Do It Go

In South Australia, you’ll find the fifth largest city in Australia, and a surprising amount of theater!  Adelaide is host to the Adelaide Fringe Festival, second only to the world’s largest, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland, which in 2006 sold over nine hundred thousand tickets, whereas in 2007 Edinburgh sold one million, seven hundred thousand.  If this Australian Fringe is anything like it’s Scottish cousin, then it’s well worth considering a trip to this city, founded in 1836, and named after Queen Adelaide, crowned five years earlier as the Queen consort of England’s King William IV.  In Scotland, the Fringe Festival takes over the month of August, and turns just about every room in the city into a theater venue, offering hundreds of productions throughout any given day.  Pubs and embassies and schools all host the programs, which often spill out into the streets, where actors hand out flyers and perform in the hopes of gathering an audience for the many, many shows.

The Adelaide Fringe will its turn at theater from mid-February to mid-March, running from Feb. 19 to March 14.  Recently, the 2010 Adelaide Fringe poster was announced.  It depicts an astronaut adorned in a pink ballet tutu, meant to represent hundreds of Fringe shows expected to arrive next year.

Considering the growth of this festival, it’s a smart idea to book tickets early for the best adelaide hotel.  It’s the largest arts event in Australia.  Before 2007, the event occurred only in even numbered years in order to partner with the Adelaide Festival of Arts.  However, it’s now an annual event.  The 2009 festival marked the return of the opening parade.  In the past, this parade drew over a hundred thousand along its path.

In 2010, the Adelaide Fringe will run from Feb. 19 to March 14.  One of the festival highlights is an entertainment theater center known as The Garden of Unearthly Delights.  In 2008, The Garden pulled in over six hundred thousand over a thirty days, and for this impressive achievement was given the Spirit of the Fringe Award.

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