- Edmonton International Fringe Festival
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festival_name= Edmonton International Fringe Festival
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location=Edmonton ,Alberta Canada Flagicon|CAN
years_active=1982 – present
dates=August 14 ,2008 toAugust 24 ,2008
genre=Fringe Theatre Festival
website= [http://www.fringetheatreadventures.ca/index.php/festival Edmonton International Fringe Festival]The Edmonton Fringe Festival is an annual event held every August in
Edmonton, Alberta in Canada. It was established by directorBrian Paisley in1982 as the first "fringe festival " in North America, on the model of theEdinburgh Fringe Festival . It has since become the largest in North America. The emphasis is ontheatre , but performances can and do feature almost every form ofart andentertainment . The festival itself takes place inOld Strathcona which has a number of permanent theatres (theWalterdale Playhouse , theTransalta Arts Barns , theVarscona Theatre ,Catalyst Theatre , etc.) and a number of other venues (Acacia Hall, King Edward Academy etc.) which are converted into temporary theatres to host events. During the festival, the streets and alleys of the neighborhood are also filled withstreet performers and masked or costumedactor s promoting their plays. Performers such as magician Ron Pearson,Rapid Fire Theatre ,Die-Nasty ,Teatro la Quindicina ,Panties Productions ,Mump and Smoot , The Wombats, Nickoli,Ryan Stock of Insane Entertainment,Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie , andTim Waterson have appeared at the festival regularly. More than 1500 performers take part in the festival each year. In 2006, over 77,000 tickets were sold to indoor shows, and over 500,000 people visited the festival site.It is also known as a pos (professional objectifying session).Unlike the Edinburgh festival, where artists are responsible for finding and running their own venues, the Edmonton Fringe implements a system in which for a relatively low set fee, the festival provides artists with a venue, a set number of performances, two technicians, and front-of-house and ticketing services.
External links
* [http://www.fringetheatreadventures.ca/index.php/festival Edmonton Fringe Theatre Festival]
* [http://www.albertastars.com/galleries/fringe-festival-edmonton-2007 Fringe Festival Edmonton in Pictures]
* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0009161 An article on Canadian fringe theatre festivals from "The Canadian Encyclopedia"]
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