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We are pleased to announce that additional performances have been added for Friday, February 17, Saturday, February 18 and Sunday, February 19!

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA OPENS FEBRUARY 3RD! Additional performances:

Feb. 3, 4, 10, 11 @ 8 PM

Feb. 5 and 12 @ 3 PM

Box Office will open January 16th at 12:00p.

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Edinburgh Fringe Facts
Posted by Kathy Mulay (kmulay) on Jun 05 2008 at 9:11 AM
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Theatre made up 31% of the programme followed closely by Comedy with 30.5% Music was next with 17%, Children’s 5.5% Musicals & Opera totals, 5%. Dance & Physical Theatre weighed in at 4.5% Exhibitions is 3.5% and finally Events 3%

40% (815) of the shows were World Premiers and from the remaining 60% of the programme 236 of the shows were European premieres and 93 are UK premieres

In 2007 there were 6 new awards available to performers. This is in addition to the 15 that were up for grabs in 2006

At the Fringe in 2007 53,284 tickets were bought in its first week of ticket sales

1.6 Million tickets (1,697,293) were sold during the 2007 Fringe smashing all arts festival records

The Fringe sells 118% more tickets than it did only 10 years ago (776,560 in 1997, 1,531,606 in 2006)

The Fringe has a 75% market share of all attendance at Edinburgh’s year-round festivals and annually generates around £75 million for the Edinburgh and Scottish economy

Edinburgh Fringe Facts