A long while ago we told you all to go to our party at the Opera House. 200 or you made a good decision and turned-up. It will be like those "Did you see the Beatles at the Pavilion Gardens?" stories in years to come. Several thousand people will claim to have been there.Fortunately Fringe 2009 hasn't happened yet and so several thousand of us will get there - but be patient.
Anyway the 30th Festival Fringe runs from 8-26 July 2009 and it's starting to fill-up nicely. Saturday July 18th is looking busy already. Go to the website to see the entries so far:www.buxtonfringe.org.uk
Some of the big-selling favourites from past years are coming back - the High Peak Orchestra, Tideswell Male Voice Choir and James Rippingale.
On the drama front we have the Library Theatre doing a John Godber play and the Young REC are putting on two new pieces - outdoors, by Poole's Cavern. We'll bring more details about these entries in the coming weeks.
The other entry for 2009 is a new one and we're pleased to see it. Buxton Film are putting on a weekend of film (well they probably wouldn't be doing ironing). They promise a mixture. Jess Savage told us:
"The weekend will have three elements. We'll be showing five full-length features. We'll be programming recent releases - but those that may not have got the audiences they deserved. We're inviting people to nominate and vote for films on our website - http://www.buxtonfilm.org.uk.
"The second element will be documentaries made by local and regional film-makers. We've had some discussions already and are confident that we'll have some exciting things to show.
"Then we have a film competition, Open Shorts. Any amateur film-maker can enter; the film should be no more than 20 minutes long. Entrants can get details on the website.
"The film weekend runs from 17-19 July and all films are being shown in the theatre in the Dome, University of Derby, Buxton. We're hoping to build on the Fringe event and have regular programmes throughout the year using the same mixture of features, documentaries and shorts."
by Keith Savage - Published 19/01/2009
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