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04/08/2008
Edinburgh Fringe Gets Underway
The Edinburgh Fringe Festival - a long-established spin-off from the main event - is getting underway offering a full catalogue of comedy, drama and music over the coming month.
Preview performances for many of the 2,088 shows in the Edinburgh Fringe began at the end of last week.
The Fringe, which runs in 247 venues around the city, officially runs from 4th to 25th August.
Fringe director Jon Morgan said: "We are the biggest open-access cross-artform festival in the world, and every year we have such a great variety of shows from all over the world catering for all age ranges and tastes.
"There are so many great areas of this city, so many fascinating parts."
It is thought that almost 19,000 performers will take to the stage during the Fringe's three-week run.
Mr Morgan said problems with a new box office system "appear to be easing".
Last year 1.7 million tickets were sold at the Fringe.
The Fringe has proved a platform for many leading names in British theatre.
Among the highlights of the Fringe is Jeremy Meadows in 'Lies Have Been Told: An Evening With Robert Maxwell' at the Assembly Rooms.
Another anticipated show is a series of readings by actor Simon Callow from Charles Dickens.
Meanwhile the official Edinburgh International Festival itself has kicked off without any upset, with over £2m worth of tickets sold a week before it started. It runs from the 8th to the 31st August.
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Preview performances for many of the 2,088 shows in the Edinburgh Fringe began at the end of last week.
The Fringe, which runs in 247 venues around the city, officially runs from 4th to 25th August.
Fringe director Jon Morgan said: "We are the biggest open-access cross-artform festival in the world, and every year we have such a great variety of shows from all over the world catering for all age ranges and tastes.
"There are so many great areas of this city, so many fascinating parts."
It is thought that almost 19,000 performers will take to the stage during the Fringe's three-week run.
Mr Morgan said problems with a new box office system "appear to be easing".
Last year 1.7 million tickets were sold at the Fringe.
The Fringe has proved a platform for many leading names in British theatre.
Among the highlights of the Fringe is Jeremy Meadows in 'Lies Have Been Told: An Evening With Robert Maxwell' at the Assembly Rooms.
Another anticipated show is a series of readings by actor Simon Callow from Charles Dickens.
Meanwhile the official Edinburgh International Festival itself has kicked off without any upset, with over £2m worth of tickets sold a week before it started. It runs from the 8th to the 31st August.
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