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Preston Tringe Update

28th, April 2010 by

The Preston Tringe is swiftly approaching and the clock is now ticking for groups to apply and be part of it, with the deadline being May 10th. So, what are you waiting for – whatever you talent is, give it a go, it’s a chance to share your gift with the world! Last month,  we revealed some of the current line up for the Preston Tringe and  [...]

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Preston Tringe Festival 2010

17th, April 2010 by

After the success of the first and highly acclaimed Preston Tringe festival last year, this year’s line up is already bursting with acts to appear at venues across the city centre.

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Tringe Festival 2010

17th, February 2010 by

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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Review: Word Soup #4 @ New Continental

31st, July 2009 by

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 [...]

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Review: John Cage’s Disco Classics @ Adelphi

30th, July 2009 by

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 [...]

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

28th, July 2009 by

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 [...]

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This week at Preston Tringe Festival

26th, July 2009 by

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:

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Review: The Double-Headed Penny Farthing @ Adelphi

26th, July 2009 by

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.

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Review: The Harpy and the Slob @ Adelphi

24th, July 2009 by

The second of the Preston Tringe Festival opening night double header was the very enjoyable ‘The Harpy and the Slob’ by Leonard Morley. After the seven characters of Waiting in Soho this was another play that happened in just one location, a bedroom, but the characters did interact.

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Review: Waiting in Soho @ Adelphi

24th, July 2009 by

The opening play of the Preston Tringe Festival was ‘Waiting in Soho’ by Christopher Morgan. It was performed by Preston’s Screaming Theatre group and it took a little while to get going.

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Preston fringe festival ready for launch

23rd, July 2009 by

Tonight will see Preston Tringe Festival launch with two shows at the Adelphi pub. Preston’s fringe festival sees music, theatre, comedy, magic and much more happening across different venues in the city up until 31st July 2009.

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Things to do in Preston this July

15th, July 2009 by

We’re half-way through the summer but there’s still plenty to do during summer 2009 in Preston. We’ve picked out a few highlights for July, and there’s a whole range of activities to get involved in. There’s everything from ghost tours, to treks around Ashton, live kids entertainment and festivals.

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Preston Tringe Festival line-up announced

13th, June 2009 by

The line-up for the first Preston Tringe Festival has been unveiled. Running from 23rd July to 31st July 2009 at various venues across the city, the Tringe will be a hodgepodge of comedy, music, theatre and other live performance events – complete with a Tweetup about the Preston arts scene thrown in for good measure.

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