Grocott's Mail
  • NEWS
    • Courts & Crime
    • Features
    • Politics
    • People
    • Health & Well-being
  • SPORT
    • News
    • Results
    • Sports Diary
    • Club Contacts
    • Columns
    • Sport Galleries
    • Sport Videos
  • OPINION
    • Election Connection
    • Makana Voices
    • Deur ‘n Gekleurde Bril
    • Newtown… Old Eyes
    • Incisive View
    • Your Say
  • ARTSLIFE
    • Cue
    • Makana Sharp!
    • Visual Art
    • Literature
    • Food & Fun
    • Festivals
    • Community Arts
    • Going Places
  • OUR TOWN
    • What’s on
    • Spiritual
    • Emergency & Well-being
    • Safety
    • Civic
    • Municipality
    • Weather
    • Properties
      • Grahamstown Properties
    • Your Town, Our Town
  • OUTSIDE
    • Enviro News
    • Gardening
    • Farming
    • Science
    • Conservation
    • Motoring
    • Pets/Animals
  • ECONOMIX
    • Business News
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Personal Finance
  • EDUCATION
    • Education NEWS
    • Education OUR TOWN
    • Education INFO
  • Covid-19
  • EDITORIAL
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Trending
  • In the words of Nelson Mandela, “To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity”
  • Avbob 2023 Poetry Competition Winner: Sithembele Isaac Xhegwana of Makhanda
  • Flooding at the James Kleynhans Water Treatment Works
  • Avbob 2023 Poetry Competition Second Place: Jeannie Wallace McKeown of Makhanda
  • Residents of Extensions Nine, 10, Transit Camp, Phumlani and Enkanini voice discontent!
  • Makhanda Creatives Speak Out
  • Running towards a drug and alcohol-free Makhanda
  • What’s On 23 – 30 March
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Grocott's Mail
  • NEWS
    • Courts & Crime
    • Features
    • Politics
    • People
    • Health & Well-being
  • SPORT
    • News
    • Results
    • Sports Diary
    • Club Contacts
    • Columns
    • Sport Galleries
    • Sport Videos
  • OPINION
    • Election Connection
    • Makana Voices
    • Deur ‘n Gekleurde Bril
    • Newtown… Old Eyes
    • Incisive View
    • Your Say
  • ARTSLIFE
    • Cue
    • Makana Sharp!
    • Visual Art
    • Literature
    • Food & Fun
    • Festivals
    • Community Arts
    • Going Places
  • OUR TOWN
    • What’s on
    • Spiritual
    • Emergency & Well-being
    • Safety
    • Civic
    • Municipality
    • Weather
    • Properties
      • Grahamstown Properties
    • Your Town, Our Town
  • OUTSIDE
    • Enviro News
    • Gardening
    • Farming
    • Science
    • Conservation
    • Motoring
    • Pets/Animals
  • ECONOMIX
    • Business News
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Personal Finance
  • EDUCATION
    • Education NEWS
    • Education OUR TOWN
    • Education INFO
  • Covid-19
  • EDITORIAL
Grocott's Mail
You are at:Home»Uncategorized»Business as usual for Fest
Uncategorized

Business as usual for Fest

Grocott's MailBy Grocott's MailJuly 3, 2013No Comments2 Mins Read
Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email

Arts Festival organisers report solid business as usual for the event, with slight ticket sales increases from 2012 and numerous sold-out shows characterising the first weekend.

“The first half of the Festival saw us hold ticket sales steady on the 2012 figures,” CEO Tony Lankester said.

Arts Festival organisers report solid business as usual for the event, with slight ticket sales increases from 2012 and numerous sold-out shows characterising the first weekend.

“The first half of the Festival saw us hold ticket sales steady on the 2012 figures,” CEO Tony Lankester said.

“Overall sales, in terms of number of tickets, are just under 3% higher when tested against the comparative point last year. The rand value of the tickets sold has increased by about 8%, which is about what we would expect in terms of our ticket pricing,” Lankester said.

He cautioned against speculating that this would result in growth when the final tally is done, however.

“The last weekend sees us host big music shows from MiCasa, Soweto String Quartet, Karen Zoid and Jonas Gwangwa. Advance sales for all these shows have been very strong, and those numbers are included in the numbers we’re looking at today.

“This will result in a bit of a slow-down in daily sales toward the end of this week,” Lankester said.

While the number of productions at the Festival this year is holding steady (576 in 2013 vs 574 in 2012), the number of performances has reduced significantly from 2 579 to 2 295.

This is part of the Festival’s Fringe management strategy, the CEO explained, “to minimise risk to new productions coming to Grahamstown for the first time”.

The first half of the Festival saw 138 sold-out performances, including the controversial My Name is Rachel Corrie, the Gala Concert, performances by jazz trombonist Steve Turre and last year’s smash-hit, Three Little Pigs.

Comedy fans ensured that Festival favourites Siv Ngesi, Stuart Taylor and Riaad Moosa all enjoyed full houses, while other Fringe perennials – Big Boys II, The Brothers Streep, and Raiders also packed them in.

A fresh crop of theatre productions on the Fringe also earned accolades and attracted the crowds, including The Snow Goose, Crazy in Love, An Audience with Miss Hobhouse and The Things you Left Behind.

Previous ArticleA tale of two markets
Next Article Words by Berold, Music by Strelitz
Grocott's Mail

Comments are closed.

Tweets by Grocotts
Newsletter



Listen

The Rhodes University Community Engagement Division has launched Engagement in Action, a new podcast which aims to bring to life some of the many ways in which the University interacts with communities around it. Check it out below.

Humans of Makhanda

Humans of Makhanda

Weather    |     About     |     Advertise     |     Subscribe     |     Contact     |     Support Grocott’s Mail

© 2023 Maintained by School of Journalism & Media Studies.

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.