in one charming hour....Holding herself with the charm and elegance of a heroine from a classic film noir, Christina Augello shares her life's story" -- Theatre Is Easy (NYC) Awarded Best Storyteller 2017 - United Solo Festival (NYC)
Download or read book Edinburgh s Festivals written by David Pollock and published by Luath Press Ltd. This book was released on 2023-08-04 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In August 1947, an émigré Austrian opera impresario launched the Edinburgh International Festival of Music and Drama to heal the scars of the Second World War through a celebration of the arts. At the same time, a socialist theatre group from Glasgow and other amateur companies protested their exclusion from the festival by performing anyway, inventing the concept of 'fringe' theatre. Now the annual celebration known collectively as the Edinburgh Festival is the largest arts festival in the world, incorporating events dedicated to theatre, film, art, literature, comedy, dance, jazz and even military pageantry. It has launched careers – from Peter Cook and Dudley Moore in Beyond the Fringe to Phoebe Waller-Bridge with Fleabag – mirrored the political and social mood of its times, shaped the city of Edinburgh around it and welcomed a huge all-star cast, including Orson Welles, Grace Kelly, Yehudi Menuhin and Mark E Smith's The Fall and many many more. This is its story.
Download or read book Edinburgh Festival Fringe written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the largest arts festival in the world. We have all the latest news, competitions, advice on getting to the Fringe and finding a place to stay, info on the Fringe organization itself and an extensive archive."--HTML Meta.
Download or read book Last Train to Nibroc written by Arlene Hutton and published by Dramatists Play Service Inc. This book was released on 2000 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE STORY: In December 1940, an east-bound cross-country train carries the bodies of the great American writers Nathanael West and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Also on board is May, who shares her seat with a charming young flyer, Raleigh. Religious and bo
Download or read book Fringe and Fortune written by Wesley Monroe Shrum Jr. and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-03-09 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why does the distinction between high and popular art persist in spite of postmodernist predictions that it should vanish? Departing from the conventional view that such distinctions are class-related, Wesley Shrum concentrates instead on the way individuals form opinions about culture through the mediation of critics. He shows that it is the extent to which critics shape the reception of an art form that determines its place in the cultural hierarchy. Those who patronize "lowbrow" art--stand-up comedy, cabaret, movies, and popular music--do not heed critical opinions nearly as much as do those who patronize "highbrow" art--theater, opera, and classical music. Thus the role of critics is crucial to understanding the nature of cultural hierarchy and its persistence. Shrum supports his argument through an inquiry into the performing arts, focusing on the Edinburgh Fringe, the world's largest and most diverse art festival. Beginning with eighteenth-century London playhouses and print media, where performance art criticism flourished, Shrum examines the triangle of mediation involving critics, spectators, and performers. The Fringe is shown to parallel modern art worlds, where choices proliferate along with the demand for guidance. Using interviews with critics and performers, analysis of audiences, and published reviews as well as dramatic vignettes, Shrum reveals the impact of critics on high art forms and explores the "status bargain" in which consumers are influenced by experts in return for prestige.
Download or read book Maurice s Jubilee written by Nichola McAuliffe and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08-14 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Royal encounter. An enduring love. A bungalow in Penge. For 60 years Helena has been Queen of Maurice's heart. But his Great Love is another Queen. The Queen Helena says he's never met. Maurice's Jubilee, a new play by award winning actress and writer Nichola McAuliffe, is a funny and poignant exploration of one man's enduring commitment to a dream. And an eternal love triangle fallen on hard times...
Download or read book Beyond the Fringe written by Alan Bennett and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1963 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of comic sketches.
