The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Launches
6-30 August 2010
“ I defy you not to have a good time.”
This was the rallying cry from Kath Mainland, the Chief Executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society as she launched the 2010 programme at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre.
The Fringe will roll out 2453 shows to 259 venues (including the famous Edinburgh High Street)across the city, and has unveiled a jam packed programme of comedy, dance, opera, theatre and events and exhibitions.
Popular Festival favourites like Jane Godley, Craig Hill, The Soweto Gospel Choir and Silent Disco are back , as well as challenging works such as Emma Thompson Presents: Fair Trade, and Dyslexia the Musikal. For literature lovers, there will be classic renditions of Animal Farm and Caucasian Chalk Circle to challenge the intellect.
The World Cup comes through as a strong theme with All Over A Football, Bob Doolally’s World Cup Balls and Paul Ricketts- Kiss the Badge, Fly the Flag being just some of the football themed performances.
Promising collaborations include The Girl in the Yellow Dress, which is a co-production between Glasgow’s Citizen’s Theatre and Johannesburg’s Market Theatre, as well as The Lonesome Foxtrot (Nochty/RSAMD) and Do We Look Like Refugees? (Rustaveli Theatre and Tbilisi).
Minister for Culture, Fiona Hyslop, had the following to say: “As the largest Arts Festival in the world, the Fringe is an excellent platform for talented performers and organisations to shine on an international stage.”
The full programme will be available in digital format soon. Why not visit www.edfinge.com for more details.
