In partnership with Golden Mask, Russia’s leading theatre festival, The British Council is bringing the Edinburgh Fringe spirit to Moscow in May - June 2008, with 4 UK and 3 Russian companies performing at the Meyerhold Theatre. In addition to the performances themselves, there will be a full education programme for actors and directors, and opportunities for young Russian entrepreneurs to meet the organisers of the Edinburgh festival and other festivals it has inspired in Europe.
The UK companies performing are:
 Festival Schedule (MS Word)
Dates: 26 May - 5 June 2008
Location: Meyerhold Theatre. Moscow, 23 Novoslobodskaya Ulitsa, metro: Mendeleevskaya.
You can buy tickets through Golden Mask website.
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The Fringe story began in 1947, when the Edinburgh International Festival was launched. It was seen as a post-war initiative to re-unite Europe through culture, and was so successful that it inspired more performers than there was room for.
Well aware that there would be a good crowd and focused press interest, six Scottish companies and two English decided to turn up uninvited and fend for themselves.
We've just lived through the 61st Fringe and it's still young! It lives in the present, shifting and changing from year to year to accommodate all of the people who want to attend. Over the years, as the Fringe Organisation got bigger so did the programme. Companies began multiplying as soon as the Fringe got its own phone, and by the time the computers were installed over 30 years later, hundreds were coming.
Whilst still remaining true to its founding principle of open-access for all performers, the Fringe has come a long way since its organisational beginnings in a disused pub with a leaky roof just off the Royal Mile.
We now sell over 1.6 million tickets worth more than Ј10m, and employ a year-round full-time staff of 13 which increases to around 120 in August.
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