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If you have a show or event you want to promote you can now submit news or reviews in a box on the front page of the London Fringe site. Whether we post it on the front page will be subject to editorial decisions [no link] London Fringe Club every Tuesday at the Phoenix Artists Bar, Soho, 6.30 - 8.30 pm [link] The London Fringe is for all artists and performers. It's useful if artists and performers can e-mail each other directly with news about projects and events they may have. We've started the London Fringe google group [link] It's for all to use, so if, for example, you are a performer and need a photographer or you are an actor and need a writer for an idea you want to develop, you can use this group to get in touch with them. Or, you might just want to cast for an upcoming play. You will need to be a member before you can e-mail other members. Click to join the groupThe London Fringe Radio Show on Resonance FM 104.4, begins Friday 17th September, weekly at 10 pm [link] We're looking for content. If you have something you want mentioned on radio please get in touchInteresting review about the Edfringe here [link] Shows finishing in Edinburgh can continue their run in the London Fringe. We don't stop. Here's how [link] The London Fringe site is getting 9,693 'monthly people'.BBC London News covers the London Festival Fringe 2010 – Thu, 26 Aug, on iPlayer for a week, starts at 18.44s [link] Programme not available now. BBC says "You can watch or listen to the vast majority of programmes via the Programmes website within 7 days of their broadcast on BBC TV or Radio. Unfortunately, certain programming, is subject to rights restrictions." hereLondon is the art capital of the world. It has the best and attracts the best international artists and performers [link] To celebrate this and to offer recognition to artists and performers living in and/or working in the capital we present the London Awards for Art and Performance. The Award competitions for this year are coming to a close. All winners announced so far, and a few still to be decided by judges, will be given a trophy as recognition at the London Awards Ceremony this coming Thursday at the Waldorf Hilton Hotel in the Aldwych in central London. The New Poetry Award and the Theatre Writing Award have substantial cash prizes attached, thanks to sponsors Cegin and Performance Initiative.Art and performance events need promotion to get an audience. The London Fringe website has been designed to do just that. All year round [no link] All events that have a London venue or are at a specific site are listed on the front page. And if these events have promotional material such as photographs/flyers they are featured on the front page. We're getting 12,000 page views and 2,500 people visits each week on average to the website and are ranked 2,713 in the UK.Votes are coming in for the London Best Play and the London New Music Awards for 2010 [no link] To be fair to everyone, we can only count votes that have been confirmed by clicking on a link in an e-mail that is sent to you. This is to ensure that fictitious e-mail addresses are not used.Confirmation e-mails are sent out automatically after the vote is submitted on the award page. If you don't see it please check your spam folder. Confirmation e-mails are sent out automatically soon after you fill in the form. If you don't see it please check your spam folder. I'm afraid that, to be fair to everyone, we can only count votes that have been confirmed. This is to ensure that fictitious e-mail addresses are not used. 1st cut video of the Jazz and New Poetry Award night, with presenter Derval Mellett, dir Simon Hipkins [link] The winners of the Jazz Awards and the winner of the New Poetry Award will be at the party tomorrow night at the Pizza Express [no link] Shortlists are here: Jazz Awards, New Poetry AwardTune in to a weekly Sunday evening London Fringe hour-long show on Resonance FM 104.4 beginning middle of September [no link] We'll be looking for content for the program so if you have ideas/stories/music/comedy etc. that you would like to put on radio, please come along to our weekly London Fringe Club nights at the Phoenix, Soho. Can't guarantee anything, though. The show will be hosted by Patrick Lyons. We're now accepting shows for the next six months to the end of February. If you submit a show you can add events on site till then. There are already 15 events in September [link] Review in Don't Panic magazine of the Festival Fringe: "For 60 years tradition has enabled Edinburgh to be hailed as the top place to see new and up-coming talent each summer. Now some brave individuals have finally realised the potential London has to rival Edinburgh’s fringe crown with the launch of the London Fringe Festival over the month of August." ... [link] Cat Dal presenting the London New Comedy Award 2010 [link] Festival programme available for download and printing .. [link] London Festival Fringe video promo with Katya Ozois on site [link] A great Fringe venue, the Cock Tavern in Kilburn, is looking for shows to put on during the Festival. Sunday and Monday evenings. Please get in touch with Sam James at the theatre [link] London Festival Fringe Radio Show with Patrick Lyons presenting on Resonance FM 104.4. Click for mp3 [link] London Awards Trophy in dark walnut .. in Simon Kidd's workshop .. a work in progress .. [no link]  The London Fringe Press Office during the Festival will be at the Phoenix Artists Bar aka FringeCentral - open from 5 PM each day. It's for artists, performers and arts business people to meet each other and network [link] Photos from the London Fringe radio show on Resonance 104.4 FM with presenter Patrick Lyons on site [link] London Fringe discussed on Resonance 104.4 FM radio tomorrow evening, 8 to 9 pm. Presented by Patrick Lyons and featuring music by Byron Biroli, Solid Air, Orzak Star [link] London Photography Award 2010 entries are here [link] Photos from the Press Launch by Robert Piwko now on site [link] The London Festival Fringe in August is an opportunity for artists, performers and arts business people living in and visiting London to make contacts, develop ideas and do business with each other. We've set up two central London professional hubs for everyone in the world of art and entertainment to come together [link] London Fringe Club is now every Tuesday evening at the Phoenix Artists Bar, Soho. Please come along [link] Fabulous video on the launch produced by Lee Neville and presented by Brooke Burfitt [link] We've got a special offer from The Stage for London Fringe performances this year. Book a full colour ad in the newspaper and online [no link] From the stage >>>This year The Stage Newspaper is able to offer an unprecedented advertising opportunity to all those venues and production companies who are taking part in the London Fringe Festival. If you are looking for alternative ways to market your show and reach a core industry audience during the 2010 Festival the look no further than The Stage Newspaper Classified Feature. Unlike regular advertising the space is sold in boxes, 40mm in length by 38mm wide in FULL COLOUR. The copy featured in the ad will also appear for 1 week ON-LINE with live links to your website and/or Box Office. Multiple bookings can be taken to form a larger ad, allowing more text and better photographic reproduction. We can also set each ad for you using an image of your choosing FREE OF CHARGE. Normally this kind of ad would feature in the from of the paper where the equivalent size would cost £62.40 & VAT (not including an online listing) These ads are only £30 each & VAT and include a Text Listing online. The Stage has a readership of approx 46,000 and approx 424,500 online Unique Users per month. If you wish to book an ad please call 020 7939 8473 between Monday and Wednesday. Press Accreditation now open for the London Fringe this year [link] Comedians Eric Lampaert and Joel Dommett to compere the Press Launch performances [link] How to sell your tickets at the London Fringe [link] London Fringe Club tonight at the Phoenix Artists Bar, Soho, from 6:30 PM. Every week from now [link] Reviews for shows now go out every Monday. If you want your show reviewed here's how to do it. If you want to be a reviewer please let us know [link] London Awards for Art and Performance 2010 kindly supported by the Waldorf Hilton Hotel, Aldwych, WC2, who will host the ceremony on August 26 in the Palm Court Room [link] 99 London Festival Fringe Events in August, 7 London Fringe events in September, and more to come [link] We've got a London Fringe radio show on Resonance FM at 8 PM on Friday, July 16. If you're in the Fringe and want to be part of the show please come along to one of our club nights, next one tomorrow evening at the Phoenix Artists Bar, click for map [link] Just reached 600 members on our London Fringe Facebook group page. Click here [link] Press Launch Invitation: Come Together, Right Now .. The London Fringe and London Awards 2010, Aug 2 - 27 [link] London Fringe Club now on every Tuesday evening at the Phoenix Artists Bar. Plenty of time to put on events. Come along for contacts, information and other usefulness [link] You are invited to our Press Launch and Fundraiser on Tuesday, July 6, at the Actor's Church in Covent Garden from 6 - 8pm. London Fringe Club after. Click for Facebook event page [link] http://www.londonfestivalfringe.com/general/reviews/ You can request your show/event to be reviewed. We have 4 reviewers (we are looking for more) who will get review requests weekly from next week. Click for how to do it [link] You can promote your show and events using twitter and any of these: 'londonfestival' or '@londonfestival' or '#londonfestival' in your tweets. If you do, your tweet will get picked up and put on the front page where it gets read by a lot of people. We've had 116 visitors so far today [no link] <b>Jennifer Hall, who hosts the London Fringe Club nights with a whole lot of style and charm, is up for a part in Neighbours! </b>This is the big break. Please vote for her. Voting closes at 23.59 on Sunday 27 June 2010. <a href="http://holysoap.five.tv/neighbours/extras/finalist-jennifer-hall-7796">http://holysoap.five.tv/neighbours/extras/finalist-jennifer-hall-7796</a><br> <br> Next <a href="http://www.londonfestivalfringe.com/promos/fringeclub.php">London Fringe Club</a> is tomorrow Tuesday, June 22. <b><br> <br> <br> Great new London Fringe promo produced by Tamsin Curno and Lee Neville on the front page: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li83ylu1Gv8" id="f.n5" title="Hot! Hot! Hot!">Hot! Hot! Hot!</a> </b>Thank you to Tamsin and Lee, Amy, Daniel, Brenda, Matt, Fleur and particularly James who we see a lot of, all for being so cool in a hot video.<br> <b><br> <br> We need you at our Press Launch and Fundraiser on Tuesday, July 6, at the Actor's Church in Covent Garden from 6 - 8pm.<br> <br> </b>It's a great venue in the middle of London with a beautiful garden and a wonderful church. Ideal for launching the London Festival Fringe & London Awards for Art and Performance 2010. There'll be a paying bar in the church and all money raised will go towards the Festival in August. Venue: The Actor's Church, also known as St Paul's Church, Bedford Street, London WC2E 9ED<br> <br> Here's the Facebook event page. Please come along. It will be fun: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=126522090717979" id="dg.q" title="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=126522090717979">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=126522090717979</a><br> <br> The London Fringe Club will follow after the Press Launch in the Phoenix Artists Bar.<br> <br> <br> <b>You can promote your show and events using twitter and any of these: 'londonfestival' or '@londonfestival' or '#londonfestival'</b>. If you do, your tweets will get picked up and put on the front page where it gets read by a lot of people. Which brings us nicely too ..<br> <br> <br> <b>We now have a counter at the bottom of each page of the website so you can see how many visitors we are getting whenever you like.</b> The counter started around August/September last year, and at this moment we have had 18,448 visitors. Thank you. <br> <br> <br> <b>Free shows attract an audience. You will see free shows appearing in the event listing on the front page. </b>If you have entered 'free' against your event, it will be shown as such on the front page.<br> <br> <br> <b>Reviews: If you are an artist/performer you know reviews are good to get. </b>They provide valuable feedback and the copy is useful to promote your shows. We have a simple system for requesting reviews. <a href="http://www.londonfestivalfringe.com/general/reviews/" id="dc1u" title="Here it is">Here it is</a>. Review requests will start going out weekly-ish from next week.<br> <br> We are looking for additional reviewers so If you would like to be a reviewer please come along to our London Fringe Club. We need to meet you first.<br> <br> <b><br> Late night slots from 10:30 pm available at the Phoenix Artists Bar, Soho</b> - Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays in August. Would suit stand-up, sketches, light music. <a href="http://www.londonfestivalfringe.com/venues/details/?id=136" id="q54r" title="Click for venue">Click for venue</a>. Also, these slots are available at the venue:<br> <b><br> </b> <table style="border: medium none;" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: transparent; border: 1pt solid black; width: 92.4pt;" valign="top" width="123"> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><font face="Calibri">Date</font></b></div> </td> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black black black rgb(240, 240, 240); border-style: solid solid solid none; border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; width: 92.4pt;" valign="top" width="123"> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><font face="Calibri">Early: 6-8</font></b></div> </td> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black black black rgb(240, 240, 240); border-style: solid solid solid none; border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; width: 92.4pt;" valign="top" width="123"> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><font face="Calibri">Late: 8.30-10.30</font></b></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: transparent; 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The bar will be open early from 4 PM each day during the Festival and stay open until late. <br> <br> We need your help on voting in two of the London Awards 2010, the Best Play Award and New Music Award. Here they are: <br> <br> <a href="http://www.londonfestivalfringe.com/general/awards/bestplay/">http://www.londonfestivalfringe.com/general/awards/bestplay/</a><br> <br> <a href="http://londonfestivalfringe.com/general/awards/newmusicaward">http://londonfestivalfringe.com/general/awards/newmusicaward</a><br> <br> <br> Thank you for reading this,<br> Greg<br> <br> <a href="http://www.londonfestivalfringe.com/" id="q.8r" title="www.londonfestivalfringe.com">www.londonfestivalfringe.com</a><br> <br> <br> If you wish not to receive newsletters any more please reply to this e-mail with 'unsubscribe' as the subject.<br> <br> <font size="4"><b><br> </b></font><b><br> </b><font size="4"><b>Current shows, in most recent order:</b></font><b><br> </b><br> <br> <table class="zeroBorder" width="100%" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Danny and The Deep Blue Sea</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%">Email</td> <td width="80%"><a href="mailto:supatez@hotmail.com" target="_blank">supatez@hotmail.com</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Name</td> <td>Amy Tez</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Company name</td> <td>Caravanserai Productions</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Show/event title</td> <td>Danny and The Deep Blue Sea</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Number of people</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Website</td> <td>http://</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Genre</td> <td>,,,,theatre,,,,,,,,,,,,</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">One-liner</td> <td valign="top">Danny and The Deep Blue Sea is a ripping drama that will keep the audience on the edge of its seat from start to finish. A genuinley electricifying and touching show with no gimicks, just two raw actors braving their emotional limits.