The British Theatre Guide: Fringe 2006 Snippets (1)

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Dateline: 8th June, 2006

Fringe 2006 Snippets (1)

Some interesting information about the 2006 Edinburgh Fringe, which runs from 6th to 28th August.

In celebration of the sixtieth year will be Fringe: 60 years, 60 photos - an exhibition at Princes Mall showing a rich archive of photography featuring many famous faces that have graced the festival over the years, including Rachel Weisz, Jude Law, French and Saunders and Billy Connelly
Tickets go on sale on Monday 12th June from 0131 226 0000 or www.edfringe.com
The Times Fringe Box Office will offer The Times Fringe Knowledge - shows listings and up to the minute ticket availability direct to mobile phones
The Times Fringe Text Critic allows Fringegoers to text a four word review of each Fringe show they see to the Times for daily publication during the festival
Fringe 2006 features 28,014 performances of 1,867 shows in 261 venues (Fringe 2005 featured 26,995 performances of 1,799 shows in 240 venues).
An estimated 16,990 performers will be on Edinburgh’s Fringe stages
Theatre makes up 32% of the programme, followed by Comedy (27%) then Music (21%). Musicals, Children’s Shows, Dance & Physical Theatre, Exhibitions and Events each provide around 4% of the programme
Over a third (36%) of all shows are World premieres. 4% are UK premieres, 10% European premieres
177 shows at Fringe 2006 are absolutely free
It would take 5 years, 11 months and 16 days to see every performance back-to-back
The Fringe sells 97% more tickets than it did only 10 years ago (679,147 in 1995, 1338,550 in 2005)
In 2006, there will be 94% more performances than 10 years ago

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