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Fringe Fest 2009 Preview

Overview of the 2009 Prague Fringe Festival

published 11.05.2009 | comments (1) | log in to post comments

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Fringe Festival 2009
Preview & Round-up

The 8th annual Fringe Festival is quickly approaching. Don´t miss the best of English language music, improve, theater, dance, comedy and more. Dates are May 22-30 and tickets are only an unbelievable 150 CZK. There´s also a Fringe Voucher for hardcore fans which enables the holder to see five shows for the price of four. (Available only through Ticketstream.) We´ve compiled as much information about the Fringe as we could get our hands on, and will update this posting as the festival approaches.

Tickets: Can be purchased now through Ticketstream. The week of Fringe they can be purchased at Divadlo na Prádle, the official Fringe Box Office. Day of tickets can also be bought straight from the participating theaters. See www.fringe.cz for more information.

Tickets to each show are 150 CZK. On the 22nd, all tickets are 100 CZK; throughout the fest, student tickets are an astonishing 50 CZK.

The Prague Fringe Festival program is available now. Pick it up at one of these locations.

Want more information on the shows? Check these out:

Canarsie Suite - American Clown & Vaudeville Show: May 22-30, 9pm

Hansel and Gretel the End of the Fairy Tale: May 22-24, 8pm

CACTUS - the seduction - A unique physically devised solo show from Jonno Katz: May 22-23, 26-30, 10:30pm

Prague Soup - Anne Moir´s one-woman show: May 27-30, 6pm

Decaffeinated Tragedy - Bad Soviet Habits: May 22-27, 8:45pm & May 28-30, 5:45pm

Waiting for Andre - May 22-30, 7:30pm

Kubrilesque - May 20-June 1, 10:30pm

Mo(ve)ment - An encounter of visual arts and modern dance: May 26-30, 6pm

Storyville UK - A fusion of influences: May 26-31, 7:15pm

Red Peter - Simian features: May 21-30, 7:15pm

Backward Glance - May 22-30, 7:30pm

The Voice & The Verse - May 26-20, 8:45pm

In a Thousand Pieces - May 25-30, 9pm

David Benson sings Noel Coward - May 24-30, 8pm

Emotion Collection - Physical theater & music: May 26-28, 4:30pm

The Crying Cherry - May 22-30, time 20:30

The Pen and the Sword - May 22-25, 18:00

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Fringe Festival Praha 2009
Friday 22nd May - Saturday 30th May 2009

“Doing the fringe” means being adventurous and taking a chance. The world over, fringe festivals tempt with an array of shows from around the globe; music, comedy, dance, spoken word, theatre are all there to discover. The intrepid fringe explorer will come across the exotic, the strange and the bizarre, be entertained, moved and amused, taking in not just one but several shows a day in their big fringe adventure. Fringe Festival Praha offers almost 40 shows and 200 performances in 7 fantastic venues across beautiful Malá Strana over 9 very special nights in May we hope you are up for the challenge, pack your bags and hop on board.

Steven Gove, Carole Wears, Angus Coull, Giles Burton