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[[The London Critics Group]] held an annual show called the Festival of Fools. Running over Christmas they satirised events of the previous year whilst including folklore and customs of each month. They were written by [[Ewan MacColl]], staged in the back room of a North London pub, The New Merlin's Cave, and ran for five years in the late 1960's and early 1970's. |
[[The London Critics Group]] held an annual show called the Festival of Fools. Running over Christmas they satirised events of the previous year whilst including folklore and customs of each month. They were written by [[Ewan MacColl]], staged in the back room of a North London pub, The New Merlin's Cave, and ran for five years in the late 1960's and early 1970's. |
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The Festival of Fools is an annual Street Festival held in Belfast , over the MayDay Bank Holiday weekend. This incarnation of Festival of Fools started in 2004 and includes leading street theatre artists from around the world. The festival is different from some other festivals in that performers are paid a fixed amount and money collected from audiences at the end of each show is used to fund the next years show. This is due to chronic underfunding from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. |
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Previous to 2004, the annual International Festival of Fools, created by the Friends Roadshow went on from 1975 to 1984 in Amsterdam[1]. It was a "comedy convention of the Nouveau Clowns"[2]. In a nice twist, the circle continues to turn with co-founder of Friends Roadshow, Nola Rae, billed to appear at the 2009 Festival of Fools in Belfast in her new show Exit Napoleon Pursued By Rabbits. The Belfast Festival of Fools was inspired by the legendary tales and memory of the Amsterdam Festival. |
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The Festival of Fools can trace its origins back to Bachinalian orgies of excess in Ancient Greece if it really wants to. |
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The Festival of Fools is an annual Street Festival held in Belfast , over the MayDay Bank Holiday weekend. This incarnation of Festival of Fools started in 2004 and includes leading street theatre artists from around the world. The festival is different from some other festivals in that performers are paid a fixed amount and money collected from audiences at the end of each show is used to fund the next years show. This is due to chronic underfunding from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. |
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Previous to 2004, the annual International Festival of Fools, created by the Friends Roadshow went on from 1975 to 1984 in Amsterdam[1]. It was a "comedy convention of the Nouveau Clowns"[2]. In a nice twist, the circle continues to turn with co-founder of Friends Roadshow, Nola Rae, billed to appear at the 2009 Festival of Fools in Belfast in her new show Exit Napoleon Pursued By Rabbits. The Belfast Festival of Fools was inspired by the legendary tales and memory of the Amsterdam Festival. |
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The Festival of Fools can trace its origins back to Bachinalian orgies of excess in Ancient Greece if it really wants to. |
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The Festival of Fools is an annual Street Festival held in Belfast , over the MayDay Bank Holiday weekend. This incarnation of Festival of Fools started in 2004 and includes leading street theatre artists from around the world. The festival is different from some other festivals in that performers are paid a fixed amount and money collected from audiences at the end of each show is used to fund the next years show. This is due to chronic underfunding from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. |
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Previous to 2004, the annual International Festival of Fools, created by the Friends Roadshow went on from 1975 to 1984 in Amsterdam[1]. It was a "comedy convention of the Nouveau Clowns"[2]. In a nice twist, the circle continues to turn with co-founder of Friends Roadshow, Nola Rae, billed to appear at the 2009 Festival of Fools in Belfast in her new show Exit Napoleon Pursued By Rabbits. The Belfast Festival of Fools was inspired by the legendary tales and memory of the Amsterdam Festival. |
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The Festival of Fools can trace its origins back to Bachinalian orgies of excess in Ancient Greece if it really wants to. |
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The Festival of Fools is an annual Street Festival held in Spain , usually during the May Bank Holiday weekend. It first started in 2004 and includes performances from around the world. The festival is different from some other festivals in that performers are paid a fixed amount and money collected from audiences at the end of each show is used to fund the next years show.
Previous to that, the annual International Festival of Fools, created by the Friends Roadshow went on from 1975 to 1984 in Amsterdam[1]. It was a "comedy convention of the Nouveau Clowns"[2]. In a nice twist, the circle continues to turn with co-founder of Friends Roadshow, Nola Rae, appearing at the 2009 Festival of Fools in Belfast in her new show Exit Napoleon Pursued By Rabbits.
The London Critics Group held an annual show called the Festival of Fools. Running over Christmas they satirised events of the previous year whilst including folklore and customs of each month. They were written by Ewan MacColl, staged in the back room of a North London pub, The New Merlin's Cave, and ran for five years in the late 1960's and early 1970's.
References
- ^ Blanchette, Ron (Autumn, 1977). "Amsterdam's Festival of Fools" (PDF). Performing Arts Journal. 2 (2): 86–90. doi:10.2307/3245341. Retrieved 2007-01-14.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Clown & Fool JANGO EDWARDS BIOGRAPHY". Jango Edwards & Peter Ercolano website. Retrieved 2007-01-14.
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