Download or read book The Edinburgh Fringe Survival Guide written by Mark Fisher and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-02-16 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Ah! The Fringe! I can't think of a more delightful way of putting my liver, bank account, relationship, complexion, and mental stability under the greatest strain they've ever known!' Mel Giedroyc It is the world's largest arts festival, attracting everyone from student first-timers to Hollywood stars. Thrilling, inspiring and bewildering in equal measure, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe can make you a star or break your bank. So what is the secret of making it work for you? The Edinburgh Fringe Survival Guide draws on the experiences of the festival's leading figures - their disasters as well as their triumphs - to take you step by step through the process of making your show a success in the Scottish capital. From choosing a venue to keeping on top of the budget, from sorting out accommodation to securing the best press coverage, from generating word of mouth to making the most of a hit, this unique practical guide for performers, directors and producers helps you get your show the audience it deserves. Among those sharing their expert advice are playwright Simon Stephens, comedian Phil Nichol, actor Siobhan Redmond, producer Guy Masterson, Tiger Lillies front manMartyn Jacques, theatre critic Lyn Gardner, Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award director Nica Burns, as well as the directors of all the major Fringe venues, top press officers, international promoters and insiders from the Fringe Society itself. The foreword is written by playwright Mark Ravenhill.
Download or read book The Festival Cities of Edinburgh and Adelaide written by Sarah Thomasson and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-08-20 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Festival Cities of Edinburgh and Adelaide examines how these cities’ world-famous arts events have shaped and been shaped by their long-term interaction with their urban environments. While the Edinburgh International Festival and Adelaide Festival are long-established, prestigious events that champion artistic excellence, they are also accompanied by the two largest open-access fringe festivals in the world. It is this simultaneous staging of multiple events within Edinburgh’s Summer Festivals and Adelaide’s Mad March that generates the visibility and festive atmosphere popularly associated with both places. Drawing on perspectives from theatre studies and cultural geography, this book interrogates how the Festival City, as a place myth, has developed in the very different local contexts of Edinburgh and Adelaide, and how it is challenged by groups competing for the right to use and define public space. Each chapter examines a recent performative event in which festival debates and controversies spilled out beyond the festival space to activate the public sphere by intersecting with broader concerns and audiences. This book forges an interdisciplinary, comparative framework for festival studies to interrogate how festivals are embedded in the social and political fabric of cities and to assess the cultural impact of the festivalisation phenomenon.
Download or read book The Story of Edinburgh written by John Peacock and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2017-07-17 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This richly illustrated history explores every aspect of life in Edinburgh. This book covers the history of the city of Edinburgh from the first Mesolithic explorers who camped on the shores of the Forth some 10,000 years ago to the controversies of modern times. Taking a wider perspective it explores the ever-changing world resulting from industrialisation, which brought immigrants, wealth and poverty. Following that, new methods of transport opened up Edinburgh to the wider world. Now, with its historic architecture the city can become a battleground between developers and motorists who want more space in the central areas and conservationists who wish to protect the city's landscape.
Download or read book Fatty Fat Fat written by Katie Greenall and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-17 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever feel like your body takes up too much space in a world that doesn't want to make any room? Katie is fat. Pretty much always been fat, and will be fat forever.FATTY FAT FAT is a funny, frank and provocative solo show about living in a body the world tells you to hate. Leave your diet books at the door.'A funny, tender, poignant and important show which doesn't tie the story up in a neat bow because life isn't about convenient happy endings. Greenall has created a piece of art that will live with you long after you leave the room' Catherine Renton , The Wee Review'Greenall is not just performing a show, she's performing a radical act; one that sticks a middle finger up to society's expectations, puts fat bodies front and centre, and does the 'Cha Cha Slide' while she's at it.' Katharine Gemmell, The List'In today's society, her voice is needed so desperately and I couldn't recommend this piece enough. I laughed throughout but left knowing that things need to change - and that we all need to be part of the solution.'Esme Leitch, Feminist Fringe
Download or read book Edinburgh Festivals written by Angela Bartie and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the 'culture wars' of 1945-1970 and is the first major study of the origins and development of this leading annual arts extravaganza.
