{FRONT} Festival Facts & Figures
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POTATOES DEVOURED, TO THE NUMBER OF POETS CALLED TIM, WE GET STATISTICAL ON THE FEST
NUMBER CRUNCHING THE FESTIVALS IN FIGURES STAT ATTACK FROM THE NUMBER OF BAKED Show. 2
607 Free shows on the
Shows about pasta on the Fringe: For You From Me, Pasta! and Macaroni’s Puppet
Authors appearing at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
Total number of cast and crew involved in Mariinsky Opera’s grand International Festival production of Die Frau Ohne Schatten.
40,000 38Fringe shows featuring puppetry. 2 8 41,689 9 100,000
Posters for Fringe shows put up by desperate students eager performers on the ten pillars that line High Street on the Royal Mile.
8 The age, in months, of Otis Gilmore, who appeared on stage with 83-year- old dancer Diana Payne-Myres in Fringe show A Conversation With Carmel.
17The number of pipes on a sheng – a Chinese mouth organ developed 3000 years ago and used by Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra at the EIF.
5 Wooden salad bowls used during Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal’s International Festival performance of Tan Dun’s ‘Water Concerto’. They also used
one water gong, one water tube drum and two foam paddles.
Approximate number of fireworks set off during the Virgin Money Fireworks Concert that closes the International Festival.
few quid in the bucket at the end).
25,000 visitors to Charlotte Square Gardens during the Book Festival's opening weekend
Total number of performances over the 25 days of the Fringe.
I PREDICT A DIET How many units did some popular Edinburgh takeaways shift in August?
You Wear It Well How many costumes did different acts bring to Edinburgh?
BAKED POTATOES 9300 SOLD AT THE BAKED POTATO SHOP ON COCKBURN STREET
FALAFEL WRAPS 15,500 SOLD AT MEDITERRANEAN GATE ON GEORGE IV BRIDGE
L A V I T S E F
HOG ROAST ROLL 21,700 SOLD AT OINK ON VICTORIA STREET
16 THE LIST 25 Aug–22 Sep 2011
TIM KEYI THE PAJAMA MENI
THREE SUIT JACKETS. TWO PAIRSI
OF MATCHING TROUSERS.I ALL FROM M&S.I
THREE PAIRS OFI PYJAMAS EACH.I AGAIN, M&S.I
SCOTTISH BALLETI 80 PAIRS OF SHOES (60 SOFT,I
20 POINTE), WORN ACROSSI THREE PERFORMANCES.I
FRISKY & MANNISHI 478* COSTUMESI BETWEEN THEM.I
*rough estimate – may be exaggerated.