tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48937903210224881302024-03-14T09:25:46.174+00:00Buxton Festival Fringe<strong>Wednesday 3rd to Sunday 21st July 2024</strong><br>
The biggest open-access Fringe between Brighton and Edinburgh, Buxton Fringe hosts hundreds of performances with music, theatre, comedy, spoken word, dance, film, children's events, street theatre, visual arts and more.
<br><strong><em>www.buxtonfringe.org.uk Facebook.com/buxtonfringe Twitter and Instagram: @buxtonfringe </em></strong> Marketing Officerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01713674835229262077noreply@blogger.comBlogger356125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893790321022488130.post-43363009376129447282024-02-08T13:04:00.000+00:002024-02-08T13:04:08.630+00:00Cover Time! <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9caL1zskW7JQSg9freOfBK5ep5fu2SXhYpj5qyfKOa6g_mwiVN-aAXFF-_DimmrlLISzY3Zhl0cn1SxZX8kd-GrNW_OyuGndPzZvFTz2V4vkCBKxNDQMNErz_mltgWhn3M_VY_ApwaRWVeqLS5LhMK5DRGmyYkeVkJWQIwbJI9_q3zRLx8Rinv5MyLOs/s1240/BFF-2024-Programme-cover.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="874" data-original-width="1240" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9caL1zskW7JQSg9freOfBK5ep5fu2SXhYpj5qyfKOa6g_mwiVN-aAXFF-_DimmrlLISzY3Zhl0cn1SxZX8kd-GrNW_OyuGndPzZvFTz2V4vkCBKxNDQMNErz_mltgWhn3M_VY_ApwaRWVeqLS5LhMK5DRGmyYkeVkJWQIwbJI9_q3zRLx8Rinv5MyLOs/w400-h283/BFF-2024-Programme-cover.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Falling for Buxton Festival Fringe by art competition winner, Elizabeth Rose</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">What can brighten up these dark, grey, wet and windy winter days? Thinking about the Fringe in July of course! This is the time of year when we run our Programme Cover competition. </div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">With a deadline of 8/1/24, Steph, our hard-working Marketing Officer, was worried that people would be too tired after Christmas to enter. But the arty folk of Buxton and around didn't let us down. </div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">We had a whopping 23 entries, with a diverse range of styles, ideas and designs. We were really delighted to see such a strong field and even more pleased to get several entries from younger artists, the youngest being nine years old.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">The competitors gave the judges a very difficult job selecting just one winner. We knew it was going to be a long session, so we set ourselves up with lots of hot drinks in the cosy Old Hall lounge. </div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">Luckily Annie, the talented daughter of Steph, had made up proofs of all the entries using our cover format. Soon all 23 were spread out on all available surfaces. This gave the judges a very real idea of what they would look like if selected.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">It was an enjoyable if long process. Soon we had three piles: good but not quite right for the Fringe, very good and possibly for other publicity but not quite cover-worthy, and lastly, definite cover potential. We ended up with eight designs in this final pile.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">Time to roll our sleeves up and get serious! Merits such as fun, eye-catching, wider use, background and colours were debated alongside the vital but elusive quality, did it say Buxton Fringe?</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">After a frank but friendly exchange of views we had our winning entry, which was revealed to be by Buxton artist Elizabeth Rose.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">We were also pleased to have three strong runners up by Dave Carlisle, Emma Bouchier and Joanna Allen.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">Having drunk all the tea, the judges happily left our Marketing Officer to sort out the tasks of drafting a press release, advising entrants of the results and working with our designer and artist on final tweaks to the design.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">Fringe Vice Chair Jeanette Hamilton said: "I'm delighted we have chosen an image that portrays everything we want the Fringe to be - inclusive, diverse, fun and with appeal for people of all ages and backgrounds."</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">To see our catalogue of past covers click <a href="https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/archive.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">To find out more about getting involved in the Fringe click <a href="https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/volunteer.html">here</a>.</div><div></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><br style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /></div>
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Carole Garnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17825734233463956370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893790321022488130.post-42575831225063394822023-07-05T15:52:00.003+01:002023-07-06T06:55:08.989+01:00Hold the front page 5… A journey onto the wild side at Buxton Fringe<span id="docs-internal-guid-711394b4-7fff-28b4-6e97-caf198daa651"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3SRV0SwXYDClFlzOnx8r3_yipHysOq3XafgTY3ndO7Ei1FCvnDt7vA402PmMnMJgHJIdbjN5SSq1AWs09Gq8eW2jbtNymp-VMbrcgYetKBNZD-0wsKGaApy0PltrO2YbV2xUeRg8wXqu02p8T8jjzmPspz_icjoCaRutytRY9wFlKrNb5ekIY1lEoXCY/s1650/babbling.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="1650" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3SRV0SwXYDClFlzOnx8r3_yipHysOq3XafgTY3ndO7Ei1FCvnDt7vA402PmMnMJgHJIdbjN5SSq1AWs09Gq8eW2jbtNymp-VMbrcgYetKBNZD-0wsKGaApy0PltrO2YbV2xUeRg8wXqu02p8T8jjzmPspz_icjoCaRutytRY9wFlKrNb5ekIY1lEoXCY/w400-h266/babbling.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Wagon of Wonder: Babbling Vagabonds</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h3 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 10pt;"><br /></h3><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Welcome to this bumper round up featuring extracts from the press releases of our Fringe entrants, this time Babbling Vagabonds, Chapel Arts Creative Writing Group, Bavarian comic Marc Adams, French artist Yvette Ribot-Smith and the glorious Buxton Community Choir - events that show an international flavour and a taste for adventure and fun at Buxton Fringe.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For full details of their shows see our listings on</span><a href="https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/descriptions2022.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/descriptions2023.html</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you are a Fringe performer who would like to be featured in our blog, please send your press release to </span><a href="mailto:marketing@buxtonfringe.org.uk" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">marketing@buxtonfringe.org.uk</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Babbling Vagabonds: Wagon of Wonder - wild and wacky family adventure </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Families can embark on an exciting outdoor theatrical adventure with award-winning, Buxton based Babbling Vagabonds Storytelling Theatre. They will unveil their latest theatre show at Gadley Woods on July 22-23 at 2pm and 7pm.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Their new production, Wagon Of Wonder, (WOW for short!) is rolling into town and promises to be a wacky ride full of surprising stories, cheeky performers, colourful puppets, and a catchy song, mixed together with their unique brand of theatrical magic.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It tells the story of Prentice and Dogsbury, two assistants to the marvellous Madam Moo Moo. She is the purveyor of the peculiar and seller of the strange and proprietor of theWagon of Wonder. It is from this colourful cart that the two hapless sales assistants try to sell items and curios to aid adventurers of all ages. Wrapped up in each of the unusual objects on sale are stories and anecdotes to raise the hairs on your neck, and send shivers down your spine.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“We have created a gem of a show which explores how we can manage our angry feelings and how to tackle decision making.” said Joint Artistic Director, Tara Hornsey-Saunders, “The feedback from our audiences has been so positive, it’s just great to know that what we have created shares a moment of magic for families, and creates wonderful lasting memories for everyone” </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The production is suitable for all the family, (4yrs and upwards.) Please note that this adventurous production is set in a woodland and there are no toilet facilities nearby. Please dress for the weather and wear suitable footwear as paths are uneven</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 2.25pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">..</span></p><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 20pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chapel Arts Creative Writing Group: Journeys</span></h1><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Whether it is the path least taken or the path back to the carpark, Chapel Arts Creative Writing Group from Chapel-en-le-Frith in the High Peak will be considering journeys big or small for its spoken word performance at this year’s Buxton Festival Fringe (July 5th to 23rd).</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The thriving group of writers, some of whom are award-winning published authors, will be sharing a wide variety of stories, poetry, mini-plays and more at two special events, one on July 17th at 7.30pm to 9pm and the other a matinee on July 22nd at 2pm to 3.30pm. Different material is likely to feature at each. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The show, entitled Journeys, looks set to avoid cliche with many different interpretations of the theme. Subject matter includes two epic journeys to Durham Cathedral, centuries apart; the story of a garden’s gradual deconstruction by professional landscapers; the journey through life; virtual reality travels; a sci-fi adventure and a comic poem exploring one alpha male’s inability to take in road directions. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Led by author Mark Henderson, the group is open to all but includes professional writers among its ranks. This year the group has already published a booklet of short stories, Someone Here Will Commit a Murder, and created a play set in a GP’s waiting room featuring monologues from the entire group. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Says Mark: “As always, it’s proving a pleasure and a privilege to work with these creative writers. The quality of their work is matched by their enthusiasm and infectious enjoyment, as this year’s Journeys performances will show. I’m looking forward to July 17th and 22nd.” </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A registered charity, Chapel Arts was formed to encourage the development of a broad range of arts in the Chapel-en-le-Frith area. Details of events, including regular spoken word performances, are available on </span><a href="http://www.chapelarts.org.uk/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">www.chapelarts.org.uk</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. The site also includes the Writing Group’s filmed and recorded readings created for the Fringe in 2021 and 2020 and will be updated with transcripts from this year’s live performances.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Marc Adams: BMW Bavarian’s Most Wanted</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Hello! My name is Marc Adams from Germany / Bavaria and my show is called BMW Bavarian´s most wanted. This is my first solo show in English and it´s my first time at Buxton Fringe. It took me 15 years to get to my first solo show. In my life I am an actor, clown, improviser, dancer and singer. I put everything in this unique show. It's a variety comedy show with music, singing, magic, acting, unique props and Krautwork.”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here's the blurb:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Multi-talented Marc Adams is a stand-up guy. He also acts, sings, dances, and does magic with cards and salamis. The Berlin comedy club veteran has packed his English premiere with off-beat humour, visual gags, music, props, and Krautwork. See for yourself why he is Bavaria's most wanted. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Buxton Community Choir: Walking on Sunshine </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Everyone will be walking on sunshine listening to the glorious sound of Buxton Community Choir performing in Buxton Festival Fringe this summer!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With over sixty members, Buxton Community Choir has gone from strength to strength since their first rehearsal in autumn 2021. As an inclusive choir, they perform for local charity organisations and care homes as well as staging their main concerts for Buxton Fringe and at Christmas. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Presenting a varied repertoire of pop, musical theatre, opera and more, this year’s concert ‘Walking on Sunshine’ will showcase the amazing sound of the full choir singing in four part harmony as well as songs performed as solos and small group ensembles formed from the membership, all directed by the talented Chris Blackshaw.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Don’t miss ‘Walking on Sunshine’ at Buxton Methodist Church, a show that promises to be an upbeat evening of musical entertainment and is sure to be a sell out event! </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yvette Ribot-Smith: Art for Change</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">‘Art for Change’ is a performance with a difference. It has been devised specially for ‘The Fringe’ by French artist, Yvette Ribot-Smith and integrates her love of painting, drama and local talent with concerns about some of the more thought- provoking social themes of today. Half of the proceeds of this production will go to Amnesty International. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This unique blend of art forms contributes to the stimulating entertainment value of Yvette’s performance with her team. The audience is led through a series of scenarios inspired by the presentation of sixteen of Yvette’s oil paintings. The significance of the paintings is brought to life through her love of dance and drama, supported by narration, keyboard, song, and poetry integrated with dialogue. Art for Change takes place on two nights at The Green Man Gallery and the 16 paintings will be exhibited upstairs at the gallery throughout the festival.</span></p><br /></span>