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <p> </p> </td> <td valign="top"><b><a href="http://www.londonfestivalfringe.com/submissions/view/?id=347" target="_blank">view full profile</a></b></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <hr size="1"> <table class="zeroBorder" width="100%" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Jazz Awards 2010 Musicians Gig</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%">Email</td> <td width="80%"><a href="mailto:greg.tallent.helptheworld@gmail.com" target="_blank">greg.tallent.helptheworld@gmail.com</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Name</td> <td><br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Company name</td> <td><br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Show/event title</td> <td>Jazz Awards 2010 Musicians Gig</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Number of people</td> <td><br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Website</td> <td>http://</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Genre</td> <td>,,music,,,,,,,,,,,,,,</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">One-liner</td> <td valign="top"><br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <p> </p> </td> <td valign="top"><b><a href="http://www.londonfestivalfringe.com/submissions/view/?id=333" target="_blank">view full profile</a></b></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <hr size="1"> <table class="zeroBorder" width="100%" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>American Bytes Back</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%">Email</td> <td width="80%"><a href="mailto:pravmj@mac.com" target="_blank">pravmj@mac.com</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Name</td> <td>Prav Menon-Johansson</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Company name</td> <td>Liminal Space Productions</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Show/event title</td> <td>American Bytes Back</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Number of people</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Website</td> <td><a href="http://www.pravmjdirect.com/" target="_blank">http://www.pravmjdirect.com</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Genre</td> <td>,,,,theatre,,,,,,,,,,,,</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">One-liner</td> <td valign="top"><br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <p> </p> </td> <td valign="top"><b><a href="http://www.londonfestivalfringe.com/submissions/view/?id=321" target="_blank">view full profile</a></b></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <hr size="1"> <table class="zeroBorder" width="100%" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Horseplay Arts Club</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%">Email</td> <td width="80%"><a href="mailto:robert.a.drummer@googlemail.com" target="_blank">robert.a.drummer@googlemail.com</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Name</td> <td>Rob Drummer</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Company name</td> <td>Horseplay Arts Club (Spirit of the London Fringe)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Show/event title</td> <td>Horseplay Arts Club</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Number of people</td> <td><br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Website</td> <td><a href="http://www.horseplayartsclub.com/" target="_blank">http://www.horseplayartsclub.com</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Genre</td> <td>comedy,film,music,art,theatre,,dance/physical theatre,nightlife,,spoken word,,,cabaret/burlesque,,street shows,promoter/manager,</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">One-liner</td> <td valign="top">Horseplay Arts Club, Promoting the Spirit of the London Fringe</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <p> </p> </td> <td valign="top"><b><a href="http://www.londonfestivalfringe.com/submissions/view/?id=300" target="_blank">view full profile</a></b></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <hr size="1"> <table class="zeroBorder" width="100%" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Scenes from the City</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%">Email</td> <td width="80%"><a href="mailto:vicky@brokenglassplay.co.uk" target="_blank">vicky@brokenglassplay.co.uk</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Name</td> <td>Vicky Flood and Ben Lambert</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Company name</td> <td>Broken Glass: Scenes from the City</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Show/event title</td> <td>Scenes from the City</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Number of people</td> <td>12</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Website</td> <td><a href="http://www.brokenglassplay.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.brokenglassplay.co.uk</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Genre</td> <td>,,,art,theatre,literature,,,,,,,,,,,</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">One-liner</td> <td valign="top">Scenes from the City: Nolias Bankside Gallery, 5th-9th August 2010</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <p> </p> </td> <td valign="top"><b><a href="http://www.londonfestivalfringe.com/submissions/view/?id=264" target="_blank">view full profile</a></b></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <hr size="1"> <table class="zeroBorder" width="100%" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>The Philanderer</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%">Email</td> <td width="80%"><a href="mailto:d.hutchinson@live.co.uk" target="_blank">d.hutchinson@live.co.uk</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Name</td> <td><br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Company name</td> <td>Sell a Door Theatre Company</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Show/event title</td> <td>The Philanderer</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Number of people</td> <td>8</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Website</td> <td><a href="http://www.selladoor.com/" target="_blank">http://www.selladoor.com</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Genre</td> <td>comedy,,,,theatre,,,,,,,,,,,,</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">One-liner</td> <td valign="top">The Philanderer,' Shaw's devilishly comic play introduces Leonard Charteris, a man committed to remaining unattached. He is a philosophizing philanderer who believes that only conventional people marry. Outrageous comedy.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <p> </p> </td> <td valign="top"><b><a href="http://www.londonfestivalfringe.com/submissions/view/?id=262" target="_blank">view full profile</a></b></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <hr size="1"> <table class="zeroBorder" width="100%" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Next Thing You Know</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%">Email</td> <td width="80%"><a href="mailto:d.hutchinson@live.co.uk" target="_blank">d.hutchinson@live.co.uk</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Name</td> <td>David Hutchinson</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Company name</td> <td>Sell a Door Theatre Company</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Show/event title</td> <td>Next Thing You Know</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Number of people</td> <td>4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Website</td> <td><a href="http://www.selladoor.com/" target="_blank">http://www.selladoor.com</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Genre</td> <td>comedy,,,,theatre,,,,musicals/opera,,,,,,,,</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">One-liner</td> <td valign="top">Real life comes fast. One day you wake up, and instead of a hangover, you have a job. Instead of a fling, you have a live-in girlfriend. And instead of naive dreams, you only have reality. The UK premiere of </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <p> </p> </td> <td valign="top"><b><a href="http://www.londonfestivalfringe.com/submissions/view/?id=261" target="_blank">view full profile</a></b></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <hr size="1"> <table class="zeroBorder" width="100%" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Where the Solitary Eagle Flies</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%">Email</td> <td width="80%"><a href="mailto:d.hutchinson@live.co.uk" target="_blank">d.hutchinson@live.co.uk</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Name</td> <td>David Hutchinson</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Company name</td> <td>Sell a Door Theatre Company</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Show/event title</td> <td>Where the Solitary Eagle Flies</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Number of people</td> <td>5</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Website</td> <td><a href="http://www.selladoor.com/" target="_blank">http://www.selladoor.com</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Genre</td> <td>,,,,theatre,,dance/physical theatre,,,,,,,,,,</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">One-liner</td> <td valign="top">Multi award winning Sell a Door Theatre Company present this powerful drama of forbidden love and broken family. </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <p> </p> </td> <td valign="top"><b><a href="http://www.londonfestivalfringe.com/submissions/view/?id=260" target="_blank">view full profile</a></b></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <hr size="1"> <table class="zeroBorder" width="100%" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Our House</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%">Email</td> <td width="80%"><a href="mailto:katscratch@hotmail.co.uk" target="_blank">katscratch@hotmail.co.uk</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Name</td> <td>Kathryn Rogers</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Company name</td> <td>KatAlyst Productions</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Show/event title</td> <td>Our House</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Number of people</td> <td>30</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Website</td> <td><a href="http://katalystproductions.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://katalystproductions.org.uk</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Genre</td> <td>,,,,theatre,,dance/physical theatre,,musicals/opera,,,,,,,,</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">One-liner</td> <td valign="top">Our House features more than 15 Madness hits including My Girl, Wings of a Dove, Baggy Trousers, House of Fun, Driving in My Car and of course, the all-time joyous classic It Must Be Love, and is a show with great music and fantastic dance numbers</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <p> </p> </td> <td valign="top"><b><a href="http://www.londonfestivalfringe.com/submissions/view/?id=241" target="_blank">view full profile</a></b></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <hr size="1"> <table class="zeroBorder" width="100%" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>The SHAFTAs</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%">Email</td> <td width="80%"><a href="mailto:pianoforte98@hotmail.com" target="_blank">pianoforte98@hotmail.com</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Name</td> <td>Wendy Thomson</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Company name</td> <td>The Reading Berks</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Show/event title</td> <td>The SHAFTAs</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Number of people</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Website</td> <td><a href="http://www.thereadingberks.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.thereadingberks.co.uk</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Genre</td> <td>comedy,,music,,theatre,,,,,,,,,,,,</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">One-liner</td> <td valign="top">Comedy sketch show with singing and sillyness - with gentle teasing to aggressive fondling of celebrities and award shows. August 18th to 21st. 8.30pm.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <p> </p> </td> <td valign="top"><b><a href="http://www.londonfestivalfringe.com/submissions/view/?id=229" target="_blank">view full profile</a></b></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <hr size="1"> <table class="zeroBorder" width="100%" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <h3><b>THE RRRANTS/BARDAID Ranting Festival</b></h3> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%">Email</td> <td width="80%"><a href="mailto:ian.newman@rrrants.com" target="_blank">ian.newman@rrrants.com</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Name</td> <td>Ian Newman</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Company name</td> <td>Rhythmical Ravings & Rants</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Show/event title</td> <td> <h3>THE RRRANTS/BARDAID Ranting Festival</h3> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Number of people</td> <td>12</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Website</td> <td><a href="http://www.rrrants.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.rrrants.co.uk</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Genre</td> <td>comedy,film,music,,theatre,literature,,,,spoken word,workshop,,,,,,</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">One-liner</td> <td valign="top">The RRRANTS collective presents Poetry, Comedy and Song from famous & upcoming performers in 6 unique events over 4 days! Drawn from a cache of sixty members, each RRRants events will feature a random mix of spoken word, music and outrageous comedy.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <p> </p> </td> <td valign="top"><b><a href="http://www.londonfestivalfringe.com/submissions/view/?id=198" target="_blank">view full profile</a></b></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <hr size="1"> <table class="zeroBorder" width="100%" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Funny Women Awards 2010</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%">Email</td> <td width="80%"><a href="mailto:lynne@funnywomen.com" target="_blank">lynne@funnywomen.com</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Name</td> <td>Lynne Parker</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Company name</td> <td>Funny Women</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Show/event title</td> <td>Funny Women Awards 2010</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Number of people</td> <td>10</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Website</td> <td><a href="http://www.funnywomen.com/" target="_blank">http://www.funnywomen.com</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Genre</td> <td>comedy,,,,,,,,,,workshop,,,,,,</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">One-liner</td> <td valign="top">Annual national competition to find the UK's newest female comedy talent</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <p> </p> </td> <td valign="top"><b><a href="http://www.londonfestivalfringe.com/submissions/view/?id=186" target="_blank">view full profile</a></b></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <hr size="1"> <table class="zeroBorder" width="100%" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Scrubbers</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%">Email</td> <td width="80%"><a href="mailto:dianelefley@yahoo.com" target="_blank">dianelefley@yahoo.com</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Name</td> <td>Diane Lefley</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Company name</td> <td>Femme Fatale Theatre Company</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Show/event title</td> <td>Scrubbers</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Number of people</td> <td>5</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Website</td> <td><a href="http://www.femmefataletheatrecompany.