Second Set of Fringe Firsts Singles Out Thom PainDate: 20 August 2004
The Second round of winners of this year's prestigious Fringe First Awards are announced today (20 August) with five shows being chosen including Thom Pain at the Pleasance (which transfers to Soho theatre from 3 – 24 September 2004 see News, 19 August 2004).
The rest of this week’s winners are Chronicles - A Lamentation by Polish company Song of Goat Theatre at Aurora Nova, Gone by Glynn Cannon (On Blindness) at the Pleasance and en masse Theatre’s The Ignatius Trail and Manchester Girl at Underbelly.
Last week’s winners included Take Me Away and The Pull of Negative Gravity at the Traverse (see News, 13 August 2004 for full details).
The Fringe First Awards, presented by The Scotsman newspaper in conjunction with the Fringe Society, are the festival's most prestigious recognition for drama. They were established in 1973 when there was concern that the Fringe was not attracting the right quantity and quality of shows. The awards are announced weekly during the festival. There is no fixed number given and the only requirement for consideration is that the work must be new - having had no more than six performances in the UK, prior to the Fringe.
The Edinburgh Fringe, the world's largest arts festival and now in its 58th year, continues to 30 August 2004.
- By Hannah Kennedy
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