Tringe Festival 2010

Bumped into Sam and Dawn from Screaming Theatre today and beckoned them into the studios of Preston FM for a chat.

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Performers Wanted!

Ever fancied performing at a fringe frestival? Local theatre company Screaming Theatre are on the hunt for a range of acts to perform at this year’s Preston Tringe Festival.

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Review: Word Soup #4 @ New Continental

Word Soup is Preston’s live lit night and this month’s was bigger than ever. Not only was it part of the Preston Tringe Festival and recorded for Preston FM and Diversity FM, but it had the biggest turn out so far. If you weren’t able to make it, here’s what you missed…

The night kicked off with Sally Murray, a musician from Manchester, who wowed the crowd with her beautiful voice and chilled out songs. And when there was a sound issue, she showed her sense of humour. read article »

Review: John Cage’s Disco Classics @ Adelphi

I’m not sure how to describe this show. It’s billed as a mix of experimental performance with disco-funk classics, well for a start there isn’t much disco-funk. It’s definitely one of the most out there performances of the Preston Tringe Festival.

The show felt a bit like a radio show. There were lots of short sketches, interspursed with introductions from Cliff Laine and the odd disco-funk track. read article »

Preston Tweetup II – so, how can we support the arts in Preston?

The second Preston Tweetup took place on Monday 27th July 2009 at the New Continental. Blog Preston was hosting the event again, with help from They Eat Culture, and it was a relative success.

We managed to attract a few people from arts organisations, artists and the bit of the council responsible for the arts. More importantly, we attracted some talented and interested people who for 45 minutes to an hour put their minds to work on how we can support the arts in Preston. read article »

This week at Preston Tringe Festival

The city of Preston now has it’s own fringe festival taking place, the Preston Tringe is taking over venues across the city for a range of comedy, drama, music and much more. Here’s some events that might take your fancy over the coming week: read article »

Review: The Double-Headed Penny Farthing @ Adelphi

The Preston Tringe Festival continued with the opening night of The Double-Headed Penny Farthing, a Sherlock Holmes adventure, by Robert Black.

It was a short but sweet whizz through a mystery that Holmes and Watson are able to solve from the comfort of their flat in Baker Street. read article »