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Gag gongs at Edinburgh festival EDINBURGH (AFP) - A surreal hedgehog joke was named best gag at the Edinburgh Fringe on Monday, while a Michael Jackson gag was judged the least funny at the annual arts festival.   People:Michael Jackson   Source:(AFP)   2009-08-24 Strike averted at Bayreuth Festival BAYREUTH, Germany (AFP) - The curtain can go up on the first night of the legendary Bayreuth Festival this week after negotiators reached a wage agreement for stage and technical staff, a union said Friday.   Activities:Bayreuth Festival   Source:(AFP)   2009-07-24 'Ring' director Tankred Dorst booed in Bayreuth BAYREUTH, Germany (AFP) - Richard Wagner's "Goetterdaemmerung" or "Twilight of the Gods", the fourth and final part of his massive four-opera "Ring" is about the end of the world.   Nations:Germany   Activities:Bayreuth Festival   Source:(AFP)   2008-08-03 Singers shine in Bayreuth's 'Siegfried' BAYREUTH, Germany (AFP) - "Forced drudgery, fruitless toil," complains the evil dwarf Mime at the start of "Siegfried", part three of Richard Wagner's "Ring" that was performed here at the Bayreuth Festival on Thursday.   Nations:Germany   Activities:Bayreuth Festival   Source:(AFP)   2008-08-01 Anaemic 'Rhinegold' opens Tankred Dorst's 'Ring' in Bayreuth BAYREUTH, Germany (AFP) - The hard wooden seats of Bayreuth's Festpielhaus have only the thinnest possible cushioning for a reason -- too much padding would ruin the hallowed hall's legendary acoustics. That's a scientific fact.   Nations:Germany   Activities:Bayreuth Festival   Source:(AFP)   2008-07-29 Headlines Gag gongs at Edinburgh festival 2009-08-24 Strike averted at Bayreuth Festival 2009-07-24 'Ring' director Tankred Dorst booed in Bayreuth 2008-08-03 Singers shine in Bayreuth's 'Siegfried' 2008-08-01 Anaemic 'Rhinegold' opens Tankred Dorst's 'Ring' in Bayreuth 2008-07-29 British musicals look back with laughter on Blair years 2007-08-16 Actors go for oddball venues at Edinburgh festival 2007-08-15 Hecklers: Scourge of the stand-up comic's life 2007-08-11 Tony Blair given the musical treatment twice over 2007-08-07 Edinburgh Fringe Festival kicks off 2007-08-06 Austrian festival brings back German romantic classic 2007-08-05 Bayreuth's 'Siegfried' marred by patchy singing 2007-07-31 German maestro Thielemann steals show in Bayreuth's 'Rheingold' 2007-07-28 Scion's 'Meistersinger' eagerly awaited 2007-07-22 Pink elephants, cockroaches star in LA art show 2006-09-16 Rolling Stone Richards probed over Scottish smoking ban 2006-08-28 Curtain comes down on 2006 Bayreuth Festival 2006-08-27 Canadian scoops up top British comedy prize 2006-08-27 Canadian scoops up top British comedy prize 2006-08-26 Edinburgh is world's toughest gig for comics 2006-08-13 Edinburgh Fringe: 101 ways to massacre Shakespeare 2006-08-11 Miss Piggy would blush - Muppet creators go adult 2006-08-10 Smoking ban wafts over Edinburgh Fringe 2006-08-07 Religion top theme as Fringe turns 60 2006-08-06 Curtain rises on 'Das Rheingold' at Bayreuth Festival 2006-07-26 Funny business rules at Aspen fest 2006-03-10 Festival plays show celebrity cult feeds obsession 2005-08-13 First the Jerry Springer Show -- Now the Opera 2002-08-12 Most-viewed

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