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Marketing Officerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01713674835229262077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893790321022488130.post-73695176045382897792023-07-04T17:46:00.000+01:002023-07-04T17:46:55.383+01:00Support the Fringe - Drink Beer! *<div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjFLmuKLX5KOqU4K5CWxrqubsvYReEGcnE37_tC4rUF8IrpIF-9H8PGVEF0LF8NGfr018UxJlW3cgwiXr2c0W3MBp9lWlk8rkkg2wPd_DVNbVz2wglqyjTfv_9a-pIwR7PyUIqBG6fcy5ii81vmvqllMqPZdtsaG9q75E7OA4ORYPx6Lro6uo-xxe8FZY/s4032/20230526_170021.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjFLmuKLX5KOqU4K5CWxrqubsvYReEGcnE37_tC4rUF8IrpIF-9H8PGVEF0LF8NGfr018UxJlW3cgwiXr2c0W3MBp9lWlk8rkkg2wPd_DVNbVz2wglqyjTfv_9a-pIwR7PyUIqBG6fcy5ii81vmvqllMqPZdtsaG9q75E7OA4ORYPx6Lro6uo-xxe8FZY/w241-h261/20230526_170021.jpg" style="opacity: 1;" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Pint of Buxton Brewery's Fringe </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div>We were really delighted when our friends at Buxton Brewery agreed to produce a special limited edition beer in support of the Fringe. We were even more excited when it went on sale at the end of May.<div><br /></div><div>The 'ale and arty' beer comes in a very fetching orange can or on tap. The Fringe Session Pale Ale is 4% and is made from Harlequin hops and is delightfully refreshing.</div><div><br /></div><div>Chair Stephen Walker was the first to try it (natch), closely followed by Rob Harrison, who first had the idea of approaching Buxton Brewery. </div><div><br /></div><div>Unsurprisingly, they both pronounced it delicious and easy drinking. </div><div><br /></div><div>After a hot afternoon helping residents at Haddon Hall care home plant orange flowers, I and fellow fringer Linda Rolland felt we deserved a cold drink. So we high-tailed it down to Pavilion Gardens to try the Fringe pale. And I have to say it really hits the spot!</div><div><br /></div><div>Served chilled its the perfect summer drink to enjoy before, after or even during one of our 190 or so Fringe events. Its available from lots of outlets across town, see the list below for full details. </div><div><br /></div><div>And what's best is the wonderful people at Buxton Brewery are giving the Fringe 20p on every pint sold. </div><div><br /></div><div>So support the Fringe drink* Fringe Session Pale - Cheers 🍻</div><div><br /></div><div>Available from: Buxton Brewery Tap House and Cellar Bar, Buxton Brewery Pavilion Gardens, Buxton Brewery Garden Tap, Beer District, The Vault, Bar Brasserie, Old Hall Hotel, The Crescent, The Pump Room and The Royal Oak Hurdlow.</div><div><br /></div><div>* over 18's only please.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqHFXBpIiG6UNR0hkphZ-XYEmmDP_N42k9sVyEwdah7wWTxQ-ah6UDpKp3hmFwSy0YQntpbwX74Co6M-WmfeI9q6DLe336zcDRZaO3ehmjoenSRzNC9H57TzrL_BRHe_dXGzOBfIK3LcZZrW-seSFw83S8_SIDgT7Ul1uxyz4_p91w6XMKPmZe_YyGokU/s4032/IMG_7369.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqHFXBpIiG6UNR0hkphZ-XYEmmDP_N42k9sVyEwdah7wWTxQ-ah6UDpKp3hmFwSy0YQntpbwX74Co6M-WmfeI9q6DLe336zcDRZaO3ehmjoenSRzNC9H57TzrL_BRHe_dXGzOBfIK3LcZZrW-seSFw83S8_SIDgT7Ul1uxyz4_p91w6XMKPmZe_YyGokU/w291-h388/IMG_7369.jpeg" style="opacity: 1;" width="291" /></a></div><br /><div><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-dc91feba-7fff-81e9-ab47-57b2e8d7bb66"><br /><h3 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 10pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglSaBj_cVbNs3PZcUz3QAUfYugzV1wh_AedtvuV3ZzzRQaKqUhJVZ23URQmjqY5QRhuIZZUffycmeb5XCe8BBJn2dgdsBNySeWLNsLrhJTnA1o5w1w-MWhXBw_AkPPiBb2gxBBaZJnVE7sprMBOHppwLAOhby_D96zJQg07er44n_3Kn2j_43KvctpgI4/s1024/Patrick%20O'Donnell2%20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="1024" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglSaBj_cVbNs3PZcUz3QAUfYugzV1wh_AedtvuV3ZzzRQaKqUhJVZ23URQmjqY5QRhuIZZUffycmeb5XCe8BBJn2dgdsBNySeWLNsLrhJTnA1o5w1w-MWhXBw_AkPPiBb2gxBBaZJnVE7sprMBOHppwLAOhby_D96zJQg07er44n_3Kn2j_43KvctpgI4/w400-h226/Patrick%20O'Donnell2%20.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Patrick O'Donnell from Revenant</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></h3><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Welcome to our latest round up featuring extracts from the press releases of our Fringe entrants, this time Demon & Dust with Revenant by Stewart Roche, Buxton Fringe Theatre Production Award winners, Spanner in the Works, and Burbage Band - three events that show the Fringe in all its different moods. Don’t miss out as some of these performances are from the very start of the Fringe! The first two are at Underground with Burbage Band at the Methodist Church. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For full details of their shows see our listings on</span><a href="https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/descriptions2022.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/descriptions2023.html</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you are a Fringe performer who would like to be featured in our blog, please send your press release to </span><a href="mailto:marketing@buxtonfringe.org.uk" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">marketing@buxtonfringe.org.uk</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Revenant</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 12pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Demons & Dust are delighted to present Revenant by Stewart Roche at Buxton Fringe 2023 starring Patrick O’Donnell (Best Actor nomination, Manchester Fringe 2021). </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Carter has found the perfect location to shoot his zombie movie set during the Irish famine - a country house on an island off the coast of Mayo. The only catch is he has it for just 3 days. So when his lead actor drops out the day before shooting starts, Carter is faced with a difficult decision- pull on the plug on his dream project or cast the mysterious Vardell, an actor of incendiary talent but someone with a dark past that he knows precious little about. As events unfold on set, Carter soon suspects that he may have made a grave mistake... </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Visceral, blackly comic and genuinely scary. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">'****.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">..a compelling and entertaining hour of superb storytelling…deliciously dark…O’Donnell’s delivery is magnificent.’</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> STARBURST Magazine</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">'Roche’s script is a spikenard of playful savagery....a comically fruitful idea combining gothic horror gore with a satire on movie-making and acting.’ </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Irish Independent </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stewart Roche is an award-winning writer from Dublin. In 2022 he was commissioned by BBC Radio 4 to write “Shard”, which will be broadcast on July 10th. His film “Where Still Waters Lie” won Best Foreign Short at the Monsterflix Awards, Best Drama at the Indie for you Festival and Best Horror at the Five Continents Film Festival, Tokyo Short Film Festival and the U-Horror film awards. It has also been nominated for best short at several other film festivals. His play “Revenant” was nominated for the Stewart Parker Award (Best debut play in Ireland). </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As an actor Patrick O Donnell has won numerous awards, most notably at the Dublin International Film Festival with the Irish Film Critics award for Best Actor for his performance in “The Fading Light.” He also won Best International Actor for his performance in “Tin Can Man” at the Sydney Underground Film Festival. He was nominated for Best Actor at the Manchester Fringe Festival in 2021 for “Revenant”. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What if</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Buxton Fringe Theatre Production Award-winners 2021-2022 return to Underground with the story of one mother's loss amid the Shankill Road bombing, Belfast 1993. Written and directed by Patricia Downey, this is the latest play from the multi-award-winning company. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">”A searing exposition of pain and grief a combination of wonderful writing and insightful acting” </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Belfast Telegraph</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Another hard-hitting masterpiece from Spanner in The Works Theatre Company and magnificently performed by Colette Hart and Neil Heaney, who brought you on a rollercoaster of grief that many experienced during the tragic troubles of Northern Ireland. No matter what your background or history is surrounding you, as a parent of a child, you will honestly feel every tiny drop of heartache, loss and sorrow as the events of this play unfold.”</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Audience feedback</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">Burbage Band</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There’s nothing better than the sound of a quality brass band other than fabulous songsters as well as a brass band.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the “Night of Glorious Melodies” concert by Burbage Band (Buxton) at the Buxton Festival Fringe on the 15</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 0.6em; vertical-align: super;">th</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> July you can hear it all. The band will be featuring music from Stage and Screen and will be joined by professional soprano Katie Allan and West End Star Ashley Stillburn. The Band guarantees it will be an evening to remember. Book early! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p></span>
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Carole Garnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17825734233463956370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893790321022488130.post-74027736706670107872023-06-30T11:33:00.002+01:002023-06-30T11:40:53.802+01:00Painting the station orange!<span id="docs-internal-guid-44b91d22-7fff-52f0-3f81-50d696999990"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3zl_7z0p7g737DuA114NOFPHWguN8abgGDatJVaQy7REen49hdSjYgWDeX2JcZkO-6o2nEX_mM3WEeBVjnLPFr615j05vq1vWyL0O8ke8pSxE5vd6YveE8fOizFpt6RbcBDdD5Do5_2HjUmZZroZpmFUBErEHF9gMVf6LsFAeCThDAfu27m4NUlJqiqQ/s4656/Manchester.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3492" data-original-width="4656" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3zl_7z0p7g737DuA114NOFPHWguN8abgGDatJVaQy7REen49hdSjYgWDeX2JcZkO-6o2nEX_mM3WEeBVjnLPFr615j05vq1vWyL0O8ke8pSxE5vd6YveE8fOizFpt6RbcBDdD5Do5_2HjUmZZroZpmFUBErEHF9gMVf6LsFAeCThDAfu27m4NUlJqiqQ/s320/Manchester.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rail and Fringe fans, Helen, Catherine, Pam and Ian, at Manchester Piccadilly</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I knew there was an Edinburgh Fringe - I didn’t know there was a Buxton one…” It was so great to tell people about Buxton Fringe at Manchester Piccadilly Station on Wednesday June 28th. We had all sorts of people coming up to find out more about our fantastic open-access festival which runs alongside the Buxton International Festival every July. </span></p><br style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; white-space: normal;" /><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Working alongside High Peak and Hope Valley Community Rail Partnership, we were also letting people know how easy it is to get to Buxton via the regular train service - check <a href="https://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/planjourney/search">National Rail Journey Planner</a> for details. It is a very scenic run and thanks to the Friends of Buxton Station group, the decorated station offers a very attractive first impression of the town.</span></p><br style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; white-space: normal;" /><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our colleagues at the Community Rail Partnership were only too happy to get into the Fringe spirit - a few of our orange paper flowers were quickly scooped up and used as hair decorations because who doesn’t like to dress up and there is something about the Fringe that makes everyone want to be a performer! Our bright orange stand was very appealing, though we say so ourselves. Among those who came over to see us was an interested Burger King staff member and a railway employee who had been nominated by his cyclist colleagues to ask if they could have a couple of our orange balloons! A delighted small child took another balloon to play with around the station! </span></p><br style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; white-space: normal;" /><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Having been a bit chained to the computer of late, it was great to be out and about with fellow Fringe enthusiasts and to remind myself of all the fun coming our way from next week onwards. As one passenger said to us waving his Fringe programme: “Walking in the Peak District and the Fringe in Buxton - that’s my holiday sorted!”</span></p></span></div></span>
