Free Festival News |
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| 7th
January 2008 - We are happy to announce to fantastic new venues for the 2008 Fringe -
Espionage, which is a three performance space venue situated on Victoria Street and Cowgate (you
can't get much more central) and a Fantastic basement room at the Argyle, on the Meadows and
within seconds walk from the big-tops on the Meadows. More information on the perfromers
pages, here. |
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| 6th
January 2008 - Happy New Year! We are now taking perfumeries applications for the
2008 Fringe, for more information see our performers section: here |
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1st
September - That's it for 2007, our final show has finished and the venues are packed
away in their boxes for another year - See you again in August 2008! Our Fringe dates for 2008
are July 31st to August 25th - Check back here for updates over the year - we're already well
into planning for next years free Fringe extravaganza. |
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31st
August September - More photos added from the 2007 Fringe - click here |
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23rd
August - The List's Top 5 Festival Surprises: The Free Festival - "The Laughing
Horse’s Free Fringe has given hundreds of performers a chance to get up in front of
bigger and more appreciative audiences than they might normally encounter. The little-known
acts of this year may well be the stars of 2008 so go along and check them out. We salute
their generosity of spirit." |
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14th
Aug - Dr Who themed Night in aid of ACCORD Hospice - details here
- Well done to everyone who attended, the final total raised was an amazing £1465.90
Download a podcast of the event from Creation Podcasts:
Introduced by Mitch Benn - Warning: contains strong language.
Download MP3,
27:30min, 13 MB
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7th Aug - Guid Sisters opening delayed - click here |
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7th
Aug - Images added from the Launch night - click here |
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21st June 2007 |
| Even more shows to
choose from - with added music and comedy we now have 139 different shows to pick from for
this years Fringe. |
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30th May 2007 |
| The Free Festival's
130 shows mentioned in the Launch of Chortle's online Fringe Guide, here: http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2007/05/30/5376/fringe_first
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21st May 2007 |
| The 2007 Free Festival
programme is Launched, featuring over 130 shows! |
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22nd
March 2007 |
| There will be two further venues with
Free Festival shows, The Counting House and Pear Tree on
West Nicolson Street, including a 150 capacity room in the heart of Edinburgh, and an Outdoor
stage for performers to use - similar to the stages on the royal mile. This means there are
now 11 venues in Edinbrugh with Free Festival shows this year. |
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20th March 2007 |
| News
of Richard Coughlan's Record breaking Rap on Chortle: Click Here: http://chortle.co.uk/news/2007/03/16/5137/a_load_of_rap |
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1st
March 2007 |
| We are happy to annouce that we have
secured two slots at The
Underbelly for free performances throughout this years Edinburgh Fringe Festival,
giving performers a unique opportunity to perform at one of the Fringe’s leading venues
- click here for more details. |
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26th December 2006 |
| We are delighted
to announce two further Free venues for the 2007 Fringe - Berlin and Edinburgh City Football Club. This adds a further three performance spaces to the Free
Festival venues. The details for
performers are now available in the Performers
section for the performance space at
Edinburgh City Football Club, details for Berlin will be added in the first week of January. |
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9th December
2006 |
Welcome to the brand new site for
Laughing Horse's Free Venues at the Edinburgh Fringe - and the Launch of the Free Festival
venues for 2007. This page will highlight news and events as they happen through the year - we
are currently taking submissions from performers and speaking to venues about shows for 2007,
and it looks like our 2007 programme will be bigger and better than ever!
If you are a performer, have a look at the new Performers section to see what our venues will be
like in 2007 - or join our new
forum, to chat with other acts in the build up to the Fringe.
Keep an eye on this website, as further venues are
due to be announced very soon. |
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