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.femmefataletheatrecompany.co.uk</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Genre</td> <td>,,,,theatre,,,,,,,,,,,,</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">One-liner</td> <td valign="top">A heartwarming and poignant story, with music and fun</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <p> </p> </td> <td valign="top"><b><a href="http://www.londonfestivalfringe.com/submissions/view/?id=184" target="_blank">view full profile</a></b></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <hr size="1"> <table class="zeroBorder" width="100%" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>London Festival Fringe 2010</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%">Email</td> <td width="80%"><a href="mailto:greg@londonfestivalfringe.com" target="_blank">greg@londonfestivalfringe.com</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Name</td> <td>Greg Tallent</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Company name</td> <td>London Festival Fringe 2010</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Show/event title</td> <td>London Festival Fringe 2010</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Number of people</td> <td><br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Website</td> <td><a href="http://www.londonfestivalfringe.com/" target="_blank">http://www.londonfestivalfringe.com</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Genre</td> <td>comedy,film,music,art,theatre,literature,dance/physical theatre,nightlife,musicals/opera,spoken word,workshop,event/tour,cabaret/burlesque,children,street shows,promoter/manager,</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">One-liner</td> <td valign="top">Where the world's biggest audience meets the world's greatest fringe</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <p> </p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> We now have a counter at the bottom of each page of the website so you can see how many visitors we are getting. The counter started around September last year, and at this moment we have had 18,421 [no link] Busking on the South Bank [update]: Lambeth Council say no licensing for busking is required from them - unless they are special dedicated performances and not busking - as the embankment is owned by various corporations who give the permission. Council 020 7926 1000, ask for Entertainments [no link] London Fringe Promo: Hot! Hot! Hot! Produced by Tamsin Curno and Lee Neville [link] Question just in from Liam: "Hi, I am thinking of busking during the London Fringe. I would like to do it along the Southbank. Are there any restrictions/charges during the festival period?" Update: no licensing required see later post [no link] London Fringe Club - Capital City Capital Fringe - 48 confirmed guests on our Facebook event page for our next club night on Tuesday, June 22. Do come along. Click for info [link] Late night slots from 10:30 pm available at the Phoenix Artists Bar, Soho - Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays during Festival Fringe in August. Would suit stand-up, sketches, light music. Click for venue [link] For the first time ever - the London Awards for Art and Performance 2010 [link] Please come along to our Press Launch and Fundraiser on Tuesday, July 6, at the Actor's Church in Covent Garden from 6 - 8pm. It's a great venue in the middle of London with a beautiful garden and a wonderful church. There'll be a paying bar in the church and all money raised will go towards the Festival in August [link] Journalists are invited to attend the Press Launch of the London Festival Fringe and London Awards, to be held on Tuesday, July 6th, at the Actor's Church in Covent Garden from 6 - 8pm [link] [Correction to the correction: 14 sold. Correction: They already sold 6] First ticket sold in the history (and it will be long) of the London Festival Fringe - bought by Charles for the Shaftas at the Phoenix Artists Bar. Click for the show [link] You can use the London Fringe site any time to promote your show and sell tickets, before, during or after the Festival in August. There is no submission criteria as everyone is welcome [link] The London Awards 2010 celebrate this city's status as the world's Art capital. They will be presented at a ceremony on the evening of August 26 at the Waldorf Hilton Hotel in the Aldwych. Click for more [link] Welcome to Maude Laflamme, Director, London Playwrights, as a judge on the London Theatre Writing Award 2010 [link] We've got a series of radio broadcasts on the London Fringe and the London Awards coming up at Resonance FM. Get in touch if you'd like to take part. Click for radio station [link] In keeping with the spirit of the Fringe, which is to include everyone, audiences as much as artists, we've opened the nominations for the London Best Play Award and the London New Music Award to let you decide the Best Play and Best New Music of 2010. We are asking you to nominate remarkable plays and outstanding artists/bands you have seen in the past year. You can do that now on each award page [no link] London Playwright's Collective network party on Monday. Attending: Orange Tree Theatre, FringeRevue, Spread the Word, Arvon, 17Percent, Scenepool, One Night Stands, the Stellar Network, London Fringe and award winning playwright Bola Agbaje. Click for details [link] If you are previewing a show you are taking to Edinburgh, you can do that show in the London Fringe, too, and take advantage of the marketing and ticketing facility we have on-site [link] London Festival Fringe is a challenge to the Edinburgh Fringe's status, providing exciting opportunities for artists and performers to reach audiences throughout the year and at a much lower cost [link] The London Fringe is all the art and performance that goes on in this city throughout the year but is not in the big venues such as the South Bank Centre and the West End theatres.There are thousands of artists and performers who live and work in London, and many International artistes who visit London, who do wonderful events and performances in the London Fringe. We're providing a focus for marketing and publicity, and an infrastructure to make it easy for them to put on events, get audiences and sell tickets, throughout the year. You know you can sell tickets for your performances on the Fringe site. The Shaftas are already doing this. If you go to the front page you will see a 'Buy' graphic against their shows. Click for how to do it, it's easy [link] The London Fringe site runs all year round and is available for you to promote your shows and sell tickets [link] Please join our Facebook group page to post news about your shows and events in the London Fringe to 570 members, or follow us on Twitter, 550 followers, to get the latest news from the Fringe. Click for our FB page [link] Wonderful new London Fringe promo by Lee Neville with help by Samuela Memmo [no link] Major Events coming up at the London Festival Fringe 2010 [link] Thank you to the Waldorf Hilton Hotel in the Aldwych, for helping with the London Awards Ceremony. They will be providing the Palm Court and the canapés. We're looking for a drink sponsor. On the evening of Thursday, August 26 [link] We put as much as we can about what you're doing on the front page of the London Fringe site because it promotes you [no link] Here's an example: The first artist to enter the London Art Award competition, Ling-Ting Kao, has a link to her blog on the front page of the Fringe site. That's promotion because we're now getting almost 400 people visiting the site and nearly 4000 page views each week. Here are the stats.London Fringe Club - in the Fringiest City in the World. Next Club night is on Tuesday, May 11. We're back in the Green Room so there'll be a lot more space to shimmy. Or mingle [link] We're planning a bigger event for the next Free London Fringe Show which is now on Saturday, June 5, venue to be confirmed. To be arranged by Felicity Jackson from Castingdays.com again because it was great the last time. Click for what happened [link] London Fringe Film Promo by Lee Neville, Stefania Bonaccorso [no link] Edinburgh Fringe Festival chief to hold crisis talks as venue costs spiral [link] We have a design for the London Award trophies. On-site [no link] London Awards: we've got quite a few developing and, in keeping with the spirit of the fringe, want to include as many people as we can, so if you want to help please get in touch. Click for more information [no link] London New Music Award - need to find A & R people willing to nominate bands they've seenLondon Photography Award - need to find judges London Short Fiction Award - need to find judges London Theatre Writing Award - need to find judges London Best Play Award - need to find theatre critics/directors/producers willing to nominate plays they've seen Here's information on all of them: http://www.londonfestivalfringe.com/general/awards Guardian article: Who can afford to perform at the Edinburgh festival? Soaring venue fees are putting Edinburgh out of reach for many theatre companies [link] Covent Garden venue, The Langley, added. It has 'classic retro styling' and will suit comedy and music in particular [link] We already have 50 events scheduled for the Festival Fringe in August. You can see them on the front page of the Fringe site. Thanks [no link] New Banner photographs on Fringe site show April's London Fringe Show and London Art Award Launch Exhibition. Photos: Tracy Howl [link] 3 venues added to the West End list: Strawberry Moons, The Loop and Sway Bar. Pictures on front page of Fringe site [no link] Rosemary Branch Theatre: We are getting lots of interest in our space for the Festival. Will keep you updated when it is all set in stone [link] We've put up a 'Recent Releases' section on the front page of the Fringe site. It's for shows that you have confirmed before and during the Festival. That means from now. To be able to use it you will need to write a good short Press Release. Click for FringeReport.com's take on it [link] Looking for someone to design and make statuettes for the London Awards. Think handheld, humanlike, not too heavy, nice to talk about and put on a shelf [link] As of now, we have 86 signed up on site and 62 confirmed and 103 maybes on the Facebook event page for the Free London Fringe Show on Saturday [link] Judges are now coming in on the London Awards. We've got 3 judges on the Art Award and 2 judges on the Jazz Award [link] If you have any ideas for our Press Launch, July 6, Actors Church, Covent Garden, please let us know [link] We've got 6 reviewers so if you have a show you want reviewed please get in touch - can't guarantee that it will be reviewed, though - click for more info [link] At the next London Fringe Club night, April 13, Victoria Flood will be talking about site-specific performances [link] Zipcar kindly gave us 12 cars to use in our Press Launch last year. We put Theatre in each one and the audience moved from car to car. Photographs above in the banner. We're talking to them again about our press launch this year on July 6 [link] We welcome anybody who would like to get involved in helping run the London Awards. What kind of help? Quite simply, getting people interested in each award, that means artists, performers and the press. If you want to help, we'd love to see you our next London Fringe Club night [link] We welcome anybody who would like to get involved in helping run the London Awards. London is the major Art Capital of the world and the London Awards celebrate artists and performers at the forefront of their art. What kind of help? Quite simply, getting people interested in each award, that means artists, performers and the press. If you want to help, we'd love to see you our next London Fringe Club night. See below. We want as many people to take part in the Festival as possible. Anyone with an idea can do something to participate. Here's your chance. Help us design the cover of the 2010 London Festival Fringe Programme [link] The London Awards in Art and Performance announced at the London Fringe Club tonight [link] Working on statuettes for the London Awards [no link] Green Carnation, Soho - famous nightclub looking for shows [no link] .. on two floors with a wonderful decor. Interested in comedy, sketch shows, music.Unusual and exciting venue: The Debating Chamber [no link] .. sits at the heart of County Hall and is operated by the London Film Museum. It hs 200 fixed leather seats dating back 100 years to when the building was built. The seats are laid out in a 180 degree tight arch all facing into the centre with a double tier fixed podium desk complete with lecturn and gavel.The Actor's Church, is the venue for the London Festival Fringe 2010 Press Launch, Tuesday, July 6 [no link] This big and beautiful church is bang in the middle of Convent Garden. It has a lovely garden at the back which is where the Press Launch will be.One month to go and 15 people have already signed up for the Free London Fringe Show at Tiger, Tiger in the Haymarket, near Piccadilly Circus. Seminars, performances and venue information [no link] More information here.Free London Fringe Show Saturday, April 17, 11 am to 4 pm, will be at a great venue, Tiger Tiger in the Haymarket, SW1, very near Picadilly Circus [no link] More information on what's going on hereWe'll have a stand at the National Student Drama Festival in Scarborough beginning 27 March and going on to 2 April. It's a rather big event with lots of plays and people and things going on, and it's sponsored by the The Sunday Times. If you are going, please come along and say hello [no link] We're looking for a Fundraiser to start immediately. It's part-time work and paid, with a friendly bunch of people [no link] .. and here's the ad on the Arts Jobs site. http://www.artsjobs.org.uk/arts-job/post/fundraiser-28/We've got two new London Awards - Best Play and Poetry [no link] A few details on these are on-site, more to be confirmed.The London Fringe Show is free for artists and performers. Saturday, April 10, from 11 am to 4 pm [no link] We expect a lot people at the event, so please enter your e-mail address on the website as soon as you can to reserve a place.We plan to have seminars running through the day on 'How to do the London Fringe', 'Budgets, Budgets, Budgets' and 'Marketing your Show'. We'll have a room dedicated to telling you about the venues available in the London Fringe, and there'll be a couple of performances to keep you entertained. London Fringe Press Release 3 out today [no link] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEArtists and performers and people in the business of art and entertainment looking to showcase their work this summer can now perform at a major Festival, the London Festival Fringe. More than 200 performers have already signed up to the festival, which takes place in many venues in and around London between the 6th and 30th of August. The organisers have set up a special hub for festival goers to meet each other – mix, compare notes and flirt - at the Phoenix Artists Club in the heart of Soho. It's a member’s only club, but if they show their Festival event ticket, they'll be let in. There is also a professional hub for artists, performers, promoters, managers, and others in art and entertainment at the New Players Theatre near the Embankment, to network and talk business between performances. The organisers are staging the London Awards to celebrate the amazing talent that exists in the city. “These awards are a long time coming. They are an important initiative for art and performance in the city and are intended to acknowledge that London has the best artists and performers anywhere,” says Festival Director Greg Tallent, who’s set up a not-for-profit company to bring the event to