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There would always be someone to chat to at the bus stop, the excitement of seeing the bus in the distance, the slight worry that the driver might not see us and so it might not stop for us, then the thrill of sitting at the front and ringing the bell! </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #222222;">Now I might have outgrown most of these, but its still nice to get on the bus and sit and relax while the lovely Peak District scenery rolls by. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #222222;">This year our friends over at </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">High Peak Buses are promoting our lovely Enjoy the Ride! posters, on buses and at bus stations, and this year they have a number of different tickets available including a new 3-day ticket which would be ideal for visitors. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #222222;">The guys at HP Buses told me: "</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">It’s much less fuss to travel by bus into the High Peak area of Derbyshire – we have regular bus services linking Buxton with Ashbourne, Bakewell, Belper, Derby, Glossop, Leek, Macclesfield, Manchester Airport, Marple, Matlock, New Mills and Stockport. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">High Peak buses have a great range of Day, Weekly, 4-Weekly tickets along with our NEW 3-day tickets which are ideal for those visitors staying in the High Peak area making bus travel a viable alternative to using the car – helping free up our grid-locked roads and helping to reduce emissions!"</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #222222;"> Click here to find out more: </span></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"> </span><a href="https://www.highpeakbuses.com/tickets-fares/" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">https://www.highpeakbuses.<wbr></wbr>com/tickets-fares/</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;">What's more this year for the first time we are really excited to also be working with High Peak and Hope Valley Community Rail Partnership to encourage people to come to Buxton for the Fringe via rail. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;">On Wednesday 28th June we will be sharing a stall with High Peak and Hope Valley Community Rail Partnership to promote using the train to travel to Fringe events, so look out for us at Manchester Piccadilly and please come and say hello.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"><div style="color: #26282a;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Everyone knows about the benefits of using public transport; there's no hassle parking and it's good for the environment plus this year you can enjoy a pint of limited edition Fringe Beer and not worry about being safe to drive home!</span></div><div style="color: #26282a;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #26282a;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So come on, support the environment, let the bus (or train) take the strain and let's make this another environmentally friendly Fringe!</span></div><div style="color: #26282a;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #26282a;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;">If you want to know more about our environmental policy go to </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/4893790321022488130/872755337678361490#" style="color: #c46c10; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://buxtonfringe.org.<wbr></wbr>uk/environment.html</a><br /></span></div><div style="color: #26282a;"><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><br /><div class="gmail-yj6qo"></div><div class="gmail-adL"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><br /></p></div></div>
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<br />Carole Garnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17825734233463956370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893790321022488130.post-83119849032940489082023-06-22T11:39:00.000+01:002023-06-22T11:39:43.384+01:00Hold the front page 3… Anything could happen at Buxton Fringe!<span id="docs-internal-guid-9ea2f8f5-7fff-d20b-0c3a-a52048534622"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD2NKI0cG6P_C-e6K4cH4CMmB7R7L_kYa8GF8oNvtcR7RR8bUZ2BbOW5NnWtZ5Z-ZJuG7UneolYq8GZF8OjKP8jTrRiw8PVbrngC9yxMxG2bbNeZkyub0o3J-KR7isA83-jjT-yR-SrgmGCB5O6rL9m7Nd_PnbpqCLbepvJ19WSCanlLz-SnlZULI3OpE/s2048/TheTotallyImprovisedMusical.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1513" data-original-width="2048" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD2NKI0cG6P_C-e6K4cH4CMmB7R7L_kYa8GF8oNvtcR7RR8bUZ2BbOW5NnWtZ5Z-ZJuG7UneolYq8GZF8OjKP8jTrRiw8PVbrngC9yxMxG2bbNeZkyub0o3J-KR7isA83-jjT-yR-SrgmGCB5O6rL9m7Nd_PnbpqCLbepvJ19WSCanlLz-SnlZULI3OpE/s320/TheTotallyImprovisedMusical.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Award-winning comedy improvisers CSzUK</td></tr></tbody></table><h3 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 10pt;"><br /></h3><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Welcome to three more intriguing extracts from the press releases of our Fringe entrants, this time comedy improvisers CSzUK, Buxton Drama League and Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists, all intent on delivering some surprises. For full details of their shows see our listings on<a href="https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/descriptions2022.html"> https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/descriptions2023.html</a>. If you are a Fringe performer who would like to be featured in our blog, please send your press release to marketing@buxtonfringe.org.uk.<br /><br /><b>CSzUK: The Totally Improvised Musical<br /></b><br />An award-winning improv comedy group are bringing their latest show, The Totally Improvised Musical, to the Buxton Festival Fringe this July. The group won Best Alternative Act at the North-West Comedy Awards in 2022 and have been delighting sell-out audiences with this new musical show. Each show is the opening and closing performance of a brand-new comedy musical and everything is inspired by a title suggested by the audience. <br /><br />“Suggestions are always weird and wonderful, making every show totally unique,” says performer Brainne Edge. “We’ve done musicals about a prison break where no one wanted to escape, a love triangle between competing sandwich makers or hobbits taking on greedy land developers!” <br /><br />Once the group have a title from the audience, they create the musical on the fly with live music that is also made up on the spot. The group have no idea what will happen before the show but promise there will be plenty of laughter music and possibly even some dancing. “Though we all have terrible knees,” adds Brainne. <br /><br />The Totally Improvised gang are bringing their musical mayhem to Buxton before heading to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August. “We love bringing shows to Buxton,” adds performer Sean Mason. “We can’t wait to see what suggestions we get from one of the best Fringe audiences in the country. The show really can’t start without you!” <br /><br /><b>Buxton Drama League: Two<br /></b><br />Buxton Drama League, Buxton’s leading amateur theatre company, are serving up a cocktail of heartbreak and humour for this year’s Fringe with a production of award-winning dramatist Jim Cartwright’s classic play Two.<br /><br />Set in a northern pub in the 80s, the drama presents a slice of life that’s funny, warm, poignant and shocking. The play’s action unfolds over one night in the busy boozer and builds to a powerful showdown. All 14 characters are played by two actors, Corinne Coward and Andrew Freeman. Corinne says: “It’s an absolute gift of a play for an actor, you get to immerse yourself in so many different people’s stories.” Andrew agrees: “I found the idea daunting at first but was quickly won over by the script which is so rich and well-written – it’s no surprise it’s been called an ode to actors and it’s wonderfully entertaining for the audience as well.”<br /><br /><b>Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists: Whose Round Is It Anyway?<br /></b><br />Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists’ are delighted to be bringing their new show ‘Whose Round Is It Anyway?’ to Underground at the Clubhouse as part of Buxton Fringe. This show won an award for Best Spoken Word Show at Morecambe Fringe in the summer of 2022, the very first time it was performed.<br /><br />The premise of the show is simple: three poets meet up in a pub. It’s been two long years since they last met. There’s been a pandemic. How have they fared? Can they remember how to behave in company? And is this a work event or a party? <br /><br />Into this framework, the pandemonialists pour a rich mix of banter, social comment, humour, and their own highly-crafted, accessible poetry. <br /><br />“This show was a real treat. On the surface, three friends having their first post-pandemic pint down the pub to share their lock-down experiences. In reality, a sequence of very polished individual performances by three accomplished spoken word artists, artfully blended within a setting of pub chat and banter. The poetry was exceptional, the whole idea was ingenious, and the audience were captivated.” Lancaster Guardian review of Morecambe Fringe performance <br /><br />Poets, Prattlers and Pandemonialists are a poetry collective from Wolverhampton in the West Midlands.<br /><br /><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial;">Buxton Fringe</span></p></span><font face="Arial">
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Marketing Officerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01713674835229262077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893790321022488130.post-1934169011562293042023-06-14T13:50:00.000+01:002023-06-14T13:50:19.776+01:00Hold the front page 2… Musical voyages at Buxton Fringe<span id="docs-internal-guid-0a9ce9e5-7fff-0eac-87d0-66daf84bff4b"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_oBQrT_Q1t-pdh7k30oxEb-1cFGoxwznYcL6RQPoX7gZIL3uoeFiwaGt_ImGofHCVCeJG2n5qWP6eGdnmrCkCKWa7OAR785O8bTB_hc2J4DtLsZ2At0pVAk5be_g6MSWd851vugXgBFkbyXGbdguRsJFmwNzliC5GNw8Em6kZaCpHpnZUBOrrJ-7w/s6040/lili_la_scala_coloured04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6040" data-original-width="4272" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_oBQrT_Q1t-pdh7k30oxEb-1cFGoxwznYcL6RQPoX7gZIL3uoeFiwaGt_ImGofHCVCeJG2n5qWP6eGdnmrCkCKWa7OAR785O8bTB_hc2J4DtLsZ2At0pVAk5be_g6MSWd851vugXgBFkbyXGbdguRsJFmwNzliC5GNw8Em6kZaCpHpnZUBOrrJ-7w/w283-h400/lili_la_scala_coloured04.jpg" width="283" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lili la Scala </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h3 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Below follows extracts from the press releases of three more of our amazing Fringe entrants, cabaret star Lili la Scala, storytelling theatre duo David Head and Matt Glover, and genre-defying Jewish entertainer, Naomi Paul. </span> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For full details of their shows see our listings on</span><a href="https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/descriptions2022.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/descriptions2023.html</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <span style="font-weight: normal;">If you are a Fringe performer who would like to be featured in our blog, please send your press release to marketing@buxtonfringe.org.uk.</span></span></h3><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lili la Scala: Siren</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A journey, a ship, the shifting of time and sands. Found songs, like melodic flotsam, from the poetry of Masefield to the music of Tom Waits and Fauré. Haunting and mesmeric songs intertwining effortlessly with bewitching stories. Stories about journeys, songs about the sea and salt-sprayed music all combined to create a Siren’s songs. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">‘Siren’ blends Lili’s classical roots with dark eclectic songs and life stories in a fragile and theatrical musical voyage.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Having achieved international success, many five star reviews and award </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">nominations with her previous shows, ‘War Notes’ and ‘Songs to Make You Smile’ (Best Vocal, Buxton Fringe 2012), Lili la Scala returns with her new solo show, ‘Siren’. Her most ambitious show yet, Lili has gathered some of the most haunting music from both the classical and cabaret worlds, as well as new music by Michael Roulston to create this mysterious, enigmatic musical experience.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lili has been a stalwart of the cabaret scene for over a decade, having spent a few years taking things slowly as her family expanded, she now finds the time and the inspiration to return to taking her various shows around the country. Siren is her favourite show to date and sharing these beautiful songs with people is such a joy.