Fringe Festival Praha 2011

9 Days, 39 productions, 15 countries, 246 performances, 7 venues

Central Europe´s original and best Fringe Festival celebrates its 10th birthday from 27th May – 4th June. 39 productions from 15 countries will take to the stage in what promises to be the best Prague Fringe so far.

Fringe is a unique mix of genres which including theatre, music, comedy, physical theatre, puppetry, cabaret, mime and spoken word that has captured the imagination of a Czech and international audience which has grown steadily year on year.

The seeds of Prague´s Fringe were sown in Scotland in the year 2000 by Directors Steve Gove and Carole Wears, who were both attending the world famous Edinburgh event at the time 10 years down the line event has blossomed in to one of the highlights of the cultural calendar.

Associate Director, Carole Wears, “The beauty of the Festival is its eclectic mix of productions and its wide audience appeal. Over the past 10 years we´ve seen some terrific shows, some raw and fresh, some award winning productions from abroad and some great home grown works and this year is no exception. For those with an appetite for food as well as theatre a highlight will be ‘Cooking for Love´ from Amsterdam, this tale is told in our cabaret venue with live chopping and cooking as the audience dine on the finished product”. Another highlight says Carole is also from Holland and the winner of the ‘Best Of Amsterdam Fringe 2010´ award, where the cast ask the audience to join them in a group therapy session in ‘Life is Too Good to be True´.

Merry-May Gill, one of the first performers to be invited to take part in the first year of the event is returning to celebrate its 10th birthday all the way from Australian bush with a show created specially for the event, “She was here a the beginning…now she´s back with a mission”

Each year a new country is represented at the festival – this year the first ever show from Italy, Teatro dei Borgia with Diary of a Sentimental Killer

The Prague Fringe attracts bookers and promoters from other international arts events resulting in a number of productions being booked to appear at other festivals across the globe from Amsterdam to Dubai, Adelaide to Brighton.