London. “The awards will encourage photographers, jazz musicians, visual artists, and others to take part, and will be a significant achievement to the winners.” From darkly satirical women comedians to burlesque dancers to opera Beowulf and a host of other acts in between, the festival is keeping ticket prices low and hoping that fringe performers will be tempted to stage their performances during the London Festival Fringe. The enticements include: fewer travel and accommodation costs for those based in the South of England, good rates with the many venues available, and the chance to perform in front of the diverse audiences that are found in London. Please visit www.londonfestivalfringe.com for details or come to one of our networking evenings at The Phoenix Artists Club, Charing Cross Road, WC2H 8BU, held every other Tuesday, next one on March 16, or sign up for our London Fringe Show on April 10. Full details on the website. The London Awards: London Art Award London Jazz Awards - Best Vocalist, Best Instrumentalist Hosted at the Pizza Express, Dean Street, Soho London New Comedy Award London New Music Award London Photography Award London Short Fiction Award London Theatre Writing Award London 48 Hour Short Film Award News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Artists and performers and people in the business of art and entertainment looking to showcase their work this summer can now perform at a major Festival, the London Festival Fringe. More than 200 performers have already signed up to the festival, which takes place in many venues in and around London between the 6th and 30th of August. The organisers have set up a special hub for festival goers to meet each other – mix, compare notes and flirt - at the Phoenix Artists Club in the heart of Soho. It's a member’s only club, but if they show their Festival event ticket, they'll be let in. There is also a professional hub for artists, performers, promoters, managers, and others in art and entertainment at the New Players Theatre near the Embankment, to network and talk business between performances. The organisers are staging the London Awards to celebrate the amazing talent that exists in the city. “These awards are a long time coming. They are an important initiative for art and performance in the city and are intended to acknowledge that London has the best artists and performers anywhere,” says Festival Director Greg Tallent, who’s set up a not-for-profit company to bring the event to London. “The awards will encourage photographers, jazz musicians, visual artists, and others to take part, and will be a significant achievement to the winners.” From darkly satirical women comedians to burlesque dancers to opera Beowulf and a host of other acts in between, the festival is keeping ticket prices low and hoping that fringe performers will be tempted to stage their performances during the London Festival Fringe. The enticements include: fewer travel and accommodation costs for those based in the South of England, good rates with the many venues available, and the chance to perform in front of the diverse audiences that are found in London. Please visit www.londonfestivalfringe.com for details or come to one of our networking evenings at The Phoenix Artists Club, Charing Cross Road, WC2H 8BU, held every other Tuesday, next one on March 16, or sign up for our London Fringe Show on April 10. Full details on the website. NOTES TO EDITORS Key contacts: Greg Tallent, Festival Director, greg@londonfestivalfringe.com or Tel: 07949 874 930 Vicki Silverman, PR, Vicki@londonfestivalfringe.com or Tel: 07711 331 127 The London Awards: London Art Award London Jazz Awards - Best Vocalist, Best Instrumentalist Hosted at the Pizza Express, Dean Street, Soho London New Comedy Award London New Music Award London Photography Award London Short Fiction Award London Theatre Writing Award London 48 Hour Short Film Award The London Fringe carries on throughout the year. We can take those Edinburgh Previews in July, too [no link] We've set up a special hub for Festival goers at the Phoenix Artists Club in the heart of Soho for doing the Festival. It's a members only club, but if they show their event ticket, they'll be let in [no link] We also have a professional hub for artists, performers, promoters, managers, others in the business of art and entertainment, at the New Players Theatre, to network and talk business.http://www.londonfestivalfringe.com/promos/londonfringeshow.php The foundations for the London Festival Fringe is the passion, dedication and innovation that artists and performers have for their art [no link] The sort of desire to create art that you see in 10 film crews, from 50 to 60 people, who come together on a Friday evening and spend two nights and two days making a movie from idea to completion. Here's what they came up with.The London Fringe continues throughout the year with thousands of artists and performers creating their work each day. The Festival in August is a celebration of this. It will be successful because it is already happening. New website design by Luke Harboard [no link] We're talking to the organisers of Talent Expo, a major 4-day event in London in June 'dedicated to all aspects of the Talent industry' about running a 'Meet the Press' day in late April [no link] In brief terms, Talent Expo provides the means, London Festival Fringe provides the stage. Together, we help develop Talent and give them a platform on which to perform. For the Talent, it’s a great opportunity to meet, network and align themselves with like minded individuals, to work together to turn an idea into a performance. Talent Expo helps make this a reality, whilst the showcasing of the creativity is at London Festival Fringe. This will be highlighted at the ‘Meet the Press’ day.Information about the online and printed Festival Programme now on-site [no link] Here."I like it. It's time the creative talent were recognised in London. Three cheers for the fringe and the awards!" [no link] From Robyn Miranda Simpson.What are the London Awards? [no link] London is the major Art Capital of the world and has thousands of artists and performers living and working in the city. Their drive and passion for what they do can be seen in the excellent art and performance we enjoy throughout the year. The London Awards in Art and Performance 2010 will acknowledge their work in the arts and their inspiration to all of us. These will be presented towards the end of the Festival Fringe in August.There are currently 8 competitions scheduled to take place, each resulting in an award that recognises quality, innovation and ambition. They are: London Art Award 20 show proposals now in, and we're six months away from the Festival Fringe. We circulate information from all shows in our newsletter which goes out every two weeks to people/venues in the Fringe [no link] Come along and hear about the London Fringe at the free Surviving Actors convention tomorrow in the Sway bar, Holborn [no link] "Surviving Actors runs conventions for actors throughout the year focusing on three key areas - Developing, Sustaining and Creating. These free conventions are aimed at professional actors with exhibitors from carefully selected companies, as well as seminars and workshops throughout the day which benefit the jobbing actor."First shows for the London Fringe in August now on-site, from Rrrants Presents .. [no link] Rrrants Presents .. have added several shows in Spoken Word and Music to the first week of the Festival Fringe in August.The London Fringe website is the easiest and quickest way to add your shows and sell tickets, from now through to the end of the Festival. The Blue Posts in Soho added [no link]
The John Snow pub in Soho added [no link]
Last night's London Fringe Club was really busy with around 40 people, and after plenty of introductions, there was the meeting of new people and the exchange of ideas. The evening worked very well and good things happened [no link] Anyone can post on London Fringe Facebook page. So if you are promoting an exhibition, casting a show or crewing a film add the deets there and see what happens! [no link] Thanks to Jennifer for pointing this out. Here is the page.Information, contacts, and fun, tonight at the London Fringe Club, Holly Payton from the Brighton Fringe and Ed Chappel from Musical Comedy [no link] For artists and performers only. Here is where it's at.Looking to redesign the London Fringe website.. here's what's working.. and what we can't lose [no link] We are looking at redesigning the website. The site is designed around a few basic ideas. What is working is:1. The front page promotes what we're doing as a Fringe organisation. It also promotes the artists/performers involved and their events by listing them. 2. All information is just one click away. 3. The text is black on white so it's easy to read. 4. Content on the front page is updated daily to encourage people to come back to read more. If we can add a few more useful features (and not lose the above) by redesigning the site, that would be great. One way to run a Festival [no link] At last Saturday's London Fringe Organiser's meeting on the comfy chairs at the BFI there were many good ideas, a lot of fun, and just a little forward planning.One of the business principles put forward by the late Prof Russell Ackoff is that we should be looking at where we are right now, and where we would like to be right now. In his words we should look at "..where we would ideally like to be right now. Knowing Hoxton Hall in Shoreditch added [no link]  "Since 1863 Hoxton Hall has epitomised the spirit of Shoreditch as a visible artistic and creative presence in the community: entertaining, supporting and educating local people."Since 1863 Hoxton Hall has epitomised the spirit of Shoreditch as a visible artistic and creative presence in the community: entertaining, supporting and educating local people. We are looking for Festival Interns to help reach London students, and can pay for a pret a manger lunch and day travel card [no link] There are thousands of art and performance students attending London colleges and universities.We are looking for interns who can help reach these students, to tell them about the 'Fringe on their doorstep'. The Fringe is open to all, and we want them to get involved. You will be part of a major London arts initiative, and gain valuable Festival experience. You will need good Internet research skills, and a lot of initiative. We can cover a pret a manger lunch and the cost of a 1 day travel card zones 1-5. But, most of your work will be done from home. We hold a regular, fortnightly London Fringe club at the Phoenix Artists Bar, opposite Foyle's, in Soho. Address: 1 Phoenix Street, London, WC2H 8BU. Map link The next club night is this coming Tuesday, January 19, from 6:30 pm. Please come along to this next one or any of the following, we'd love to meet you and we are a friendly bunch of people. Or get in touch if you want more information: greg@londonfestivalfringe.com We are now the highest link if you do a google search on 'London Fringe' [no link] Here it is.FringeCentral will be the Phoenix Artists Club, where artists, performers, promoters and the like meet and talk all things Festival Fringe [no link] The Phoenix Artists Club has offered to be a hub for art and entertainment professionals to get together and talk. There'll be a lot of performers, artists, promoters, managers, and so on, coming into London during August, some on their way up to the Edfringe, so it's a great time to meet professionals from all over the world.During the Festival Fringe, the Club will be FringeCentral. It's right bang in the middle of the West End/Soho with lots of restaurants nearby. It will be open from 4 PM till late. "The Edinburgh Fringe could look different this summer, and not because global warming will mean it’s still snowing (although…). The 2010 Fringe has to beat off competition from London’s new rival summer arts festival, and to stand a fighting chance it’s going to have to change its ways. As APe has reported before, a licence for the smallest venues in Edinburgh costs eight times more than the equivalent licence in London. Could it be that for the first time ever London will prove to be the cheaper option?" [no link] The Fringe is also under pressure from its own members, as a recent poll has revealed frustrations with the way the Fringe is currently run. More than 2,000 venues, performers, attenders, promoters and producers took part in a poll considering changes to the society’s Constitution. One proposed change is to cap the length of time that the Chair can serve. This paves the way for more competition for the role, which might help perceptions of the society as fresh and current - there is little chance of stagnating if you are only in post for three years. Another proposal is to increase the number of members of the society from its current limit of 100. More people associated with the Fringe could then be part of its governing body, potentially making its running more democratic, more transparent – and more complicated. [From Arts Professional, subscription only]We've now got 8 London Awards in place for August and a sponsorsorship auction for each [no link] To make it more interesting, we've set up an auction for each of the sponsorships. As the bids come in, we'll put them on the front page. There are no bids yet and we haven't set a final date for all bids.Here's a list of the awards, and the sponsorhip auction. New Players Theatre, near Trafalgar Square, has kindly confirmed we can use their piano bar as a centre for fringe professionals to meet each other [no link]  The bar and piano room will be open from 4 PM each day during the Festival for actors and performers, promoters, managers, agents, journalists, and so on, to meet. The Theatre has also offered a 10% discount on membership for fringers.David Cameron writing in the The Sun praises Britain’s creative industries .. [no link] Not exactly Fringe, but what the heck: “One of the biggest success stories of the past decade - the iPod - was designed by a Brit. Just imagine what British brains will give the world in the decade to come. Our culture is second to none, too. We swept the board at last year's Oscars, with Slumdog Millionaire taking home the biggest prize. A British writer, J.K. Rowling, is the biggest-selling author of the decade. Britain rules the airwaves abroad, with huge BBC exports like Spooks and Doctor Who. And the formats for huge global talent shows like American Idol and Australia's Got Talent started on our screens. We also boast some of the best comedy in the world. Watching Gavin and Stacey and Victoria Wood over Christmas reminded me of one of the best things about our country - we love to laugh at ourselves. British comedians aren't confined to the TV: it's a cliché to talk about the great British sense of humour, but it's a cliché because it's true”. Full piece here.Festival Status Report, Stardate: 2010 0107 [no link] Everything is in place, profile pages, ticketing, events listing, and it's all working. The one big thing that needs working on is the design and printing of the programme. That's it.It's now about the people we can bring in in the remaining 210 days. 10 new photographs from last night's London Fringe club on-site [no link] hereLast night at the London Fringe club.. [no link] We had around 30 artists/performers, a talk on 'How to Fringe', some poetry, lots of ideas, everyone made a lot of contacts, and we all did much talking. Then we went home .. in the snow.Looking for people to do short talks on the below at the London Fringe club from January 19 .. [no link] If you'd like to do a short talk on the below, to help out fringe artists/performers, please get in touch:- writing for the fringe - putting a show on in the fringe - marketing a show - developing an audience "For 60 years the Edinburgh Festival Fringe has reigned supreme as the home of new comedy, experimental theatre and bizarre street performers. Now London is making an audacious bid to seize the crown as promoters plan to hold a rival fringe festival at exactly the same time." [no link] “It costs a lot of money to do a show in Edinburgh — it’s a big stake