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Impeccable, Mesmerising, Perfect *****” Metro (UK)</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">David Head & Matt Glover: Unwanted Objects </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Old teddy bears, abandoned chess sets and ships-in-bottles... Every item in this mysterious and magical secondhand shop has its own history to share and tale to tell. Unwanted Objects is a new story and song show from acclaimed duo David Head and Matt Glover. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Combining bittersweet short stories with folk-inspired musical melancholia, it is storytelling theatre full of wit, whimsy and warmth. Unwanted Objects is an exploration of sentimentality, our possessions and the meaning we attach to them. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Following a successful debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2022, Unwanted Objects went through a period of development with director Laura Killeen (Godot is a Woman, The Pleasance). The developed version debuted at the Brighton Fringe to great audiences and stellar reviews. David and Matt are excited to be reuniting with Rotunda Theatre and their beautiful and intimate venues for the Buxton Fringe. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Unwanted Objects is David and Matt’s second collaboration following A Good Service on All Other Lines, which they debuted at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2018. Their intertwining tales of lovers, losers and locomotives was adapted into a five episode story and song podcast, released throughout March 2020. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">***** “Beautifully human and emotional… poetic and impactful” – Lost in Theatreland (Brighton)</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Naomi Paul: They May Have Even Eaten Ham!</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Naomi’s new (mostly) Jewish show! What’s not to like? </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Naomi Paul returns to Buxton Festival Fringe with her new solo show They May Even Eaten Ham! The show travels from the Baltic to Birmingham, from shamash to shellfish, from Hendon and beyond. Naomi brings another funny and thought-provoking performance, combining original songs with her unique style and material. Through personal stories past and present, she explores the things that unite us and the things that divide. How we fit in and how we strike out! Crossing genre borders of theatre, cabaret and comedy, the show is written and performed by Naomi Paul and directed by Alison Belbin. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Naomi premiered her first solo show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2012, and has since become a successful writer of comedy, theatre, cabaret and spoken word. performing her own work to enthusiastic audiences throughout the UK. She has been touring her current show Despite Everything, Price Still Includes Biscuits (previously performed at Buxton) to very appreciative audiences in rural venues with Live & Local. She is taking this new show to Edinburgh in August. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Live & Local also commissioned her to deliver community arts projects in Meon Vale, Warwickshire (2020) and New Mills, Derbyshire (2023).The film from the first project, Snapshot Stories, was shown in Buxton in 2021. The second project, Stories of Home, culminated on May 1</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 0.6em; vertical-align: super;">st</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> in a script-in-hand performance with local residents in Rock Mill Centre, the smallest theatre in New Mills!</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**** ‘Outstanding’ Edinburgh49.com </span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-094d5c05-7fff-acc3-2e8f-06e4cad3c838"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/picture_library/2023/ThisIsNotTherapy.1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/picture_library/2023/ThisIsNotTherapy.1.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tina Sederholm (credit: Neil Spokes)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h3 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Every day we are learning more about our exciting Fringe performers. Below follows extracts from their press releases giving a flavour of what’s in store from Spoken Word artist Tina Sederholm, Scouse comedian Henry Churniavsky and comic storyteller Mike Venables. </span>For full details of their shows' times, venues etc see our listings on </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">our <a href="https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/descriptions2023.html">website</a>.</span></h3><h3 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">If you are a Fringe performer who would like to be featured in our blog, please send your press release to marketing@buxtonfringe.org.uk. Thanks to all those who have already done so - watch this space!</span></span></h3><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.656; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tina Sederholm: This is Not Therapy</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What do you mean, you’re fifty-five and still don’t know the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything? </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Oxfordshire performance poet and theatre-maker Tina Sederholm makes her debut at Buxton Fringe with her fifth solo show,</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> This Is Not Therapy.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In her twenties, when Tina wasn’t old, she became an International Event Rider. In her thirties, and still not old, she swapped one dodgy career, horses, for another, performance poet. But as she hits her fifties, she’s perturbed to still be asking, ‘What am I doing with my life?’ </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here Tina explores her favourite stories, and is horrified to discover that the heroes do not always end up with the prize. But if life is not about succeeding, then what is it for? Join her as she interrogates Indiana Jones, Douglas Adams and a Famous Poet to uncover the answer to life, the universe and basically everything in under 55 minutes.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Directed by Savage Heart’s Rachel Mae Brady, This is Not Therapy</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">combines memoir, comedy and poetry in an intimate, funny and tender story of traversing your mid-life. Tina says,’When I entered my fifties, I experienced a sea-change in my attitude to career, work and purpose. I had a strong sense that I might be missing the point of it all. So I decided to stop and take stock, in an effort to live the last third of my life better than the first two-thirds.’</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tina Sederholm is the veteran of seven Edinburgh Fringes</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She is host of a podcast also called This Is Not Therapy, which features stories that find the marvellous in the mundane.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">‘</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stunning… reduced myself and other audience members to the sensitive and teary-eyed children we’re all hiding inside.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">’ ***** Three Weeks</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Henry Churniavsky: Laughs for Life</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jewish/Scouse stand-up comedian Henry Churniavsky has two shows at the Fringe. Both </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">shows are to raise awareness and funds for Mental Health Charities. He came up with the idea after his best friend’s son attempted suicide, and never recovered. He is now an Ambassador for The Mental Health Charity Jami UK and he also supports YoungMinds Mental Health Charity.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Henry’s first show: Henry Churniavsky is a Jewish Grandfather - Show Him Some Jew Respect, is an afternoon solo show of his best Jewish humour. 2023 has seen this Scouse Jewish comedian go from a Jewrotic (Jewish and Neurotic) father to a Grandfather! Surely bringing a baby into the world has not changed that much?</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In his second show, Laugh For Life Comedy: Compilation show for Mental Health: A team of award-winning comedians will be aiming to raise funds and awareness for the mental health charities.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Henry has nine years of Comedy Stand-up experience performing all over the UK, performing also in America and Amsterdam.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">‘</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">An enjoyable, quick-witted hour of stand-up comedy…Henry is a gold standard entertainer, the comedy is of a consistently high standard…’’ Edinburgh Fringe Review (2022)</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mike Venables: I Call the Shots</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When Archie McKenzie, murderous Glasgow gangster </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">of the fifties and sixties, is pursued by enemies, he flees </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">his native Scotland and settles in the peaceful Peak </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">District, thinking he is leaving his life of violence behind </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">him.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He is. But years later it comes back to haunt his son. A </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">tale of farce-like chaos ensues as the hapless chap, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Richard, gets into heaps of serious scrapes to avoid a </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">fearful fate. The story is told at a fast and furious pace </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">by writer/actor Mike Venables.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mike tells a story so vividly and with such comic flair, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">that time flies. He uses brilliant acting ability and comic </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">timing to create a complex web of interactive drama. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Despite all the fun, banter and laughter, there is a good </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">thought provoking story at the heart of this one man </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">show, featuring corruption, scandal and murder most </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Foul.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Mike is a comedy genius, the story runs at break neck </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">pace,” Euan Rose, Bromsgrove Standard.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p></span>
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Marketing Officerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01713674835229262077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893790321022488130.post-60463367143038016692023-06-05T15:11:00.005+01:002023-06-07T14:37:23.522+01:00Fringe 23 Under Starter's Orders<div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/picture_library/2023/medium.HomePagePics.7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="300" src="https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/picture_library/2023/medium.HomePagePics.7.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">From l-r, pianist and singer John McGrother, Sarah Gordon from Silver Pine’s Laudable Pus, I Call the Shots comic storyteller Mike Venables and Corinne Coward from Buxton Drama League’s production of Two.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="im" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Saturday was the Epsom Derby, but more importantly it was the Buxton Festival Fringe Programme Party.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Which means just one thing, we are in the home straight to this year's Fringe! In just 4 (yes 4) short weeks the curtain will lift on what promises to be a bumper year.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">We were delighted at the huge crowd who turned out to celebrate with us and grab their copy of the programme still warm from the press. In fact so many of you joined us that we had to do not one but two emergency wine/beer runs to the shops!</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></span><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Our performers who gave us sneak previews of their acts were brilliant if a bit gory in places! In fact chair Stephen Walker looked a bit worried as he arrived just in time to witness the live amputation on stage using just a bread knife and rusty garden saw! </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Feedback on the night revealed that this year's programme cover from High Peak Photography Club's Caroline Claye is a smash hit. But it's what's inside that makes it extra special - some 190 entries across 10 genres.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">So if you missed out on Saturd<span>ay's</span> even<span>t, </span>be sure to hunt down a copy of the programme from numerous locations across Buxton or download our app<span> here:<span style="color: #222222;"> </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/fringeapp.html&source=gmail&ust=1686059430847000&usg=AOvVaw2IWfuOU16T1b6H66QJk_T_" href="https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/fringeapp.html" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/<wbr></wbr>fringeapp.html</a><span style="color: #222222;">.