Prague Fringe at 25: Steve Gove and Angus Coull on early days of leading fringe festival
About this episode
Steve Gove and Angus Coull discuss the early days and evolution of the Prague Fringe festival as it celebrates its 25th anniversary.
Since its seat-of-the-pants beginnings in the early 2000s, the Prague Fringe has established itself as one of the leading events of its kind in Europe. Indeed, this year the festival is marking no less than a quarter century of existence with a packed programme that gets underway on May 22. The Prague Fringe was first dreamt up by two friends: Steve Gove, who still runs it, and Angus Coull, who is now back in the pair’s native Scotland. And ahead of this year’s landmark edition, Gove and Coull shared often colourful recollections of the festival’s beginnings.
Topics covered
- Prague Fringe
- theater festival
- cultural events
- arts
- history
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