Saturday, 03 May 2008

• programme up and we're on our way...

  whoo, haven’t been here for a while, been busy

  BUT the full Fringe programme is now up on our website

  - that’s www.bathfringe.co.uk if you’re confused.

   

  We’ve been having a hard time, had our council grant slashed dramatically, but decided to make our best shot at another ace festival, it’s what we do and there didn’t seem to be any point not doing it

  if you’re inclined to come, do, it might be a good idea: if you want us to continue giving you stuff that we gather you want to see and hear, we need to make an indubitable (and, indeed, financial) success this year

  and even if you want us to change, come to something and come back and comment here, don’t wait for someone else to do it ‘for you’ ...

   

  we reckon it’s particularly worth looking at:
  • a bigger Spiegeltent than last year, with a great programme of music for absorbing and for dancing to (sometimes even at the same time) to match: Top Cats, Sweet Billy Pilgrim, DJ Derek... and comedy too

  • also featuring a whole lot of the future’s coming stars from the southwest on afternoon gigs

  (we’ll be putting up more info about some of the bigger events here on the web in coming weeks, hopefully linking up with their web presence and their regulars while we’re at it)

   

  • a series of greenfield/tent gigs on Kensington Meadows including Jonah & The Wail & The Zen Hussies.

  • TWO Fringe clubs, the official one at the Porter and some competition; details of the latter still to be revealed

  • the opening of a new Bath venue, Burdall’s Yard, just off Cleveland Place/London Road

   

  • and a bigger programme of visiting & local theatre & cabaret in small venues, including the Theatre Binge Student Theatre festival (oh, and lots more), especially with names that let you know you’re at a Fringe (what’s your favourite? have a look and come back and tell us).

  It’s the heart of the Fringe phenomenon, and is re-asserting itself in Bath just when we need it most. Hooray!

   

  • we’re also still doing free and outdoor stuff, tho’ we can’t afford to do so much without grant income: a Sunday in Saw Close, by the Theatre, where we were last year, will be the centre of it.

   

  • and dozens of small crazy unpredictable and independent events all over the city... now that’s the idea...

   

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