</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">After the party our exhausted but happy Marketing Officer Steph Billen said: "It was a brilliant turn out and all our acts were fab. As always we are grateful to everyone who supports us and to the Green Man Gallery for hosting us." </span></div><br /><font face="Arial"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/picture_library/2023/HomePagePics.11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/picture_library/2023/HomePagePics.11.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><font face="Arial"><br /></font></div><div><font face="Arial"><br /></font></div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br />Carole Garnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17825734233463956370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893790321022488130.post-49154989368001016052023-05-29T18:50:00.002+01:002023-05-30T11:23:04.821+01:00 Guess who is going to be 120? <span class="im"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div dir="auto"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/picture_library/2013/AS3A0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="267" src="https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/picture_library/2013/AS3A0001.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">credit: Ian J Parkes</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b><br /></b></div><div dir="auto">Buxton Opera House that's who! And we may be biased but we think you're looking pretty good for your age.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div></span></span><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">But it was a different story when Fringe founder Malcolm Fraser visited Buxton in the late 1970s. The Opera House was in a sad and neglected state, closed and bricked up. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Malcolm, who worked as a lecturer in music, could see the potential in the building. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">So he set about lauching a campaign to save the building and establish the Buxton Festival Fringe. OK, you're right you can't have a Fringe without a Festival so Malcolm founded the Buxton Festival (BIF) first in 1979. And a year later the Festival Fringe came into being making 2023 our 44th event.</span></div><span class="im"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">In 1980 the Opera House reopened its doors playing host to BIF and it has been their main home ever since.</div></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Although the Opera House isn't a Fringe venue they do help us immensely by acting as ticket agents for a range of our entries, for which we are very grateful. And without the Opera House there wouldn't be an International Festival nor would the Fringe exist.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">So we'd just like to say a "Very Happy 120th Birthday for the 1st June, and here's to the next 120 from all your friends at Buxton Festival Fringe".</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">PS maybe have the fire brigade on stand by with all those candles on your cake <img alt="🎂" aria-label="🎂" class="an1" data-emoji="🎂" loading="lazy" src="https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/15.0/1f382/72.png" style="height: 1.2em; vertical-align: middle; width: 1.2em;" /> <img alt="🤣" aria-label="🤣" class="an1" data-emoji="🤣" loading="lazy" src="https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/15.0/1f923/72.png" style="height: 1.2em; vertical-align: middle; width: 1.2em;" /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">To hear our interview with Malcolm or to find out more about our history click here <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/history.html&source=gmail&ust=1685468173557000&usg=AOvVaw0Q8MxE_L2NipQbLC7bGqSu" href="https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/history.html" target="_blank">https://buxtonfringe.org.<wbr></wbr>uk/history.html</a></span></div><div></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #500050;"><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /></div></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br />
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Carole Garnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17825734233463956370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893790321022488130.post-1794104203170660822023-05-03T15:23:00.000+01:002023-05-03T15:23:15.105+01:00Why helping out at the Fringe needn't be a biggie!<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/picture_library/2016/PressPictures.23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="266" src="https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/picture_library/2016/PressPictures.23.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They don't blow up themselves... (credit: Sofia Huxford Rodriguez)</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The King is encouraging community volunteering with The Big Help Out campaign but the beauty of volunteering at the Fringe is that every little helps and many hands make light work! We've been talking to one of our volunteers, Catherine, about how she likes to play her bit...</span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">“I’m a ‘turn-up-on-the-day’ volunteer rather than a ‘lots-of-work-behind-the-scenes’ volunteer - that’s because I was looking for volunteering activities that were totally unlike my work-related tasks: so no screen-work and as few meetings as possible! Over the years, I’ve inflated countless orange balloons on Fringe Sundays, boiled numerous kettles to wash up after Fringe events at the Green Man Gallery, climbed many stepladders to hang Fringe bunting, improvised with buckets and brooms when storms threatened the Awards ceremony in the Serpentine marquee, and chatted with many a visitor to Buxton during stints on the Fringe Information desk.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Time-wise my commitment is a couple of evenings during the year to help with the spring/Christmas gatherings, and then a few days in July helping with Fringe Sunday, the Fringe information desk and the final Awards ceremony. There’s always plenty more that a volunteer could do but until I retire I'll stick with these few things!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Of course the Fringe wouldn’t happen without volunteers but the advantages work both ways: through volunteering you meet lots of people and get to know your town better, as well as being a small part in one of the best Fringe festivals in the country!”</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">We are so grateful to all our volunteers. If you think you might like to get involved, come and see us at our stand at the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Volunteering Fair at The Pump Room, 10am-12noon, on Saturday 20th May, hosted by Buxton Crescent Heritage Trust. Or have a look at our website:</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/volunteer.html">https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/volunteer.html</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The whole town has lots of opportunities for helping out. For further inspiration see:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.visionbuxton.co.uk/volunteer-in-buxton/">https://www.visionbuxton.co.uk/volunteer-in-buxton/</a></span></div>
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</div>Marketing Officerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01713674835229262077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893790321022488130.post-32200355641088745132023-02-27T11:29:00.000+00:002023-02-27T11:29:26.194+00:00Who’s Coming to Buxton Fringe 2023?<div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/picture_library/2021/HomePagePics.8.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="641" height="358" src="https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/picture_library/2021/HomePagePics.8.jpeg" width="287" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Floella welcomes early birds. With thanks to sculptor Andrea Lewis.</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">That’s the question we all ask on 1<sup>st</sup> December when the Fringe opens for entries. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Ian, our talented entries officer, is always on hand with helpful advice and support for performers and sorting out technical issues. And with entries open till April 16th (to hit the printed programme) and our various deadlines with discounts, it’s a year round job</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So imagine our dismay (and let's be honest envy) when Ian announced that he was off on a world cruise in February and wouldn’t be back till the end of May!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Thankfully new committee member Damian stepped up and offered to fill Ian’s shoes. Damian just about had time to buy Ian a pint and make some hasty notes before Ian set sail.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So, how’s it going? I caught up with Damian to find out how he’s getting on. “I’m really pleased to say that we have 74 entries to date” he told me, adding “so far so good but the crunch point will be on Februrary 28th when we hit our early bird discount deadline”. Why’s that I ask? “Well, entrants who are quick off the mark get a 37.5% discount off the full entry price for early booking before the end of February; Ian warned me to expect a flood just before this deadline.” </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">What’s the next best deal if you don’t get your skates on early enough, I wonder. “You only pay £77 up until March 31st” But he adds “If you're still not ready or decided, we accept entries for the printed programme right up until April 16th”. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I ask if he’s enjoying the challenge so far? “It’s been great chatting to performers and seeing the entries coming in. Some are regulars, and some are new to Buxton. But ask me again in three months when Ian’s back!”</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I ask what his top tip is for performers who have yet to enter? “Don’t hesitate to get in touch. There’s loads of information on our website, or you can email me at entries@buxtonfringe.org.uk. I may not have Ian’s experience but there’s a great team behind the scenes ready to help. And fingers crossed Ian will be back in time for the Fringe, assuming he doesn’t get the sailing bug and signs up for another cruise!”</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Contact Damian at entries@buxtonfringe.org.uk</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">More details on how to Take Part on our website at https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/entrants.html</span></span></p></div><div class="yj6qo"></div><div class="adL"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /></div>
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Being a viral kind of thing - well a virus in fact - it seems to hit me in waves so that sometimes things feel quite possible and other times the darkened room beckons. At these times, watching TV is effort (tragic I know…) but listening to a podcast with your eyes shut is rather nice. I’ve now binge-listened all the Fringe podcasts - see </span><a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1969982/10398224" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.buzzsprout.com/1969982/10398224</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- and found them hugely warm, comforting and entertaining. And this afternoon I’m going to check out </span><a href="http://www.awhitershade.co.uk/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://www.awhitershade.co.uk/</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, the spooky online drama from fringe favourites, The Buxton Drama League. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Over the next few days I’m going to have a good old pour through our entertaining, informative Reviews - </span><a href="https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/reviews2022.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/reviews2022.html</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - the next best thing to being there for anything you may have missed. Even though I’m part of Chapel Arts Creative Writing Group, I’m also going to have a proper read of all our contributions for our Reconnecting Fringe shows; the scripts are all available here: </span><a href="https://tinyurl.com/mwwfkver" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://tinyurl.com/mwwfkver</span></a>.<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I also fancy a Shakespearean bedtime story courtesy of https://www.buxtondramaleague.co.uk/shakespeare-jukebox-2022</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It’s all a way of staying in touch with what’s going on. 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</div>Carole Garnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17825734233463956370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893790321022488130.post-8727553376783614902022-06-23T16:43:00.000+01:002022-06-23T16:43:12.610+01:00On the Buses <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqMw87tPFZmoNRVZjvbVCL94VLQ7EoJsQFRiDRdcAUalo3Dp4nSLCa1dgtVSm6Z2aYT72Wftiy4qngmTkerVGHnEWteSOFTriDqxqVOoOUQdkyGlXz0bXCoyRbFuid0lAUhT0QW1Oa6ICvno_9VvMcUv0DRVwoaYGjJqK33jgqzvN_tiD8BoQV9YDA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1754" data-original-width="1240" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqMw87tPFZmoNRVZjvbVCL94VLQ7EoJsQFRiDRdcAUalo3Dp4nSLCa1dgtVSm6Z2aYT72Wftiy4qngmTkerVGHnEWteSOFTriDqxqVOoOUQdkyGlXz0bXCoyRbFuid0lAUhT0QW1Oa6ICvno_9VvMcUv0DRVwoaYGjJqK33jgqzvN_tiD8BoQV9YDA=w218-h282" width="218" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Last year I wrote about our work with local bus companies to promote travel to Fringe events by bus as part of our efforts to be more environmentally friendly.