Bath Fringe Festival 2008
Friday 23rd May - Sunday 8th June 2008
(or maybe even a bit longer!)
WELCOME TO BATH FRINGE 2008!
Bath Fringe 2008 - the fun starts here!
The Fringe programme is here! Now you can see what all those people have been spending the last months planning, writing, rehearsing (mm, they're probably still doing that). Now it's time to decide what you want to come to! We've got a wider and wilder selection of offers and suggestions than ever before (we always say that, but, thing is, it's always true!) and we reckon you'll find plenty to tickle your fancy. I know I'm not going to be staying in anytime this fortnight. Take the time off! You know you want to!
We're really impressed by the number of new groups coming forward to create events this year (there's been a real surge in interesting Fringe Theatre, for one thing); miraculously, in a year in which the main Fringe organisation has been hit by the financial problems that have beset people doing Arts - and for those relying on council grants - all over the country, the artistic community of Bath has got more active, and we have our usual size festival of around 200 events when everything is counted. In time, we will have various recommendations and star picks up on this site, but for now we'd advise just getting into the sheer breadth of what's available. OK, and catching up on events (Spiegeltent, Kensington Meadows, that might be in danger of selling out if you don't get your skates on down to the Box Office!
Like what you see? Don't like? Like something more?? Get onto our corner of the social networking scene (see Stop Press, right) and tell us (and your mates) all about it!
If you want to know more about the Fringe's Visual Art programme click through to their site here.
Elsewhere on this site you can find out more about being involved in the festival this year or next, or information if you're already doing something; find out more about everything from the history of the festival to getting around Bath; or sign onto our EMailing list for regular updates, including warnings about changed, cancelled or sold-out shows... That's useful!
Bath Fringe lives at admin@bathfringe.co.uk or 103 Walcot Street, Bath, Somerset, England, BA1 5BW.
Bath Fringe is a CoOperative and a Company Limited by Guarantee, registered in England and Wales: company number 2716515. Its registered office is 103 Walcot Street, Bath, Somerset, England, BA1 5BW.
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Pick up a printed programme from May 1st.
Available from Bath Festival Box Office,
(01225 463362), Bath Central Library,
Tourist Information Office, Harvest and beyond...
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Saturday 5 July 2008
STOP PRESS:
Forthcoming Dance / Movement / Physical Theatre pieces
Bath Dance Forum and their various allies have got two exciting pieces coming up to fill that gap between festivals. In a couple of weeks, Internationally acclaimed Italian Dance Company Deja Donne present ‘Windows’, a site specific World Premier for “The Big Dance 2008” in Bath St., central Bath, 5th & 6th July, 7pm., presumably free!
I can hear music, must be myspaced
You can now find what all the bands at the spiegeltent and in the fringe are like (OK all the ones who are on myspace) by going to our myspace page and looking at the top level of the 'blog' thing (it's not a real blog, really). There are of course website links from the listings on this site when people put them in, but they're not all there. Want to know who you should be checkin'? Check now!
www.myspace.com/bathfringe
Fringe goes all 21st Century
If you want to see some great pictures of Fringe 2007 & 2008, look at our flickr page (compiled by moonson.co). Click here - and the associated flickr Group.
If you're on (or are accustomed to read) myspace, facebook, vox, blogger, livejournal, orkut, passado, perfspot or xanga [that's enough websites - ed], we're playing with the blogging & networking thing. Pop by and say hello, there's even some inside information if you want to get ahead with this year's festival... and we chat back! Search 'bathfringe' on any one of those and you should find us...
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