Download or read book Edinburgh Travel Guide written by Daniel Windsor and published by Interactive Media Licensing. This book was released on 2023-06-26 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the enchanting city of Edinburgh, a place where history comes alive, creativity flourishes, and natural beauty surrounds you at every turn. It is our great pleasure to introduce you to this captivating destination through this comprehensive travel guide. Edinburgh is a city that effortlessly weaves together the old and the new, blending centuries-old castles and cobblestone streets with a vibrant cultural scene and a dynamic modern atmosphere. It is a city that embraces tradition while embracing innovation, where ancient tales are whispered in the narrow closes and contemporary creativity thrives in its bustling neighborhoods. As you embark on your journey through Edinburgh, you will find yourself transported through time, wandering the historic Royal Mile, exploring the majestic Edinburgh Castle, and delving into the intriguing stories of Scottish royalty and ancient battles. You will be captivated by the grandeur of Holyrood Palace, the Victorian Gothic splendor of the Scott Monument, and the engineering marvel of the Forth Bridge. Beyond its architectural wonders, Edinburgh is a city of festivals, a stage for world-class arts and culture. From the world's largest arts festival, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, to the Edinburgh International Festival, where music, theater, and dance take center stage, this city embraces creativity in all its forms. The streets come alive with performers, the theaters buzz with anticipation, and the air is filled with the electric energy of artistic expression. But Edinburgh is not just a city of history and culture; it is also a gateway to nature's breathtaking beauty. Venture up Arthur's Seat for panoramic views, wander through the lush gardens of the Royal Botanic Garden, or explore the tranquil Water of Leith Walkway. The surrounding landscapes, from the majestic Highlands to the picturesque coastal villages, offer endless opportunities for outdoor adventures and scenic escapes. In this guide, you will find detailed insights into Edinburgh's neighborhoods, historic landmarks, cultural treasures, culinary delights, and much more. We have carefully curated a selection of must-see attractions, hidden gems, and practical tips to ensure that your journey through Edinburgh is both memorable and seamless. Whether you are a first-time visitor or a seasoned traveler returning to this captivating city, we invite you to immerse yourself in the charm, heritage, and vibrant spirit of Edinburgh. Let this guide be your trusted companion as you navigate the winding streets, uncover the city's hidden treasures, and create your own unforgettable experiences in this extraordinary destination.
Download or read book The World in Your Hands Vol 10 written by Marcelo Gameiro and published by Marcelo Gameiro. This book was released on 2024-07-30 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing the ultimate guide to exploring the world, "All Countries of the World". This comprehensive book provides a wealth of information on every country on the planet, covering all aspects of their history, language, food, sports, nature, arts, religion, economy, education, people, culture, music, interesting facts, and geography. Each chapter dives deep into the unique features and characteristics of each country, providing insights into what makes them special and how they contribute to the diversity of our world. Whether you're an avid traveler, a curious learner, or simply someone who wants to expand their knowledge of the world, "All Countries of the World" is the perfect resource for you. With detailed information, this book will take you on a journey across the globe, discovering new and exciting places along the way. To test your comprehension and enhance your learning, multiple choice questions are provided at the end of each country's description, with answers included. Get ready to embark on an adventure like no other with "All Countries of the World" - the ultimate guide to exploring the world's rich and diverse cultures.
Download or read book Black Watch written by Gregory Burke and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2010-10-07 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Viewed through the eyes of those on the ground, Black Watch reveals what it means to be part of the legendary Scottish regiment, what it means to be part of the war on terror and what it means to make the journey home again. This book contains Gregory Burke's award-winning text, with production notes by the director John Tiffany and colour photographs that capture the powerful and inventive use of movement in this visceral, complex and urgent piece of theatre. The National Theatre of Scotland's production of Black Watch opened at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2006 where it won a Herald Angel, a Scotsman Fringe First, a Best Theatre Writing Award from The List, a Stage Award for Best Ensemble, the Critics' Circle Award and the South Bank Show Award for Theatre. In 2007 it began a world tour in Scotland. "Completely brilliant." Daily Telegraph "Black Watch is a glorious piece of theatre, raw, truthful, uncomfortable, political, funny, moving, graceful and dynamic." Scotland on Sunday "A brilliantly realised piece." Evening Standard "A magnificent piece of social and political theatre. A high point not just of the festival but of the theatrical year" Observer
Download or read book The Rough Guide to Edinburgh written by Donald Reid and published by Rough Guides. This book was released on 2002 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pocket handbook to Scotland's capital contains informed accounts of all the city's historic buildings, galleries and attractions from the ancient Castle to the new National Museum of Scotland. The guide includes the pick of the day trips - from Glasgow, Stirling and St Andrews to Highland walks and sandy beaches.