for a young performer. It seems to us that for young people who haven’t got the money, doing it where they live and work is going to help them.” from the TimesWe've now got 8 London Awards in place for August and a sponsorship auction for each [no link] To make it more interesting, we've set up an auction for each of the sponsorships. As the bids come in, we'll put them on the front page. There are no bids yet and we haven't set a final date for all bids.Here's a list of the awards, and the sponsorhip auction. A Very Happy New Year to You All [no link] The London Fringe website is designed to promote you and your shows/events. You can now sell tickets on the website, so if you have a show/event going on before the Festival Fringe in August you can sell them easily on the Fringe website [no link] We've redesigned the site so your shows/events will be appear as a list and in the calendar, both are on the front page.You will need to register with WeGotTickets.com because they pay you, and you can sell from their site, too. Here's how it works: When you submit a show proposal and have a venue confirmed you can list your events on the Fringe site as well as on their site so you have two quick ways to sell tickets. You will need to set up your bank account with them, because ticket sales from the Fringe site and from their site are paid to WeGotTickets, and they will deposit the money in your bank account directly. When your event is listed as a current event at WeGotTickets.com - it takes a day for it to be made current - you will see an event reference number. Please put this number in the Wegottickets reference box against your event on the Fringe site so you can sell directly from our site, too. You can see the box over on the right on this example page. When you've done this you will see a Buy Tickets logo appear alongside your event on our front page, in the online event listing, and in your profile page. Visitors can click this link and purchase tickets for your show. They can also go direct to your event on WeGotTickets.com and purchase tickets from there. Please note, if your venue is not listed on the Fringe website, we can do so if you get in touch. Full transcript of the Artistic Directors and Venue Managers meeting about the London Fringe held on November 24th [no link] Read what Artistic Directors and Venue Managers said at the meeting. Full transcript From FringeReport.comWe give here an account of the whole meeting. Where possible the words are those used by the speakers, with some speeches summarised (often the summary is in brackets) and abbreviated. Where this has been done, the intention has been to be fair to the point of view expressed and we will accept corrections Xmas Fringe Club: A Celebration Drink in Soho tonight, 6.30 pm @ Phoenix Artist Club, 1 Phoenix Street, WC2H 8BU [no link] We haven't booked the room at the back because it's so close to Christmas, so this club night may get quite busy.Come along and have a drink to celebrate this last year and to look forward to the next one. You've got a minute on the mic to tell us what you want to do in 2010. Talking to a film company today about doing a documentary on the London Fringe [no link] .. idea is they follow the buildup to the event, the ups and downs, the people, places, the why's, what for's, and for heaven sake's, etc.BBC TV London News on the London Festival Fringe 2010 said: "The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is estimated to bring about £180 million of business to Edinburgh, so it's not to be sniffed at for London." [no link] "The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is estimated to bring about £180 million of business to Edinburgh, so it's not to be sniffed at for London."Artists/performers centre for pre/post show socialising and drinks during the Fringe [no link] We may have a venue for artists/performers/business people in the arts to meet and socialise before or after seeing shows. We need to make the London Fringe work as a trade show, too. Still need to confirm this.Submit your London show for a review and we're looking for reviewers [no link] Show reviews are important. They help build an audience, and give valuable feedback to artists and performers.We've set up a simple way for artists/performers to request show reviews. The page is here: http://www.londonfestivalfringe.com/general/reviews/ We are now looking for reviewers. Please get in touch, or come along to our next club night on Tuesday, December 22, at the Phoenix Artists Club. We will need to meet you first. No previous experience necessary, but, you will need to be able to write 300 words on the show you review in a balanced and entertaining way. The review will be on our front page and archived on-site. So, it will need to meet our editorial standards. The way it works is that as show review requests come in, we'll e-mail them regularly to our list of reviewers. The reviewers will then get in touch with the contact person at the show. If the review is agreed between them, the reviewer picks up two complimentary tickets at the door on the night of performance. It's all done between reviewer and performer/promoter. We don't get involved. It ain't going to be perfect but it will be useful. At last night's London Fringe Club there were a lot of people [no link] .. one entrepreneur, a few directors, quite a few actors, 1 professional clown and another clown, a few writers, a manager, couple of stand-up comedians, a cabaret promoter, 3 visual artists, a fundraiser and a marketer, a few others .. oh and a yoga teacher. And we all had a minute on the mic. It was fun.Coffee and croissants in a central location during the London Fringe for directors, promoters, producers, agents, journos and the like .. [no link] .. this makes it more like a trade show. A good time would be 4 PM. People can meet each other before going to a show.London Fringe is looking for reviewers for shows .. come along to the club tonight, Phoenix Artists Bar, Soho, 6:30 PM [no link] Free London Fringe Club, tonight and every fortnight, for artists and performers.Alex Burger's story of a play he's writing for the London Fringe .. [no link]  I’ve just landed back in Africa for work, the Republic of Congo this time. I carry with me the play I’ve been writing for the last six months. I do the reverse migration of the characters in my play, Efia and Charles. They moved from Africa to Europe in the 19th century, I move from Europe to Africa 150 years later.Efia, Charles and I all live in the same neighbourhood in London, Bankside, but we are separated by more than a century. In their time this was a place of tenements and open sewers, today it is a neighbourhood of offices and glass condos. The Africa I work in is perhaps not far from the one they knew: villages with no power or running water, feuding chiefs, women growing cassava and harvesting forest greens to live on. We cross somewhere in the middle, in this mix of time and space. Efia and Charles, are jarred by the world they discover in mid 19th century London. They enter a country they’ve dreamt of, to find themselves a part of the growing industrial revolution. I am also jarred as I enter Congo again. At customs people gather like they were at the horse races rather than moving through the regimented queues of the Heathrow IRIS machines. After about an hour in customs, making my way through multiple offices, paying bit of money here and there, I finally get a visa and permission to enter. These ways are becoming familiar to me; I have the benefit of time and travel. I’m interested in immigration, in the dreams people have about one country or another. My play is ultimately about the illusions we hold about another continent, another race, another way of life. Efia and Charles came looking for their souls and a better life in England. Me, I return to Africa, a continent dear to me, where I found a piece of myself years ago and will always return. I think of them in air as I make the journey. Hopefully we meet somewhere in the middle. What the Press are saying .. tonight .. London Fringe Club, Phoenix Artists Bar, Soho [no link] Free London Fringe Club, tonight and every fortnight, for artists and performers.Idea .. at least one venue per London borough in the London Fringe. Pulls London together .. [no link]  32 boroughs in London - at least one venue in each. List on Wikipedia.London, the little big city .. [no link] When Harry Beck designed his famous tube map 1931, he didn't change the way Londoners thought about London. He understood how they thought, and built a map round it. He understood that Londoners don't see the size of London, or the distance travelled. They think of a network.Today that network includes buses, trains, trams, boats and tube trains. Getting from A to B isn't a geographical task, it is reading-a-book-drinking-a-coffee time while the network does the work. This doesn't just shrink the city, it's a vivid illustration of how very differently Londoners - and visitors - perceive getting round what is geographically one of the biggest cities in the world. Making it very small indeed. Want to experience geography? There's also cars and bikes. And if you want to get down to basics - foot. From John at FringeReport.com We're looking for all kinds of venues. Here's one that just came in: "The entrance is behind a bookcase in a mock taxidermy shop" [no link] "I am very excited about the coming London Fringe. I want to know how we go about registering a venue with you. We have a small underground theatre space / bar. It is very atmospheric and you would love it.The entrance is behind a bookcase in a mock taxidermy shop. We can only seat about 25 people so it would be a micro venue but we think it would be a particularly fun one." If you have a venue or an interesting site that could be used for art/performance, please get in touch. 2 companies have contacted us about sponsoring the London Festival Fringe in 2010 [no link] One is interested in the Photography Award, the other is just looking.Cool Ideas from Mags [no link] Re: tickets. If we get venues in all London transport zones (not sure if this year it will be so London wide) perhaps do season tickets in the style of the travelcards. E.g you can get 1 zone season tickets or zone 1-6, zone 1+2, zone 1-4 etc etc. Could be quite complicated.How about unusual venues- distinctly London. I wonder if London Underground could hire out a carriage on e.g. the circle line... Or one of the abandoned underground stations? Or using an old route master. Police station? Telephone box? Buckingham Palace? Also how about having a "secret venue". Security/terrorist threats would deter some places from agreeing to act as temporary venues but if we keep the location secret up until 30 mins before the show for performers and audiences alike, it might encourage them to participate. Ah .. the London Fringe iPhone app. Someone asked how we got it made. Here you go .. [no link] Took four months to develop. First, tried a programmer in Saint Petersburg, Vladimir the Programmer, who tried but couldn't make the map links work.Then went to a couple of guys in Bangalore, one of whom was almost sacked because he couldn't make it work, either. All venues ended up being in Westminster Square on Google maps. Someone else took it over and got it to work. Then Apple make you jump through hoops you don't want to jump through, to get it in the iTunes Store. The guys who write the code, wherever they are in the world, now get paid quite a lot of money. They know they are in demand because nothing competes with the iPhone. Yet. There you have it. We're now working on episode 2. London is "the City State that all the world calls home." [no link] FringeReport linkWe've had two London Festival Fringe business meetings attended by around 50 Artistic Directors and Venue Managers and lots of questions [no link] Does London need a Festival Fringe? Why August? How can we get the Festival feel in a big city like London?Here's a link to our thinking and the answers: 2010/Beyond From Andrew Haydon on our Facebook group page: "Pedant's corner time: Of what Festival is this 'Festival Fringe' the Fringe? Not against it per se, but curious to know if there's an official answer..." [no link] Here it is: There are many artists/performers doing shows in London who regard themselves as more mainstream and less fringe. We're using the two words, Festival Fringe, to include everyone in the LFF. It'll grow the event over the years. Facebook group pageOpen meeting for people in the business of art and entertainment, today, 3 pm, Phoenix Artists Bar, Soho [no link] The next meeting for people in the business of art and entertainment is today at 3 PM.If you are a manager, promoter, producer, agent, director, journalist, academic, almost any kind of business thinker or doer in art and entertainment, please come along. It's about the London Festival Fringe 2010. Please let us know by e-mail that you will be coming. It's at the Phoenix Theatre Club, 1 Phoenix Street, London WC2H 8BU map link FringeReport .. reports on the London Fringe Artistic Directors and Venue Managers meeting on November 24 .. [no link] This is just one third of the full report. ArticleOne comment from many, from Holly Payton (director, World Festival Network; former manager, Brighton Festival Fringe), talking about the promotion you get from being part of a Festival Fringe. A kind of waterfall arrives with it. We had a similar situation at Brighton. Venues that were successful all year round in Brighton. A Fringe brochure is around 8 to 10 weeks, so it's around for much longer than press, and you're part of a big event. It lets things out: if you're a performer from outside who doesn't know how to get involved in venues, this is a clear way in. It's a lot more than just getting venues in. Organisers meeting yesterday .. things covered: [no link] - media coverage last week = very good- media next steps to be mulled over - fundraising -> we got an application - coolness factor of the BFI cafe where we met: good to strong Link from Actor's Union Equity: Article on Fringe Minimum Wage [no link] "It’s not just about hitting those top notes and doing the splits – it’s about selling yourself and knowing your market value and self worth." by Jennifer Reischel, link on Fringe Review site.Support for the London Festival Fringe from Simon Hughes, MP North Southwark and Bermondsey, House of Commons [no link] "London is the one of the leading arts capitals in the world and it is right that it will have it's own fringe festival in 2010. 2009's London Bridge Fringe Festival was a real success and the plans for next year with venues across London are very exciting. It should be a great platform for many different artists and performers. We hope this event will become an annual fixture which will become more successful between now and 2012, and beyond."Why are we charging £10 per show proposal? [no link] This was a comment on a blog about the above:"Having trawled the London Fringe website for information about the event the most worrying part in my eyes is the £10 proposal submission fee. Written off as a cost to help cover the running of their website and administer the event, surely this fact alone could dissuade serious producers from getting involved. Some of Edinburgh’s players bring 12 or more shows. Are we expecting them to pay £120 up front just to start talking to the London Fringe about the possiblity of involvement. In a very similar fashion to the way drama schools scalp auditionees £30+ for applying there is something seriously fishy about asking for cash up front in this situation." Andrew Girvan Management We think that using one simple form for proposals, containing all the necessary information for a venue manager/promoter to consider, is a much better system. At some other festivals, each performer/act has to submit a separate proposal to each venue, which takes a lot of time. We will take information from these and send them regularly to venues listed on-site by e-mail. However, artists/performers can still go to venues direct, too. There's more, if you submit a proposal you will also have your own profile page and be listed on the London Festival Fringe website for other people to look at.