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">We are really pleased to say that our friends at D&G and High Peak buses are supporting us again this year. Our posters are already on display on bus stops around Buxton, and will be shortly going up on D&G <span style="color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Route 16 from Leek & Hanley and route 108 from Leek and Ashbourne.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> And on </span><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">High Peak Buses in and around Buxton with bus services including the Manchester Airport Skyline, the Transpeak to Bakewell, Matlock, Matlock Bath and Belper, Route 58 to Macclesfield, number 61 to Glossop and the 422 to Ashbourne.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I think the best things about getting the bus are that someone else does the driving and there's no need to worry about parking, plus it's good for the environment which gives me the warm glow of doing a good thing while having fun.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Keep your eyes peeled for the posters (pictured above) and if you spot one please post a pic and tag us on <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/buxtonfringe/&source=gmail&ust=1656082829552000&usg=AOvVaw312PBECH2Pvw-bs4P8CW6T" href="https://www.instagram.com/buxtonfringe/" style="color: #c46c10; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://twitter.com/buxtonfringe&source=gmail&ust=1656082829552000&usg=AOvVaw1L0jkqpPtewJzhX-SfrOiw" href="https://twitter.com/buxtonfringe" style="color: #c46c10; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Twitter</a> or <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.facebook.com/buxtonfringe&source=gmail&ust=1656082829552000&usg=AOvVaw29vWpVhIBHPG7okzF7wOxp" href="https://www.facebook.com/buxtonfringe" style="color: #c46c10; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Faceb<wbr></wbr>ook</a> using the hashtag #FringeOnTheBus.<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">We can't wait to see our performers and welcome audiences to what should be a bumper Fringe so pop in to the Fringe desk to say "Hi". <br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">But before you leave home, help us and the environment by remembering:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Bus pass/fare - Check! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Reusable cup - Check!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Fringe app on phone - Check!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Let's make this the biggest environmentally friendly Fringe yet!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">If you want to know more about our environmental policy go to <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/environment.html&source=gmail&ust=1656082829552000&usg=AOvVaw0kHVLoBr1y2nP84f6T4PTA" href="https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/environment.html" style="color: #c46c10; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://buxtonfringe.org.<wbr></wbr>uk/environment.html</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br style="background-color: white;" /></span></div>
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Carole Garnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17825734233463956370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893790321022488130.post-525792325680819042022-06-14T16:37:00.001+01:002022-06-16T14:27:04.202+01:00Hold the front page… More news from our Fringe performers<span id="docs-internal-guid-972fd069-7fff-a5c7-60c2-b6aa3b8317dd"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/picture_library/2022/LittleBoxes.2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="213" src="https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/picture_library/2022/LittleBoxes.2.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face="arial, hevetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.6px; text-align: start;">Joann Condon (credit: Cat Humphries photography)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Every day we are learning more about our exciting Fringe performers. Below follows extracts from press releases giving a flavour of what’s in store from Little Britain actor Joann Condon, the revitalised Buxton Art Trail and Chapel Arts Creative Writing Group, making its live Fringe debut. For full details of their shows see our listings on </span><a href="https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/descriptions2022.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/descriptions2022.html</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. If you are a Fringe performer who would like to be featured in our blog, please send your press release, or even just a quote from you, to press@buxtonfringe.org.uk.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Joann Condon: Little Boxes - alphamum productions</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Little Boxes</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is a comedic and inspirational, self-penned story. It follows Joann Condon (</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Little Britain, The Last Letter from Your Lover), as she explores the boxes she has “found herself in” throughout her life: The hopes and dreams of a child, the frustrations of an acting career, the tensions of being a parent, the grief in losing loved ones, the fear of being...herself.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Condon promises we will laugh and cry … and laugh and cry we did</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">” </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Phoenix Remix</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Described as “funny, touching and at times heartbreaking,” by London Pub Theatres, Joann uses personal anecdotes to highlight assumptions and judgements made about her based-on looks, age, gender and background. The phenomenon of classifying people is called </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">‘social categorization’ </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">by psychologists and can impact how others view and treat us and vice versa. Most of us can relate to experiences such as these.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“It's natural for people in our lives to want to force us into nice little boxes,” says Condon, “but the scary thing is, you often end up putting yourself in that same box." </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Little Boxes is the first time she has written and starred in her own production. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BAT2022: Buxton Art Trail</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.44; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Buxton’s hugely popular, award-winning Art Trail is back! The sixth Buxton Art Trail, BAT:2022, will be taking place during the final weekend of the Buxton Fringe from 23-24th July. In a first for the Art Trail, there will also be some venues exhibiting at other times during the Fringe giving BAT an even wider reach this year. Art lovers should look out for the free BAT guide brochure which lists each of the participants and events with details of all times and venues. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.44; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As ever, the event will present a huge variety of work from artists of all ages from 6 to 96, both professional and amateur and from community groups based in Buxton, but in a new feature for 2022, BAT will be based round two central venues: Buxton Infants School and The United Reformed Church on Hardwick Square. Displays will also be exhibited in artists’ studios and homes around the town, all clearly marked on the BAT map inside the brochure. With the Buxton Garden Trail running from 23-24th July as well, visitors can combine both pursuits, calling in at BAT venues at the same time!</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.44; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A free event, BAT:2022 also offers a chance to join in activities and to watch artists at work. There will be plenty of work for sale but organisers stress that it is fine to come along to look and to chat and, most of all, to enjoy! Further exciting additions to the event will be announced on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, which will offer sneak previews and hints for trail-goers. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.44; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Says BAT Chair Linda Rolland: “Following on from our much appreciated outdoor event Art on the Railings in 2021, The BAT team is delighted to be able to once again present the Buxton Art Trail in its most popular format. We have a really great variety of work being shown in and around the town so we hope townspeople and visitors will visit as many venues as possible over the weekend.”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.44; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.44; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Reconnecting: Chapel Arts Creative Writing Group</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chapel Arts Creative Writing Group from Chapel-en-le-Frith in the High</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Peak has announced that it will be treading the boards at Buxton Fringe for</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the first time.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The local writing group will be performing its poetry, mini-plays, stories, monologues and more at two special events during the Fringe both taking place at Rems Cafe Bar and Restaurant in Chapel-en-le-Frith. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Led by author Mark Henderson, the group is open to all but includes</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">professional writers and award-winning talent among its ranks. Members of</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the group recently scooped first and second prizes plus a longlist</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">commendation for stories submitted to a national horror competition run by</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fantastic Books. The resulting anthology, Dread Cold, featuring all three</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">stories, will be published on Halloween this year.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The multi-faceted theme for the group’s Fringe performances is</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Reconnecting”. Says Mark: “We’re all learning to ‘reconnect’ since we</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">came out of lockdown. However, ‘Reconnecting’ can be interpreted in many</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">other ways, too – and we’re exploring a lot of them! This is a great</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">opportunity for attendees at the Fringe to enjoy the group’s creative talent.”</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A registered charity, Chapel Arts was formed to encourage the</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">development of a broad range of arts in the Chapel-en-le-Frith area.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span>
