C venues
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C venues is the home of the largest theatre and new writing programme at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which is held annually in August each year. C venues is based in northwest London excluding July and August, when it is based at Adam House, Chambers Street, Edinburgh.
C venues has a Festival team of 180 people, and the core management team are engaged across the UK in professional theatre and events whilst the majority of operational staff are students, working on a semi-voluntary, freelance basis.
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C venues is home to Edinburgh's arts events collective The Establishment, which features Packed Lunch, The Electric Cabaret and The Midnight Carousel. C venues hosted the 2005, 2006 and 2007 Editors Awards for ThreeWeeks
, a festival publication.
In 2007, C venues utilised the empty site on Cowgate
that was home to The Gilded Balloon
until it was destroyed in a fire in 2002. This new 'Soco Urban Garden' venue suffered with the heavy rain in its first years, creating many large puddles, but has developed, giving access to the main C venue on Chambers Street.
At 2009's Edinburgh Fringe Festival, C venues was home to many productions such as Fusion's Chomp: A Zombie Musical and Latino Hideaway's Brazilian Fever, a cabaret show in association with Hartshorn-Hook Productions. There were stories and performances on display, such as Dramawise's Alice in Wonderland and Tabard Production's The Canterbury Tales.
The 2005 season reopened Edinburgh's Art Deco Cinema (the former Odeon), with a duel focus on independent contemporary film makers and film marathons combining recent releases including Harry Potter
and the American Pie
series. Over 70 titles were shown at the venue. The 2006 season saw Future Shorts and Future Cinema arrive at the Festival with experimental shorts and film installations. The 2007 season introduced the Critics' Choice Award for Edinburgh Festival Short Film, chosen and presented by film critic Paul Dale. The season featured work from artists across the world including Stockholm, Jerusalem, Poland, California, London and New York.
C venues has a Festival team of 180 people, and the core management team are engaged across the UK in professional theatre and events whilst the majority of operational staff are students, working on a semi-voluntary, freelance basis.
History
C has had its own own in-house theatre company, C theatre, since 1992. The group has toured the UK. The 2007 programme included Shakespeare for Breakfast and a new production of CinderellaCinderella
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C venues is home to Edinburgh's arts events collective The Establishment, which features Packed Lunch, The Electric Cabaret and The Midnight Carousel. C venues hosted the 2005, 2006 and 2007 Editors Awards for ThreeWeeks
ThreeWeeks
ThreeWeeks is a newspaper that covers the Brighton and Edinburgh Festivals in May and August respectively.It has covered the Edinburgh Festival since 1996 and the Brighton Festival since 2006.- Education Programme :...
, a festival publication.
In 2007, C venues utilised the empty site on Cowgate
Cowgate
The Cowgate is a street in Edinburgh, Scotland, located about 5 minutes' walk from Edinburgh Castle, within the city's World Heritage Site. The street's name is derived from the fact that cows were herded down it for Edinburgh's market days in previous centuries .The street is part of the lower...
that was home to The Gilded Balloon
The Gilded Balloon
The Gilded Balloon is one of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe's best-known venues, established by Karen Koren in 1986 in Edinburgh's Cowgate. When a fire destroyed the original premises, Teviot Row House in Bristo Square became the Gilded Balloon's main venue....
until it was destroyed in a fire in 2002. This new 'Soco Urban Garden' venue suffered with the heavy rain in its first years, creating many large puddles, but has developed, giving access to the main C venue on Chambers Street.
At 2009's Edinburgh Fringe Festival, C venues was home to many productions such as Fusion's Chomp: A Zombie Musical and Latino Hideaway's Brazilian Fever, a cabaret show in association with Hartshorn-Hook Productions. There were stories and performances on display, such as Dramawise's Alice in Wonderland and Tabard Production's The Canterbury Tales.
The 2005 season reopened Edinburgh's Art Deco Cinema (the former Odeon), with a duel focus on independent contemporary film makers and film marathons combining recent releases including Harry Potter
Harry Potter
Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent wizard Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...
and the American Pie
American Pie (film)
American Pie is a 1999 teen comedy film written by Adam Herz. American Pie was the directorial film debut of brothers Paul and Chris Weitz, and the first film in the American Pie film series...
series. Over 70 titles were shown at the venue. The 2006 season saw Future Shorts and Future Cinema arrive at the Festival with experimental shorts and film installations. The 2007 season introduced the Critics' Choice Award for Edinburgh Festival Short Film, chosen and presented by film critic Paul Dale. The season featured work from artists across the world including Stockholm, Jerusalem, Poland, California, London and New York.