Is this true? Do they do this in Edinburgh? Having trawled the London Fringe website for information about the event the most worrying part in my eyes is the £10 proposal submission fee. Written off as a cost to help cover the running of their website and administer the event, surely this fact alone could dissuade serious producers from getting involved. Some of Edinburgh’s players bring 12 or more shows. Are we expecting them to pay £120 up front just to start talking to the London Fringe about the possiblity of involvement. In a very similar fashion to the way drama schools scalp auditionees £30+ for applying there is something seriously fishy about asking for cash up front in this situation. New! Receive and respond to mail from other email accounts from within Hotmail Find out how.
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Maybe we need to change our wording from 'proposal fee' to 'registration fee'.... From: greg@londonfestivalfringe.com Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:41:04 +0000 Subject: Re: Quote from a blog To: laura_stowe@hotmail.com - Show quoted text - Heres' what the Edfringe do: That's for the tip. I think that post needs answering. Where is it from? G 2009/11/26 Laura Stowe <laura_stowe@hotmail.com>
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Sorry, should have replied to all last time. Here's what the Edfringe do: http://www.edfringe.com/takepart/shows All the Edfringe registration does is give access to information on venues. They don't take proposals of shows. We are taking proposals of shows on site, which we then send to venues ourselves. People can still go to venues direct. Here's what it says on our website: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Submit your Show or Event to the London Fringe You can now put your show or event on the London Fringe website. You will have your own proposal page and be listed on the front page of the website. Venue management will be encouraged to look at all proposals that suit their requirements. <<< They get their own proposal page and advertising on our front page. The £10 fee also puts a threshold in so we don't waste people's time. It was suggested by a producer who came to our coffee morning at the BFI, Sonja. I don't think anyone it's going to submit more than two or three shows. I think we can justify it on the above. G 2009/11/26 Folkard, Daryl <daryl.folkard@daiwasmbc.co.uk> - Show quoted text -
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Greg, Thanks. But I think we have to be clear. You say "We are taking proposals of shows on site, which we then send to venues ourselves". Is this the case or will we simply ask venues to log into the website and look at proposals? From my recollection, the latter is what you said on Tuesday. I know you probably see this as an unimportant detail to be sorted out later but it matters to people and they are asking questions now. In any event we need to come up with a succinct reply to the blog. Something like: "Thanks for your views. We really appreciate them. We feel that £10 is a modest fee to cover costs. Our system has an advantage over Edinburgh in that you only have to fill out one standardised form per show to apply to as many venues as you wish. In Edinburgh you have to fill out a different form with a different description of your show (40/75/100 words...) for each venue. This can be highly time consuming. In addition, the description you use on your proposal can be transferred straight into the Festival brochure." Just a rough draft. Feel free to amend. D From: greg.tallent.helptheworld@googlemail.com [mailto:greg.tallent.helptheworld@googlemail.com] On Behalf Of Greg Tallent Sent: 26 November 2009 13:26 To: Folkard, Daryl Cc: Laura Stowe; avsilverman@btinternet.com Subject: Re: Quote from a blog Sorry, should have replied to all last time. Here's what the Edfringe do: http://www.edfringe.com/takepart/shows All the Edfringe registration does is give access to information on venues. They don't take proposals of shows. We are taking proposals of shows on site, which we then send to venues ourselves. People can still go to venues direct. Here's what it says on our website: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Submit your Show or Event to the London Fringe You can now put your show or event on the London Fringe website. You will have your own proposal page and be listed on the front page of the website. Venue management will be encouraged to look at all proposals that suit their requirements. <<<We are taking proposals of shows on site, which we then send to venues ourselves - Show quoted text - They get their own proposal page and advertising on our front page. The £10 fee also puts a threshold in so we don't waste people's time. It was suggested by a producer who came to our coffee morning at the BFI, Sonja. I don't think anyone it's going to submit more than two or three shows. - Show quoted text - I think we can justify it on the above. G 2009/11/26 Folkard, Daryl <daryl.folkard@daiwasmbc.co.uk>
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Thanks Daryl. I think I said that we would send them out regularly to venues listed on our website by e-mail. That was always the intention. It doesn't take much. I think I'll respond to that blog post on our website and link back to it. - Show quoted text - G 2009/11/26 Folkard, Daryl <daryl.folkard@daiwasmbc.co.uk>
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Hi Greg, Thanks. That makes sense. Hopefully it can be automated. Personally I'd change: Venue management will be encouraged to look at all proposals that suit their requirements Sounds rather weak and vague. Certainly not upbeat or punchy. D From: greg.tallent.helptheworld@googlemail.com [mailto:greg.tallent.helptheworld@googlemail.com] On Behalf Of Greg Tallent Sent: 26 November 2009 13:55 - Show quoted text - - Show quoted text - Thanks Daryl. I think I said that we would send them out regularly to venues listed on our website by e-mail. That was always the intention. It doesn't take much. I think I'll respond to that blog post on our website and link back to it. G 2009/11/26 Folkard, Daryl <daryl.folkard@daiwasmbc.co.uk>
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Totally unlike me. :) - Show quoted text - G 2009/11/26 Folkard, Daryl <daryl.folkard@daiwasmbc.co.uk>
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Probably someone else's words! From: greg.tallent.helptheworld@googlemail.com [mailto:greg.tallent.helptheworld@googlemail.com] On Behalf Of Greg Tallent Sent: 26 November 2009 14:03 To: Folkard, Daryl - Show quoted text - Subject: Re: Quote from a blog - Show quoted text - Totally unlike me. :) G 2009/11/26 Folkard, Daryl <daryl.folkard@daiwasmbc.co.uk>
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Amarylis has some really good ideas on the LFF [no link] "Why can't London create an entirely new idea? Transportable venues that follow the route of a tube line, free shows that occupy empty car parks on Sunday evenings, 'squatter' shows that take over grander theatres when they're dark, shows on routemaster buses etc." linkInterviewed by Master's students in Broadcast Journalism from City University .. [no link] recording will go towards their course, internal link only. Hopefully, they will follow the story of the LFF as it develops.Just spoke to LBC Radio, that's Capital, Hearts, Classic FM; they covered it yesterday .. and want to follow the London Festival Fringe story as it develops .. need to send stuff to their newsroom [no link] At the London Fringe Club last night were: Two directors, a few actors, a playwright from America, several writers from the Royal Court Young Writing programme, comedy producer, two web radio producers, a dancer/poet, a make-up artist, a model/actress, among others [no link] Article in London's Evening Standard on the London Festival Fringe [no link] "It makes more sense for artists based in London because their hard work raising their profile with audiences and venues then has a lasting impact."http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23773929-london-takes-on-edinburgh-in-fringe-festival-fixture-clash.do BBC London coming along to the London Fringe club tonight [no link] In time for the London Festival Fringe 2010, Travel revolution: Oyster rail will cut fares by 30% [no link] "After years of negotiations and a £40 million investment, Mayor Boris Johnson and the train operating companies have finally come to an agreement which means commuters will be able to touch in and out at all Network Rail stations from 2 January as well as on the Tube and bus network.Mr Johnson today claimed the agreement, which also includes Thames river boats, was a “landmark”. He said: “After what feels like aeons of negotiation and much gnashing of Londoners' teeth we can finally announce that the Oysterisation of all London's commuter rail services is to become a reality. This combined with the news about Thames Clippers services means Oyster will truly become the only ticket Londoners need to get around town.” Evening Standard London Festival Fringe is inclusive .. we want as many people to take part as possible .. [no link] from the solo artist/performer putting on a first show, to the very experienced who know their art and audience like the back of their hand.London Fringe Club - November, 24th, 6.30 PM - at the Phoenix Artists Club, off Charing Cross Rd, Soho [no link] FYI - Last club night there was a theatre producer (looking for plays), an arts journalist (looking for stories), a creative consultant, a radio theatre director/producer, a radio presenter, a director, two writers, a singer, a few actors, a couple of dancers and several PR peeps already working on the London Festival Fringe.There's a lot of interest in the possibilities of the London Festival Fringe 2010 .. 29 people coming along to the first business meeting [no link] We've arranged a couple more, one in December and another in January. Please get in touch if you are an artistic director, venue manager, promoter, agent, or other business type in art and entertainment, and would like to come along.You've got to promote your show or event as much as you can .. [no link] One way is to put your show or event on the London Fringe website. You will have your own proposal page and be listed on the front page of the website. Here's a proposal from Marianna Harlotta (stage name).These proposals will be circulated regularly to venues listed on the site - the people you need to be seen by. Here is an example of the form you use to fill in all your details. You can start to submit your proposal here: http://www.londonfestivalfringe.com/submissions/ There is a small charge for a proposal, £10, to ensure serious proposals only are submitted. The money will go towards developing the London Festival Fringe for August 2010. London Fringe iPhone app is a first and it's cool .. [no link]  You can* catch up on all the news about the London Fringe from our dedicated news wire * select just those categories of news that you like to read * pick your show from a What's On listing of fringe events in London * easily and quickly find your venue on a map of London Entirely appropriate that Mitch Whitehead, Philosopher, is the first person in the world to buy the London Fringe iPhone app [no link]  Mitch came along to the London Fringe club last night, heard about the first-ever London Fringe iPhone app, and bought it right away. Hats off.London Festival Fringe .. Beyond 2010 [no link] Key PointsLondon is the world's greatest fringe generator - biggest number of fringe theatres, off West End Theatres, pub and fringe venues, street sites, etc. - London has more artists and performers living and working in the city than anywhere else - together, this makes it the Art Capital of the world We will - provide an opportunity for artists and performers - to put on their show - at reasonable cost - to the largest possible audience Guy's and St Thomas' have a strong performing arts programme .. and are now in the Fringe [no link]  The Performing Arts Programme at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital brings a therapeutic mix of music, dance and drama to patients, staff and visitors on wards and in public places.They put events on through the year and are working on a programme for the Fringe. See pictures here County Hall Debating Chamber, famous in its day, added as a Fringe venue [no link]   The chamber would make an amazing venue, for comedy, drama, music, film or site-specific theatre. They are looking for shows. By the way, for the political historians among you, the last Mayor to use the chamber was Ken Livingstone. 3 steps to a Festival Fringe .. [no link] It helps to simplify things, so here's a Festival Fringe strategy in three steps:1. Articulate the excitement Mags Korczak presenting at the London Fringe Club 27 Oct 09 [no link] From a spokesperson at the Greater London Authority, the Mayor's office: [no link] 'We welcome events like the London Festival Fringe, which help performers reach a wider audience in the capital. We wish it every success and would hope to see it grow.' A step in the right direction .. who said, The journey is made of many steps? 'We welcome events like the London Festival Fringe, which help performers reach a wider audience in the capital. We wish it every success and would hope to see it grow.' Camden Fringe is going to be great next year, too [no link] Here's why, from a conversation on Chortle:"The C Fringe has been going for 4 years and had 10,000 people through the doors this year, which is pretty good for a festival with only 4 venues. As someone who's done shows in 3 out of those four years with them I really hope this rival fringe won't be detrimental to them. Zena, Michelle & their team work their a*** off to help people out with all the aspects of producing their shows and I hope the Camden Fringe is even bigger and better next year!" link [need to scroll down] Working up to a London Fringe in 2012, by Norman Lebrecht [no link] "The Olympics are a one-off, two-week chance to show the 21st century what we are made of, the noble ideals and commercial opportunities that London represents. [...]The time has come for the arts to take ownership of the cultural Olympics, to outface the bureaucrats and take over the calendar of events or, if that’s undoable, to create a parallel festival that will assert the uncontainable energies of creative London – a 24/7 melting pot of all the world’s cultures. A London fringe festival for 2012 would set the blood racing and liberate the arts from the perception of political control. It might occupy Speakers Corner, Kew Gardens and Hampstead Heath, for starters. It could perform good art and bad, first come, first seen, a Glastonbury before it went all commercial. An independent cultural Olympics, running alongside the official event, would proclaim a message of freedom and enterprise that has been missing from the Games ever since they last came to London at the dawn of Cold War and the onset of Orwellian thought control. The Olympics were revived a century ago as an open space for young people. There is a chance for the arts to set the Games free in London, to give them back to the next generation. What are we waiting for?" article by Norman Lebrecht The first London Fringe artist.. William Blake, 1757 -1827 [no link]  Blake was way ahead of his time. He was a romantic, a poet, an artist, and went beyond the ideas of this time. His ideas about the world has influenced countless others, filmmakers, writers, artists, even to this day.He was an "English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. His prophetic poetry has been said to form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language". His visual artistry has led one modern critic to proclaim him "far and away the greatest artist Britain has ever produced". Although he only once journeyed farther than a day's walk outside London during his lifetime, he produced a diverse and symbolically rich corpus, which embraced 'imagination' as "the body of God", or 'Human existence itself'." From wikipedia A little story, 'London: Back to the Fringe' [no link] Samuel Johnson once said "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of Life". What was true in 1777 remains true today. However London, with all its rich history of theatre, the arts and literature lacks one crucial thing - a Fringe. Lacking may be too strong a word, because from Soho to the South Bank from Camden to Camberwell, a Fringe is there, the majority of people just aren't aware of it. But Fringe, with its vibrancy, openess to all and creativity is what London is all about. It is a city of opportunity, and it takes just one man, talking to a few like-minded strangers in a coffee shop, to pull it all together.And that's just what happened ... [continued] and written by Charles. Jennifer Hall video: Presenting at the London Fringe Club [no link] Capital City Capital Fringe [Press Release 1] [no link] You know, we can tell you quite a few reasons why we should do the London Festival Fringe in August 2010.But, it's probably better for performers, promoters, venue managers and the like to find their own reasons. In any case, the one we like best, is that William Blake was the first fringe artist in the world, and he lived and worked in London. So, let's bring back the London Fringe. Enough already with the reasons. Let's just do it. You know, sometimes there are no answers. You take a step at a time and see what happens. In life and in business [no link] Above is the final (unless I think of something better :) reply on the chortle discussion on 'Why the London fringe is in August?' LinkDiscussion on Chortle re the London Fringe .. [no link] Answer on 'why the same time as the Edfringe?':"Here's a one word answer - 'Choice'. Long form: London is a big place. I think there are enough venues, performers and audience to hold the London Fringe. There are a lot of people who don't want to go to Edinburgh each year for various reasons, and would like an alternative. Doesn't have to be an either/or. People can do both. Do a show here and go up there for the holiday. Edinburgh will work for some people, London will work for others. Edinburgh is a trade show. Sure, there is an audience, but we have to fight for them. More chance of making money here, and losing money up there. Venues in the London Fringe benefit from the fringe promotion all year round. The best time for London is August. Will try and pull together all the other events that happen in the month as the London Festival Fringe. It's a long term thing, We're looking to build this up over the years. Re the site - We want the story of the London Fringe as it develops on the site, hence the tweets and blog posts. The next London Fringe Club is this Tuesday at the Phoenix Artists Bar in Soho. Would love to see you guys there. I'm sure this debate will continue" Link A very good reason for holding the London Fringe is that the promotion we do for the venues lasts the rest of the year until the next one! [no link] The promotion we do for the London Fringe works not just for the August event, but promotes the venues and shows to audiences for the rest of the year.Going to Edinburgh, and promoting your show there, lasts just a few weeks. Promoters have to come back to London and do it all over again. E-mail to the Greater London Authority on the London Fringe [no link] Points made:1. 'London needs to lead, not follow', is exactly why we are running the London Festival Fringe in August next year the same time as the Edfringe. We don't believe that by holding it in the same month we are following in the 'wake' of Edinburgh but insisting that London is the Art capital of Europe. There are many activities that take place in that month, and the London Festival Fringe can bring these various events under one banner headline. 2. Please look at this conversation on Chortle, the comedy forum: http://forums.chortle.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=296026#296026 One comment is that the Edfringe is a trade show. The LFF will be different, it's for the many, many thousands of people who enjoy art and entertainment in London. A second comment says how expensive and frustrating Edfringe is for performers. We want to help these performers, who mostly live and work in London, to put on their shows, get audiences, and not lose money doing so. We already have two important Soho venues in the Fringe, the Leicester Square Theatre, and the Actors Church in the Covent Garden Piazza. There will be a lot more because it's in their interests. 3. The slogan we will be using is 'Capital City Capital Fringe'. I think this sums up what we are trying to do. 4. We are taking a long-term view on this, and I'm sure the London Festival Fringe will be a unique event that grows each year and will cater to both Londoners and visitors alike. Comedian Rosie Wilby introduces the London Fringe 2010 [no link] .. as only she can.London Fringe pitch .. [no link] London is the art capital of Europe with the mainstream art institutions attracting local audiences and tourists from around the world. There is also a strong arts fringe which comprise events that take place in smaller venues, featuring less well known artists and performers, equally skilled and dedicated to their work, producing exciting and innovative shows, but who do not get the audiences they deserve due to a lack of marketing resources. The ideas and performers in these fringe events influence and feed into the mainstream art performances. Without this fringe there would be little mainstream art.This London fringe has never come together as one event. The London Festival Fringe due to take place in August 2010, will show and celebrate the many talented people who make up the London Fringe to a large audience. It will bring together promoters, producers, agents and managers, along with artists and performers, in the many fringe venues in London. The area will be centred on the West End and Soho, but will spread from there to include satellite areas in Camden, Southwark, Shoreditch, and elsewhere. The London Fringe will build on an event that took place in July this year, the London Bridge Festival, which successfully ran for 15 days and included nearly 200 events and hundreds of participants. It will grow each year to make London an important Fringe city (it isn't one now) - one of the stepping stones on the tours of major international artists. It will present the London Fringe Awards (5 were presented at the Bridge Festival) in Comedy, Drama, Film, Music and other art forms. This event is important for London. It will benefit the many thousands of people who live and work in central London, the tourists who visit the city, and the minority groups who are priced out of attending many mainstream art events. (We intend to keep prices low, from free to £15). In regard to the future, work done this year will establish a structure, organisation, public profile, and press attention under one banner, the London Festival Fringe. Get seen, get heard, get contacts .. London Fringe Club, Tuesday, Sep 29, 7 pm. Free! For Artists and Performers only [no link]  The last club we had was fun with a lot of socialising and the meeting of new people going on. Come along and play the 'Showbiz Couples' game.We're going to set aside 10 one-minute slots where you can tell people about your current/upcoming show/project/endeavour. If you want a pitch please let us know when you come in. @ Phoenix Artist Bar, 1 Phoenix Street, London, WC2H 8BU. Map link Fringe area in central London [no link]  London Fringe Club was a great success last night with over 30 people attending .. [no link] .. actors, writers, musicians, singers, comedy writers and producers, a social campaigner, and even a lawyer and a doctor. Thanks to Alice and Annie who performed the Power Strip (said there was going to be a revealing ending), and to Ed who played and sang Cowardesque songs with style and aplomb. And thank you to everyone who came along. Next one, September 29.Use the London Fringe 2010 to promote cycling in the city [no link] The Greater London Authority will be launching the Hire Cycle scheme in the summer of 2010. People in Zone 1 will be able to hire bicycles from bays in the area, ride them, and put them back in another bay at the end of their trip.Could time in nicely with the London Fringe. We can use fringe events/shows to promote cycling in the city. For example, there is a group in London that show movies using a film projector that is powered by people riding bicycles. No kidding. I understand it takes about 12 bikes and riders to do it. I'm sure there are many more ideas on how we could do this out there. Oh, made contact with and suggested it to the Mayor's Office yesterday. London Fringe Club: In the true spirit of the fringe, comedy duo Annie and Alice will be presenting their very new sketch show with a revealing ending and no photographs yet. [no link]  London Fringe Club @ Phoenix Artist Bar, Sep 15, 6.30 pm, 1 Phoenix Street, London, WC2H 8BU. Map link Looking for reviews of shows in the London Fringe to feature .. If you have one .. [no link] let us know. The London Fringe is only as big as the contributions made from everyone. If you've got a review of something you've seen, under 400 words, and it's a good read, let us have it and we'll link back to your site.Launch of the London Fringe Club - Tuesday, September 15, 6.30 pm [no link] Here's the thing: fringe performers need to talk to other fringe performers, so we're launching the London Fringe Club @ Phoenix Artist Bar, 1 Phoenix Street, London, WC2H 8BU. Map linkWith the new site and the Fringe Club we want to provide:
The Phoenix Artist Bar is a famous club in the middle of Soho and frequented by artists and performers. It used to be the rehearsal rooms of the Phoenix Theatre which opened in 1930 with the premiere of Noel Coward's Private Lives featuring Coward himself in the cast, along with Gertrude Lawrence, Adrienne Allen and a young Laurence Olivier. More Art is the expression of an idea to an audience .. [no link] The artist is skilled in the medium she chooses to express her idea. It doesn't matter what is shown, so long as it has an audience. The bad art will disappear, and the good art will survive. Art has a message, it may be trivial or important, and what decides this is the audience. There are ways of engaging an audience from the subtle to the sensational. What makes great art is the emotion felt by the audience.Art is about discovering things you did not see before. All these ideas in art - these words, images, objects, film - are a way of looking at our world. We choose our way, and art helps us make that choice. Art has, in its expression, values, beliefs, stories, metaphors, symbols, ways of thinking. As a way of thinking, it provides us with a vocabulary to do so. It's a vocabulary that we use to be part of a group. We need to have a similar vocabulary to share with others. Our experiences change as art adds new words and ideas to our existing vocabulary. The artist is skilled in the medium she chooses to express her idea. It doesn't matter what is shown, so long as it has an audience. The bad art will disappear, and the good art will survive. Art has a message, it may be trivial or important, and what decides this is the audience. There are ways of engaging an audience from the subtle to the sensational. What makes great art is the emotion felt by the audience. Art is about discovering things you did not see before. All these ideas in art - these words, images, objects, film - are a way of looking at our world. We choose our way, and art helps us make that choice. Art has, in its expression, values, beliefs, stories, metaphors, symbols, ways of thinking. As a way of thinking, it provides us with a vocabulary to do so. It's a vocabulary that we use to be part of a group. We need to have a similar vocabulary to share with others. Our experiences change as art adds new words and ideas to our existing vocabulary. The Spirit of the Fringe .. [no link]  .. is a bare stage, Frank Sinatra singing New York, New York from a CD player, a simple costume, lights and a small audience. Tanya Sleeman performing burlesque at Nolias Gallery last night.IPhone application in development .. [no link] We've got to move with the times. Your phone is with you all the time. It will, not too long in the future, become your primary means of receiving information.We're developing an iPhone application that tracks news and reviews for shows at the London Fringe. It will also list Fringe venues and tell you a little about them. Anyone who promotes their shows through the Fringe website, will have their show information available on the iPhone application. Reviews will need to be submitted to the website as well for them to appear on the iPhone. Apple takes a while to approve these apps so it will be some time before release. Will need to write apps for other mobile devices, too. There is a bridge that spans the River Thames called London Bridge.. [no link] It stretches from the City of London in the north, one square mile of buildings with offices that contain people in suits who transfer money across wires and call it a day's work, to the area of Southwark in the south, where people live and connect in useful ways and make things.This bridge has a 2000 year history and is famous around the world. It is also a boring bridge. The only feature worth writing about is that, at night, both sides of the bridge are lit up with a strip of bright red light. This makes it attractive. In the day, it goes back to being boring again, and the only reason you might want to use it is to actually cross the river. If you don't know it, this was the bridge that was sold to the Americans, the one in the film, Mary Poppins, and the one that desperately needs to be redesigned for the 21st Century. The area on both north and south sides of the bridge is interesting. For now, let's talk about the area to the south, Southwark. It is the old and the new London, a London that has a heart and a character. It's easy to talk about, to visit, to walk through, to enjoy, to spend time in. In the 19th century, the area was known for its brothels and theatres, as well as bull and bear baiting, activities not permitted across the river in the City itself. But, that's another story. Now, the people are diverse, styles are numerous, history is everywhere. There are arches, cobbled streets, new buildings, cafes, restaurants, pubs, courtyards, street views, river views, birds-eye views, run-down warehouses, shopping centres, a bus station, train stations, the river bus, dog-and-duck tours, theatres, horror stories, Shakespeare. This is the area Dickens wrote about. And so did Chaucer and Johnson and Marlowe. There are people living, working, visiting; thousands of tourists each day, even more thousands of commuters. They walk past Cross Bones graveyard, the only unconsecrated graveyard in the country - a plot of ground that was set aside four hundred years ago to bury 'single women' - a euphemism for prostitutes. They were called 'Winchester Geese' because they were licensed by the Bishop of