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They also receive invites to parties and events throughout the year, including our awards ceremony, and get early copies of our programme while it's still hot from the press, to name just a few of the benefits of being a Fringe Friend. </span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, hevetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, sans-serif">What's more this year, Jeanette, our Friends officer, has been talking to local cafes and businesses and negotiating deals just for our Friends. </span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, hevetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"> <br /></span><span face="arial, sans-serif">Jeanette says "We are really grateful to all the businesses who have supported the Fringe by offering discounts during the festival period (6th to 24th July)." </span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, hevetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, sans-serif">Take a look at the detailed list below and I'm sure you'll be impressed!</span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, hevetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, sans-serif">If you aren't already a Friend it's not too late to get your hands on one of our membership cards, just follow the link below or contact Jeanette on </span></span> <a href="mailto:Friends@buxtonfringe.org.uk" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: 400;" target="_blank">Friends@buxtonfringe.org.uk</a></div><div style="font-family: arial, hevetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, sans-serif">A Friends subscription would also make a great gift for anyone who likes music, theatre, comedy and art. We love making new Friends! Plus you'll enjoy the (orange) glow of supporting a worthwhile cause, all for just £10 per year.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, hevetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, sans-serif">Friends discounts will be available between 6th to 24th July from the below (don't forget to show your membership card);</span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, hevetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, sans-serif">Milton’s Head a traditional pub on Spring Gardens is offering10% off main courses<br /></span><span face="arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span face="arial, hevetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The Hydro, a traditional </span></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">café</span><span face="arial, hevetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> and just the place for a cuppa on Spring Gardens - they are giving 15% off food</span></span><br /></span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal;"> <br /></span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal;">Sam’s Plaice, for fish and chip fans, are offering 10% off food and drinks, Spring Gardens</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span face="arial, hevetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The Chakra Lounge, Indian style </span></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">café</span><span face="arial, hevetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> with fab cakes are giving 15% off food Spring Gardens</span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, hevetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, sans-serif">Everything’s Rosy café, are giving 5% off food. Don't forget to have a look in the shop too, off Spring Gardens <br /></span><span face="arial, sans-serif"> <br /></span><span face="arial, sans-serif">Lubens, the fri</span><span face="arial, sans-serif">endly bar and bistro who do a mean G&T on Hall Bank, are offering 10% off food and drinks with food bill </span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, hevetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, sans-serif">High Peak Bookstore & Café, Brierlow Bar are giving 10% off in the books section, where you will be spoilt for choice.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, hevetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, sans-serif">If you want to know more go to <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/4893790321022488130/4870788666360433543%23&source=gmail&ust=1654684292179000&usg=AOvVaw0FCGT5ykLsDLTZSfmxTlb6" href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/4893790321022488130/4870788666360433543#" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.buxtonfringe.<wbr></wbr>org.uk/fringefriends.html</a> </span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, hevetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, hevetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOL-A06YxiCmkb-PJ2C5D-9zzfMSJ0P2xJT570NcbZ0oenNJ5vem8yDlRdHrKD0DbINY-6hxFDm9YWwJFfe3aErFP0s3vILZct5vVau2FZVy4ouVPInhW8T9NvzDGDFZIABD0jqch41ML5w6qxYKjUw-inTJTwNtskNWb88Va3F1mHec7ocef4XJfH/s1754/image.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1754" data-original-width="1240" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOL-A06YxiCmkb-PJ2C5D-9zzfMSJ0P2xJT570NcbZ0oenNJ5vem8yDlRdHrKD0DbINY-6hxFDm9YWwJFfe3aErFP0s3vILZct5vVau2FZVy4ouVPInhW8T9NvzDGDFZIABD0jqch41ML5w6qxYKjUw-inTJTwNtskNWb88Va3F1mHec7ocef4XJfH/w270-h375/image.png" width="270" /></a></div><br /></span></div><span face="arial, hevetica, sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal;"><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 13.6px;">Carole Garner</font></span></h2><h2><span face="arial, hevetica, sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal;"><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 13.6px;">Buxton Fringe</font><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 13.6px;"><font size="-1"><br /></font></font><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 13.6px;"><font size="-1"><a href="http://www.buxtonfringe.org.uk">Website: www.buxtonfringe.org.uk<br /></a></font></font><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 13.6px;"><font size="-1"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/buxtonfringe">Facebook: buxtonfringe<br /></a></font></font><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 13.6px;"><font size="-1"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/buxtonfringe">Twitter: @buxtonfringe<br /></a></font></font><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 13.6px;"><font size="-1"><a href="http://www.instagram.com/buxtonfringe">Instagram: @buxtonfringe</a></font></font></span></h2>
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<div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #26282a;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #26282a;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEga_f2EEJ0EFMF0LexO0vLwdOLAhNcR6l1M3TiMKZy09ZH5x7_X8j0RR9BpDMGFHCDdGLAoYyDriCKGfmXafcKAQvboaQJF9r8lcjCYyT6QgCZL7ZRhHrhw1Jzj9LWjFfkrCmDGEvJHxb9phg8kU09pA2rP9ptlghaRgEAxeN50Yf2HgZ23egOxqarD" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEga_f2EEJ0EFMF0LexO0vLwdOLAhNcR6l1M3TiMKZy09ZH5x7_X8j0RR9BpDMGFHCDdGLAoYyDriCKGfmXafcKAQvboaQJF9r8lcjCYyT6QgCZL7ZRhHrhw1Jzj9LWjFfkrCmDGEvJHxb9phg8kU09pA2rP9ptlghaRgEAxeN50Yf2HgZ23egOxqarD=w276-h281" width="276" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #26282a;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #26282a;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Last year much loved committee member Viv Marriott came up with a brilliant idea to "cheer up the town and celebrate the Fringe" - plant orange flowers! </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #26282a;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br clear="none" /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #26282a;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The idea quickly caught on with care homes, businesses, shops, pubs and public and private gardens all joining in. This year we are determined to spread orange flowers across the whole town.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><div style="color: #26282a;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br clear="none" /></span></div><div style="color: #26282a;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Green-fingered members of the committee have been feverishly planting Marigold and Nasturtium seeds for weeks (we needed 140 flowers to fill the just Opera House planter last year - that's a lot of seeds!) </span></div><div style="color: #26282a;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #26282a;">We are grateful to our good friends Jo and David Holdway who have kindly donated enough marigolds for the Opera House planter as a lovely tribute to Viv. </span></span></div><div style="color: #26282a;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #26282a;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The team will be filling the planter in front of the Opera House on 14th June so keep your fingers crossed for dry weather followed by a quick shower to "bed" them in. Hopefully it will look as bright and cheerful as it did last year.</span></div><div style="color: #26282a;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br clear="none" /></span></div><div style="color: #26282a;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our list of repeat Orange Hot Spots, as we call them, is already expanding with new sites and businesses joining in. So start looking out for our Orange Hot Spots from mid June, we hope that the lovely flowers will make you smile.</span></div><div style="color: #26282a;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br clear="none" /></span></div><div style="color: #26282a;"><span style="font-family: arial;">If you would like to create your own Hot Spot it's not too late to sow some seeds and plant a pot. Marigold, Calendula, Nasturtium, Begonias and Busy Lizzy are all easy to grow and will flower for weeks as long as you remember to take off the dead flowers and give them a regular drink of water.</span></div><div style="color: #26282a;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br clear="none" /></span></div></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #26282a;"><span style="font-family: arial;">To find out more or to become one of our Hot Spots contact <a href="mailto:Secretary@buxtonfringe.org.uk" shape="rect" style="color: #4285f4; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Secretary@buxtonfringe.org.uk</a></span></div>
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Below follows some extracts giving a flavour of what’s in store from stand-ups Charmian Hughes and Henry Churniavsky and from playwright Margaret Holbrook. For full details of their shows see our listings on https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/descriptions2022.html. If you are a Fringe performer who would like to be featured in our blog, please send your press release, or even just a quote from you, to press@buxtonfringe.org.uk.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b>Charmian Hughes: She! The Immortal Horror Queen’s Guide to Life</b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Charmian Hughes has been performing stand-up comedy for over three decades, in venues as varied as the Comedy Store, the Glastonbury Festival, the Houses of Parliament and HMP Wormwood Scrubs. </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">She has taken her comedy to the Dublin Comedy Festival, Scilly Laughs Festival, Melbourne Comedy Festival, and the New Zealand Fringe- where she got stuck in their lockdown in 2020!</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">What does a Bond Girl, a Hammer Horror villainess and a Colossal Squid have in common? They all mentored Charmian in the game of life.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">In 1965, as Feminism ‘s second wave lapped at the shores of a fading British Empire, eight-year-old Charmian Hughes (British Comedian of The Year finalist) saw the iconic Hammer Horror film ‘She’, starring Bond Girl Ursula Andress. </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">The story of a mysterious and murderous queen who has endless beauty, power and immortality but wastes them on some English bloke who could be the reincarnation of her long-lost lover, filled young Charmian with horror. Is that what being any kind of successful woman looked like? </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">But by the time Charmian was 17, idolising her older glamorous dollybird sister, and desperate for a boyfriend, she was trying those deadly womanly wiles herself. But what makes you a great girlfriend in 1000 years BC makes you a terrible girlfriend in 1973.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Now, all these years later, for Charmian, happily married and a comedian, running into that old boyfriend again unleashes old obsessions, resentments, and jealousies. </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">As we get older and our future contracts, does the immensity of the past hold answers?</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Can an encounter with a Colossal Squid save Charmian from herself?</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">‘I LOVE Charmian Hughes.’ Bridget Christie. ‘Pick of my fringe.’ Arthur Smith.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Charmian also runs comedy workshops, and this year assisted comedian Angie Belcher in her daring new NHS backed Comedy On Referral project, where comedy is used as therapy. As his former comedy teacher, Charmian also appeared in Micky Flanagan’s TV show Peeping Behind The Curtain.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Charmian has also acted in plays at the Edinburgh Fringe for Comedians Theatre Company and Kazzum Theatre.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Charmian was a finalist in British Comedian of The Year, nominated twice for Buxton Fringe Festival’s Best Comedy Show - including last year with this show. This is her tenth solo show at the Edinburgh Fringe and is directed by Amanda Baker.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b>Scouse Comedian Offering ‘Laughs for Life’ at Buxton Festival Fringe.</b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Jewish/Scouse stand-up comedian Henry Churniavsky has two shows on Saturday 23rd July 2022. Both shows are to raise awareness and funds for Mental Health Charities. He came up with the idea after his best friend’s son attempted suicide, and never recovered. He is now an Ambassador for The Mental Health Charity. Jami UK and he also supports YoungMinds Mental Health Charity.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">With All Jew Respect: Henry’s first show for the charity is an afternoon solo show of his best Jewish humour. See how he survives his 88 year old ‘Non-Filter’ Jewish mother (who still lives too near him) and his extended family. Covering topics such as growing up, school (losing his virginity), marriage, managing the menopause (his wife’s not his), mid-life crisis, Jewish lockdown (yes it’s different), being Jewrotic (Jewish & Neurotic), now being a sexagenarian and having many surgical procedures. But most importantly, the influence of his Jewish mother.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Laugh For Life Comedy: Compilation show for Mental Health: A team of award-winning comedians will be aiming to raise funds and awareness for the mental health charities.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Join Henry and the crew for some laughs and at the same time support a great cause. </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Henry has eight years of Comedy Stand-up experience performing all over the UK, performing also in America and Amsterdam.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">His solo shows have been at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Buxton & Brighton Festival Fringes, Leicester Comedy Festival and Camden Fringe.