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Preston MAPS Festival opens to applications from contemporary artists

6th, February 2012 by

A contemporary arts festival taking place during the Preston Guild has opened for applications. The MAPS Festival is looking for emerging and established artists to submit their work. The festival takes place on Saturday 8th September at a variety of locations across the city including the Oxheys Mill Studios. Jack Coverdale, from FallenWall Arts who are behind the event, told Blog Preston last month the [...]

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Project Korova celebrates first birthday with three special shows

1st, October 2011 by

Arts organisation Project Korova is celebrating its birthday this month with a series of three special events. Comedy Mike, a new professional comedy night, will be launched on Sunday 30 October at the Adelphi. This will be accompanied by the first birthday of Organised Mike, an evening of music, comedy, poetry, and magic, and  finally a 10 minute playwriting competition called PresTen. Comedy Mike will [...]

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Tringe: Comedy – Phil Buckley

30th, July 2011 by

As Phil Buckley bumbles onto the Adelphi stage, he remarks that in 8 years of standup he’s never really worked out how to begin a show. This indecisiveness and whimsical manner continues through his latest show Love Fool, as he meanders through an hour long set with anecdotes aplenty. The delicate matters of internet dating, nightclubs and er…brain farts are all dealt with by Buckley [...]

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Tringe: Review – The Template for Lack of Conversation

28th, July 2011 by

  A delight of The Tringe is to experience shows that are beyond the conventional, which Alison Trower’s solo piece surely is. Her beautiful and calmly delivered performance poetically explores that which separates and unites all humanity, as we evolved from clear blue seas and eventually walked on land that knows not of our existence. We may believe we think inside or outside the bubble, yet [...]

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Tringe: Theatre Review – Dev’s Army

27th, July 2011 by

Elysion Productions describe their debut play Dev’s Army as “A rich, dark comedy in the grand Irish tradition – instantly recognisable characters and oozing charm” The scene is the Irish coast in 1940 and three members of the local security force tell stories, indulge in self delusion and allow old their old rivalries to surface. As a one act, hour long play with a cast [...]

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Tringe: Theatre Review – Romeo Is Dead

23rd, July 2011 by

“This is what you came to see. The music has stopped. The stage is still. This is important. Very important. You’re not allowed to see it. Not Yet. We wanted to make something. Make something for you. When you leave this place, you will carry it with you”. From the moment that Flight of the Valkyries opens the show, Romeo is Dead is a brilliant [...]

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Tringe Interview: Spoken word with Fiona Bratherton

18th, July 2011 by

  This Sunday sees Fiona Bratherton’s first foray into spoken word at the Tringe, with her show ‘Somme Like It Hot (Or How I Learned To Pack Up My Troubles And Love The War)’. Focusing on her family’s obsession with the First World War and her childhood visiting visiting battlefields, cemeteries and museums on the Western Front, the show concentrates on the weird aspects of her situation, [...]

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Tringe Coverage: Call for contributors

18th, July 2011 by

This week sees the return of the The Tringe, Preston’s Fringe Festival, full of comedy, music and theatre. Tringe is run and organised by volunteers, and the first Tringe took place in July 2009 with more than 30 acts taking part, rising to 42 acts by 2010. Acts include comedians from the Manchester and London circuits, new writers from the North West, local and regional [...]

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First acts for Tringe Festival announced

17th, March 2011 by

Preston Tringe Festival organisers have announced the first acts to be confirmed for the 2011 festival. Returning from last year’s event is comedian James Christopher, Manchester Comedy Troupe ‘Stand Up’ and storytelling comic Phil Buckley. Magicians Jason Rea and Derek Gustard are also to return for this years festival, held in a number of city centre venues this summer. Tringe organiser Sam Buist said: “As [...]

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New Preston Tringe venues announced

23rd, February 2011 by

Preston Tringe Festival organisers have announced that two new venues have been confirmed for this year’s festival. The Frog & Bucket comedy club and the Prescap Arts & Media Centre on Fox Street have been added to other city centre venues including The Adelphi, The Black Horse, The Continental and The Angel pubs. The Arts & Media Centre, which also houses community radio station Preston [...]

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Hatch – Developing theatre writing in Preston

4th, February 2011 by

The arts development initiative Project Korova are holding an event for those involved in writing and theatre at Equator Cafe this Tuesday evening. Hatch is designed to give a supportive network of actors and directors to playwrights in the area who want to publicise their work. The aim of the initiative is to support both new and experienced playwrights to develop their work through open [...]

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The Six Weeks of Summer

16th, July 2010 by

Wa-hey, the summer holidays are upon us! Here’s our Top Ten recommendations to keep the kids, and you, entertained in the city this summer…

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Preston Tringe Festival

16th, June 2010 by

The open to all, Preston Tringe festival is now just over a month away and it is promising to bring you an amazing mixture of theatre, music, comedy and magic from all over the U.K. Don’t forget that the festival will be kicking off on the 24th July and will be bustling with arts and acts until 1st August. This week, we’re taking a look [...]

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