Festival Will Beat the Recession with Its Expanded Programme
Derby Evening Telegraph › May 06, 2011
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AS other arts events struggle with the recession, Buxton Festival continues to go from strength-to-strength forcing artistic director Andrew Greenwood to admit in his programme notes that he's "almost embarrassed" to be introducing an expanded programme in 2011.
These riches include three full-scale festival opera production, as well as touring companies and a community performance. There will also be 45 eclectic concerts and a lengthy literary series that includes an appearance by Derbyshire's record-breaking sailor, Dame Ellen MacArthur.See the full content of this document
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Festival Will Beat the Recession with Its Expanded Programme
The festival takes place from July 9-27 and Andrew admits that even the weather can't spoil it.
"It doesn't affect our ticket sales just my mood as I'm coming up and down the hills," he laughs. "But if the sun's shini...See the full content of this document
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