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Henry’s aim through his charity ‘Laugh for Life Comedy’ is to raise awareness and funds. His website includes help lines, advice, supportive blogs and links to his podcasts ‘Laugh For Life Comedy’ which combines mental health issues and comedy. He also posts about comedy, which lifts the soul and raises the spirit and this should never be underestimated.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b>ANY OTHER DAY</b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Empress Presents ANY OTHER DAY, a new play by Margaret Holbrook. It is set a few days following the death of Alan Turing at his home, Holly Mead, in Wilmslow on the 7th June 1954. There will be a short Q and A following each performance. </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Says Margaret: "I've been wanting to write something about Alan Turing for several years but couldn't visualise how I could set it to make it accessible, and I didn't want it to focus too much on numbers and codes. Then, in November 2021 a lightbulb moment and ANY OTHER DAY was the result. It is set in the garden of Holly Mead, Alan Turing's home, in the days following his death."</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Margaret is widely published in poetry magazines and anthologies and has 3 poetry collections published and several novels. Her latest novel creation is Jack France, a landed amateur sleuth and racing driver. </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Her poetry collection Hobby Horses Will Dance (folklore/myth/nature) has found its way to the library at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Buxton Fringe</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Website: www.buxtonfringe.org.uk</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Facebook: buxtonfringe</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Twitter: @buxtonfringe</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Instagram: @buxtonfringe</p><div><br /></div></span><font face="Arial"> </font>
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Plus it is absolutely the place to be if you want to find out which shows are going down a storm with reviewers and audiences.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Traditionally we have often had young people aged 16 and above helping at the Desk and it remains a brilliant way to get something really impressive on your CV. The variety of activities involved means you can gain experience in areas as diverse as marketing, events management, journalism, retail, arts administration, market research and much more. Here are some of the things young volunteers have said about us in the past:</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Volunteering at the Fringe desk is a fantastic way to gain an insight into how a major arts festival is run. I loved meeting the performers and being able to help the public, as well as having the freedom to be creative in decorating the desk displays."</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"When I volunteered with the Buxton Fringe Festival, I was a part of a fun, helpful, engaging workforce.”</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“The best moments that I had when volunteering for the Fringe were helping the customers and members of the public out with the questions that they had, and also it was the free flapjacks…”</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It is helpful if you can offer to do more than one shift at the Fringe Desk because the more familiar you are with everything, the more useful you are and the more fun it all becomes! We’d also love to extend the invitation to out-going people of any age who would like to get involved at the desk and enjoy a little Fringe stardust. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you’d like to know more, why not email </span><a href="mailto:info@buxtonfringe.org.uk" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">info@buxtonfringe.org.uk</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> or see our website for further information on all the different ways you can support the Fringe - and not just during July.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span>
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I get the lowdown from our friendly venues team.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“It’s a mistake to sit back and relax thinking July’s ages away”, advises long term Fringer, Pam. “If you want to get your ideal venue in terms of size, location and cost, you need to be quick off the mark.” And with dates at the popular Green Man Gallery already nearly fully booked, there’s no time to lose. As she says: "It's best to get the venue sorted and make your entry ASAP to take advantage of our discounted entry rates." </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Venues colleague Sandra adds: “We have over 50 venues on our books, with everything from pubs, cafes and church halls to outside spaces such as parks, woods and bandstands. There’s even a cave!” </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So something to suit any type of show? “Yes, the range is huge, performers can find the full list with details on our website”, she tells me. See <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/venues.html&source=gmail&ust=1645281007568000&usg=AOvVaw2zsL1WZq80-272wiCJx9pV" href="https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/venues.html" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #4285f4; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/<wbr></wbr>venues.html</a></span></p><div class="quoted-text"><p dir="ltr" style="color: #500050; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I ask the pair to pick out a few examples to demonstrate the wide range of choice. After a lot of discussion I beat them down to five examples<span style="color: #500050;">. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #500050; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> </p></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With a prime location in central Buxton, longstanding Fringe favourites Underground at The Clubhouse offer full technical support including lighting and sound as well as ticket sales. Underground have announced they are now taking bookings. Find full details on Underground at no.21 on our venues list.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Located just outside town on the A515, The High Peak Bookstore has been gaining popularity with Fringe performers over recent years. The cafe and store makes a lovely setting for spoken word performances but would also suit more intimate music and theatre acts. The Bookstore is listed at no.30.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Back in Buxton, The Arches is a brick-vaulted space set in an old corn mill. This quirky and unique performance space is under new management and they are keen to host Fringe events. Find the Arches at no.110 on the venues page.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The elegant Victorian Pump Room, located bang opposite the Crescent Hotel, houses Buxton’s Visitor Centre during the day and can be hired as a venue in the evenings. This year the Pump Room will be offering Fringe entrants free 20-minute daytime slots every day of the Fringe in which to advertise their events. The free showcase slots must be booked in advance. Email them at </span><span style="color: #4285f4; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="mailto:hello@buxtoncrescenttrust.org" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #4285f4; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">hello@buxtoncrescenttrust.org</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Full details are under no.84.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Meanwhile Higher Buxton is home to a new kid on the block, The Eco Cafe. The team tells me that this recently opened venue offers a range of rooms with intimate and alternative atmospheres. It is listed at no.130.</span></p><div class="quoted-text"><p dir="ltr" style="color: #500050; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So any final words of advice for entrants?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #500050; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> </p></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Make sure you talk to the venue and have a checklist of the things that are important for you such as size, lighting, layout, support as well as cost”, says Pam. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“If possible, visit the venue in advance and don’t forget to look at our venues page”, adds Sandra.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So don’t delay, get your venue sorted today! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To contact the venues team, contact the venues co-ordinator via <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/contact.html&source=gmail&ust=1645281007568000&usg=AOvVaw2ksDOj6ox38j0FkZNRqkG_" href="https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/contact.html" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #4285f4; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/<wbr></wbr>contact.html</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgyF7lKSvVe0esrcjLK4GhCFnsB7Iz5UGy8T9n9uaYJJ8OWNbxDlrsaEJjwOlT-Os_eQ70sCfZN7LGn0EME23tkAahItTUqVf_XE--fFxHuVGHrJOp4F7K_iB3Hik5kKCs4PmuIgk1tSUF8GhNxGRxUNB6amprgblok6KK5ih8Hu4xVEkXijbeGtr-G=s850" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div><b style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Carole</b></div>
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</div>Carole Garnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17825734233463956370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893790321022488130.post-43340898132026474582022-01-18T13:18:00.005+00:002022-01-18T13:18:34.317+00:00Volunteering is rewarding with the Fringe<div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;">The beginning of a new year is a great time to take on new challenges and reflect on the last 12 months.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;">Back in April 2020 I wrote about joining the Fringe committee and, whilst enjoying the experience, not being sure about what role I could play to help support the team. Since then I've been involved in lots of things from delivering leaflets to ringing care homes, planting orange flowers, helping on the desk, writing blogs and reviewing performances.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;">But it was in November 2021 that things really changed for me. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">November's Fringe AGM coincided with my 2-year anniversary of volunteering with the committee.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;">Best of all after 18 months of Zoom, the meeting was held in person at the Green Man Gallery. It was so exciting to meet performers, supporters, Fringe Friends and other committee members face to face and just to be able to chat. In fact everyone was having such a good time that Chair Stephen had to call us to order more than once.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;">Then the serious business got going. Stephen thanked all the performers who despite the lack of opportunities to rehearse brought such great acts to the Fringe this year. He thanked the Friends for their ongoing support and venues for keeping audiences and performers safe.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;">Then it was time to elect officers of the Fringe. Stephen seemed slightly surprised that no one wanted to stand against him as Chair (no fear, we've all seen how much work it is). </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;">Somewhat to my surprise I found myself nominated as Secretary, taking over from the lovely Gaye. Thankfully Gaye is still going to run the Fringe Desk so I just have to take the notes at meetings, which sounds easy doesn't it? But then I found myself getting caught up in the discussions as I usually do and only remembering just in time to write down decisions and actions!</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;">There's such a range of activities that you can get involved in and the committee are all so welcoming, I've been able to use my existing skills and more excitingly, developed new ones.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;">So I really didn't need to have worried about finding my niche and for the next 12 months at least that's going to be as Fringe Secretary.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;">If you're looking for a volunteering opportunity then don't hesitate get in touch; we'd love to meet you!</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;">If you would like to find out more about getting involved with the Fringe or becoming a Friend click here <a href="https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/volunteer.html">https://buxtonfringe.org.uk/volunteer.html</a> </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIubV4F3s6DrZVeAoIar4VFJP2qDNupVMHG8xLUq5xcvupkioaiX4v4Q1465fN_zGgNARQK3pgX1pCD0aKU3ibyKUbIhR6qa1tVgfADUBRXPE99ouxyQSMb9IVJ3Ya8cuKDUis7eUjJ8s-UzRF3qHbmQecVobhnjSwrvmyFF_GL9bfR6EnNL53wA0h=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1517" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIubV4F3s6DrZVeAoIar4VFJP2qDNupVMHG8xLUq5xcvupkioaiX4v4Q1465fN_zGgNARQK3pgX1pCD0aKU3ibyKUbIhR6qa1tVgfADUBRXPE99ouxyQSMb9IVJ3Ya8cuKDUis7eUjJ8s-UzRF3qHbmQecVobhnjSwrvmyFF_GL9bfR6EnNL53wA0h=s320" width="237" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: large;"><br /></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div>
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