Goodies fans help Fringe break its ticket sales record
25/06/2006 00:00 GMT
Posted by lisa Several articles, such as one appearing in the Herald's online edition at http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/64506.html, are reporting that the Edinburgh Fringe has broken its previous first week's ticket sales record and the The Goodies show is one of the top sellers. |
Here's the text of the Herald article:
Festival Fringe breaks its ticket sales record
PHIL MILLER, Arts Correspondent
June 22 2006
The success of Edinburgh Festival Fringe continued to grow yesterday when it announced it had broken its ticket sales record. The festival sold 56,368 tickets in the first week, the biggest-selling opening spell in its history. Numbers are up 8.3% from the previous highest sale, in 2004.
Paul Gudgin, director of the Fringe, said: "I'm very pleased with sales. Thousands are getting hold of tickets for favourite shows earlier than ever."
So far, top sellers are Bill Bailey, Ed Byrne, The Goodies, Danny Bhoy and Russell Brand.
In 2004, 51,683 had been sold at the seven-day mark. In 2005, the number was 40,479. Half of the tickets sold on the first day were booked via the website, www.edfringe.com and that rose to 70% through the week. Last year, 1,338,550 tickets were sold – the third time and third consecutive year numbers passed one million.
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