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Dateline:
18th May, 2003
EdFringe 2003 Preview (1)
Peter Brook at the Traverse
According to a report in The Stage, Peter Brook will make his first
ever appearance at the Edinburgh Fringe this year when he brings his
English language production of Themba's The Suit to the Traverse.
This is the first time that Themba's play, about adultery in a South
African township, has been performed in Europe in any lnagiuge other
than French.
The production is a collaboration between Brook and the Chiocago Shakespeare
Theater and will premiere in Chicago before arriving in Edinburgh.
The Gilded Balloon is Back
Karen Koren's Gilded Balloon, which was completely destroyed in the
massive fire which hit Edinburgh last year, will still have a presence
in the Cowgate area, she has announced. The caves in Niddry Street South
will have three performance spaces and the Cabaret Voltaire in Blair
Street one. The Giklded Balloon Honeycomb will also be running.
The headquarters of the GB operation will be the University Student
Union building in Teviot Row, just a few moments' walk from the Pleasance
Dome in Potterrow, which Koren has used for the last two years. Also
used for GB productions will be the Venue, a nightclub on Calton Road.
Fire Site to be Venue?
The site of the fire, between Cowgate and Chambers Street, may not be
an empty space this year. According to the Edinburgh Evening News, the
nine owners of the site are determined that visitors will not be confronted
by "huge hole in the ground" and insider gossip suggests that
the Famous Spiegeltent may reappear there. It was last seen a few years
ago on the roof of the Waverley Shopping Centre.
Rocket Takes over from the Pleasance
But just in one venue! Rocket Venues, which runs Venue 123 in Infirmary
Street, is to take over the running of the Roxburgh Place Halls, formerly
Pleasance Over the Road.
C is Fine!
Adam House in Chambers Street, the main home of C Venues, which suffered
water damage as a result of the fire, will, we are told, be totally
dried out in time for this year's Fringe, so C, which bids fair very
soon to join the "Big 3" of Assembly, Gilded Balloon and Pleasance
as the biggest Fringe venues, is safe and will be able to run as normal.
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