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Director's Blog
The festival is in full swing and I find time to reflect on things
Posted On: Sep 12 / 11.49 | 1 Comment
Some true festival magic happened last night in the artist club, when Camille O’Sullivan (who had guested earlier in Duke Special’s night) came on stage just as we had to switch off the PA at 1.30am and sang In the Port of Amsterdam, un amplified...
It’s on: Festival starts today!
Posted On: Sep 6 / 17.26 | 3 Comments
The Iveagh Gardens look absolutely beautiful at night. My admiration and thanks to all the tech team and site crews who worked to exhaustion levels in the torrential rains yesterday. But despite the more than difficult weather conditions we got it re...
Daily Blog
The end is now upon us!
Posted On: Sep 21 / 11.54 | 0 Comments - Be the first to comment, click here!
Here we are, the last day of the Dublin Fringe Festival 2008!!!!! At this point I think it's important to reflect over the last few weeks and think about what the Fringe meant to each of us - the crazy nights in Spiegeltent, the wonderful shows t...
count down
Posted On: Sep 19 / 22.00 | 1 Comment
Twenty four hours until the last ticketed event opens and I can stop talking about guest lists, allocations, comps, discounts, buy backs, float sheets, refunds, apologies (I'm sorry, we're out of programmes/ tickets/ printer ink), cancellations, apol...
Judge's Blog
Wolfgang is looking a wee bit peaky this morning…
Posted On: Sep 22 / 10.08 | 3 Comments
...as my granny might have said. In case any of the rest of you fringophiles are having difficulty remembering the closing ceremony it went like this...performance/awards/drink/sound glitch/performance/award/drink/sound glitch/award/performance/da...
Electric picture show at the Spiegal
Posted On: Sep 17 / 11.59 | 0 Comments - Be the first to comment, click here!
I like 3kapano's music, it's a cool blend of prog/stoner rock influenced by Kraut rocks bands such as cluster and Popal Vuh, with a dash of early Pink Floyd. The show they did at the Spiegal a couple of yrs ago, as backing to the si...
