Winchester. Perhaps, some of them were buried with dignity. The area is a fine place to live and work and a great place to be entertained. So in the late summer of 2008 a few people got together and talked about running a Festival there, the London Bridge Festival. Well, the Festival happened over a couple of weeks in July 2009, and after the Press Launch which was a clever mix of artistic chaos and order, but more about that later, we realised we could establish the London Fringe. This is that story. It stretches from the City of London in the north, one square mile of buildings with offices that contain people in suits who transfer money across wires and call it a day's work, to the area of Southwark in the south, where people live and connect in useful ways and make things. This bridge has a 2000 year history and is famous around the world. It is also a boring bridge. The only feature worth writing about is that, at night, both sides of the bridge are lit up with a strip of bright red light. This makes it attractive. In the day, it goes back to being boring again, and the only reason you might want to use it is to actually cross the river. If you don't know it, this was the bridge that was sold to the Americans, the one in the film, Mary Poppins, and the one that desperately needs to be redesigned for the 21st Century. The area on both north and south sides of the bridge is interesting. For now, let's talk about the area to the south, Southwark. It is the old and the new London, a London that has a heart and a character. It's easy to talk about, to visit, to walk through, to enjoy, to spend time in. In the 19th century, the area was known for its brothels and theatres, as well as bull and bear baiting, activities not permitted across the river in the City itself. But, that's another story. Now, the people are diverse, styles are numerous, history is everywhere. There are arches, cobbled streets, new buildings, cafes, restaurants, pubs, courtyards, street views, river views, birds-eye views, run-down warehouses, shopping centres, a bus station, train stations, the river bus, dog-and-duck tours, theatres, horror stories, Shakespeare. This is the area Dickens wrote about. And so did Chaucer and Johnson and Marlowe. There are people living, working, visiting; thousands of tourists each day, even more thousands of commuters. They walk past Cross Bones graveyard, the only unconsecrated graveyard in the country - a plot of ground that was set aside four hundred years ago to bury 'single women' - a euphemism for prostitutes. They were called 'Winchester Geese' because they were licensed by the Bishop of Winchester. Perhaps, some of them were buried with dignity. The area is a fine place to live and work and a great place to be entertained. So in the late summer of 2008 a few people got together and talked about running a Festival there, the London Bridge Festival. Well, the Festival happened over a couple of weeks in July 2009, and after the Press Launch which was a clever mix of artistic chaos and order, but more about that later, we realised we could establish the London Fringe. This is that story. Art and entertainment events need promotion. We're bringing together all the fringe events in London under one banner.. [no link] The site has been redesigned to help you promote your events throughout the year. And to sell tickets through wegottickets.com. You can add events to the front page of the site easily and quickly. Here's an example. Your profile page will tell people who you are what you do.Do we need the London Fringe? [no link] Heck, London's got it all, it's got theatre and music and painting and dance, it's got the restaurants and the people, the streets, the river and bridges, the history and politics.It doesn't need a Fringe. All that art stuff is going to go on anyway. It's going to happen in the small venues, and the big venues and the venues in between. It's going to happen in the theatres, galleries, streets, it'll happen whether you're there or not. And the media will talk about it. They'll say where it happened, write about it, and forget about it. So why bother putting it all together? Why create a brand, the London Fringe, something that people will recognise, something that the performer can say she 'did', something that can be remembered. Why give out London Fringe awards to the best artists and performers in a competition, something they can be proud of? Why create a place for people to go to, somewhere they can say they saw a performance, an event? We don't need a London Fringe. Let's carry on the way we've been doing for years now, do stuff and forget. 5 London Fringe Awards at the Festival this year .. [no link] Here they are for this year and coming years:To celebrate the musical talent that we have the Festival has launched the London Fringe Music Award. Competition to be held at Nolias Gallery at the famous St Thomas a Beckett pub, SE1. It's where David Bowie wrote Ziggy Stardust. more New and recently established comedy acts should enter the London Fringe New Comedy Award, cash and a professional gig at the Up the Arts Comedy Club are the prizes. More The London Fringe 48 Hours Short Film Award asks directors, crew, actors and writers to make a film in two days. They'll be given a title and genre by the festival organisers on July 10, with the challenge of writing, shooting, editing and submitting a short film on July 12 at the Roxy Bar and Screen, a well-known indie film house, where there'll be a chill out party for participants handing in their hurried masterpieces. More The London Fringe Photography Award takes two defining factors of London life as its theme: Glamour and Grime. Entries are needed by noon on July 17. Daily Telegraph photo-journalist Kate Day will judge, and the three winners get to go to the Festival Wrap Party. More With the pervading themes of Glamour and Grime, people can enter their Short Stories to the London Fringe Short Fiction Award. Shortlisted entries will be read at a special performance reading at the Old Operating Theatre in SE1. The Times Literary Supplement is supporting the competition. Deadline for entries is noon, July 17. More Festival Spoof starts filming today, Roxy Bar and Screen, 7 pm .. [no link] Undercover operators from MI5.6 inform us that BBC 2.5 Channel News Presenter, Catherine Rose, will be filmed presenting the opening of the London Bridge Festival 2009 at the Roxy Bar and Screen from 7 pm. more[disclaimer, wafer, whatever .. this is not part of the film competition] This is the London Fringe .. [no link] The London Fringe will be an annual event centred on London Bridge, but to include the other fringe venues in London. Here are some guiding principles from Wikipedia:'The most important element in the administration that creates a Fringe festival as opposed to a "normal" arts festival is the unjuried nature of the performances. [...] All performers are welcome to apply, regardless of their professional or amateur status. No restrictions are made as to the nature, style or theme of the performance.' The Canadian Fringe, in particular, '.. strongly adheres to the philosophy that a "Fringe Festival" be unjuried, return 100% of box office proceeds back to the participating artists and remain affordable and accessible to all.' Will be updating the site after the Festival to allow fringe artists/venues to continue using it during the year. Saturday's Times newspaper, Playlist, page 29: "It seems there is nothing not being attempted .. [no link] .. during the ambitious, three-week run of the first London Bridge Festival, a would-be attempt at the capital's version of the Edinburgh Fringe. Comedy, film, art, dance, music - you name it, it's happening. That might suggest that the quality control knob has been torn off and tossed into the Thames - happily, it hasn't. Drawing heavily on the historic locale, there will be plays at the Rose Theatre, Bankside (home to early works by Shakespeare and Marlowe), the Southwark Playhouse, and the wonderful Old Operating Theatre, a museum that does what it says on the tin, housing the oldest operating Theatre in London. It's well worth getting along to see something as well as the shows, the locations are a knockout. Various venues, London Bridge. "Human Flyers racing a Human on their way to the Press Launch .. [no link]  Natalie, Renu, Sarah, Cassie and Joey as the Human Flyers and Bemused as a Human. Zipcar Theatre, Hay's Galleria, Photo: Jon Cartwright Funny Women takes the stage at the Festival .. [no link] Funny Women is proud to be a major part of the inaugural London Bridge Festival when they will continue their search for this year's crop of new female comedy talent and present a show featuring 2006 Funny Women Awards winner, Suzy Bennett and special guests.The Funny Women Awards are now in their seventh year and are still attracting a whole new crop of amazing female talent. Over 200 women are currently registered and three showcases have already taken place in Brighton and London. The five showcases across the Festival are an important platform and the organizers are looking forward to some great female comedy. Funny Women is also presenting Suzy Bennett & Friends for three nights during the Festival - Fridays 10th, 17th and 24th July also at the Wheatsheaf Pub. Suzy's special guests include Funny Women Awards finalists Rosie Wilby, Christina Martin and Rowena Haley along with songstress, Katia Sartina, sketches from Spencer Jones of Broken Biscuits, Gant & Naylor and Dave Bibby, and classic stand up from Mark Restuccia and Andrew Watts. Full listing of all shows here. 4 Competitions at the Festival [no link] A series of competitions to underline the creative explosion planned on the streets around London Bridge during the Festival.New and recently established comedy acts should enter the London New Comedy Award competition, cash and a professional gig at the Up the Arts Comedy Club are the prizes. More The London 48 Hours Short Film Competition asks directors, crew, actors and writers to make a film in two days. They'll be given a title and genre by the festival organisers on July 10, with the challenge of writing, shooting, editing and submitting a short film on July 12 at the Roxy Bar and Screen, a well-known indie film house, where there'll be a chill out party for participants handing in their hurried masterpieces. More The London Photography Competition takes two defining factors of London life as its theme: Glamour and Grime. Entries are needed by noon on July 17. Daily Telegraph photo-journalist Kate Day will judge, and the three winners get to go to the Festival Wrap Party. More With the pervading themes of Glamour and Grime, people can enter their Short Stories to the Festival's Writing Competition. Shortlisted entries will be read at a special performance reading at the Old Operating Theatre in SE1. The Times Literary Supplement is supporting the competition. Deadline for entries is noon, July 17. More London New Comedy Award July 16 Lineup developing .. at Skinkers Pub, SE1 [no link] Rich Lyons, Hannah George, Christian AncliffYou know, this Festival is shaping up to be quite an event. And it's not too late to do something. It's Fringe so almost anything goes .. [no link] Our Press Launch is a truly innovative performance piece, 'Theatre in a Car' - three Directors, 12 cars, 24 performers - a mixture of plays, physical theatre, cabaret and comedy. There'll also be a top class stand-up comedian from The Funny Women stable ... and, in the greenest (and most economic) publicity stunt ever, we'll have HUMAN FLYERS on hand to tell people about the festival.Some venues do not have any shows booked in and are looking. If you want to put something on, it's not too late, take a look at the venues on-site. Festival Club Jun 16: Jo and Ice on the Story Writing Competition [no link] Really good Festival flyer from Jon Cartwright and John Wilson [no link]  Photographer Jon Cartwright, Designer John Wilson. Thanks. Why London Bridge? [no link] It is the old and the new London, a London that has a heart and a character. It's easy to talk about, to visit, to walk through, to enjoy, to spend time in. The people are diverse, styles are numerous, history is everywhere. There are arches, cobbled streets, new buildings, cafes, restaurants, pubs, courtyards, street views, river views, birds-eye views, run-down warehouses, shopping centres, a bus station, train stations, the river bus, dog-and-duck tours, theatres, horror stories, Shakespeare. This is the area Dickens wrote about. And so did Chaucer and Johnson and Marlowe. There are people living, working, visiting; thousands of tourists each day, even more thousands of commuters. They walk past Cross Bones graveyard, the only unconsecrated graveyard in the country - a plot of ground that was set aside four hundred years ago to bury 'single women' - a euphemism for prostitutes. They were called 'Winchester Geese' because they were licensed by the Bishop of Winchester. Perhaps, some of them were buried with dignity.London Bridge was known for its brothels and theatres, as well as bull and bear baiting, activities not permitted across the river in the City itself. It's the bridge that was sold to the Americans, the one in the film, Mary Poppins, and the one that desperately needs to be redesigned for the 21st Century. It's a fine place to be and a great place to be entertained. Community Grant awarded to the Festival from Bermondsey Community Council [no link] Thank you to Bermondsey Community Council in SE1 for awarding the Festival a community grant of £1250. The money will be used to include community groups in the event, in particular, Overture and Tower Bridge School, and to promote the Festival to the benefit of people living and working in the area.Flyering at the Festival [no link] In the true Fringe spirit, you may want to start thinking about designing and printing flyers for your show. Shouldn't be a problem flyering near London Bridge Mainline and Tube stations, as the London Dungeon do it everyday. And thousands commute in each morning and evening. Two other places for flyering, Borough Market, and the bridge itself. Lots of people use both.Festival Club Jun 2: Selah and Vicky on Festival PR [no link] Festival Photographer is the amazing Jon Cartwright [no link]  linkWhy take part in the Festival .. [no link] .. because London Bridge is a fantastic area to hold a Festival, July is a great time to be in London, and there are a whole lot of events and people taking part in it already.To participate, you need to: Register / start Planning / Enter your Profile / Find a Venue or Street Site / Enter your Shows provisionally for now. Who needs the press? We all do.. [no link] Now is the time to start working on the press. Here's a list of Media Contacts.And Fringe Report has kindly offered the following two articles to help: How To Do Emergency PR How To Win Coverage And Interest Media It's your Festival so please put your events up .. [no link] A reminder to please put your events in your events page. They will appear on the front page of the website, in the Programme listing, and in your profile page. They don't need to be confirmed dates or have confirmed venues just yet. It's just so people can see how the Festival is shaping up. Here's an example of how it will appear in your profile page.The Unnamed Awards - gotta think up a name .. [no link] The Festival will probably launch the Unnamed Awards for Best New Comedy, Best Writing, and others. We'll likely think up one or two more.We are looking for Sponsors for each Award. |
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