Redhill's 'Goodness' Announced as The Best of Edinburgh

The Carol Tambor Theatrical Foundation has announced the winner of this year's The Best of Edinburgh Award, the highest honor at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.  The winner of The Best of Edinburgh was announced at the closing ceremonies of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe on Friday, August 28, 2006 at  10 AM GMT (5 AM EST).
 
This year, The Carol Tambor Award goes to Goodness, which will receive its NYC premiere at Performance Space 122 from March 1 – 11, 2007 .
 
"From Canada's internationally acclaimed theater company, Volcano, Goodness arrived at the Edinburgh Fringe direct from its sold out run in Toronto.  Performed at the Traverse Theater, Goodness is written by Michael Redhill," according to Edinburgh notes.
 
"A stranger in a seedy London bar hands a man a phone number. He calls it. An hour later, he's in a woman's apartment listening to an astonishing story: murder, war crimes, love.  He can't imagine what she's been through. So he changes it....Part mystery, part ethical dilemma, Goodness is an intricate knot of flashbacks and storytelling by a six-person cast.  The elegant production, directed by Ross Manson, delicately interweaves South African and Central European folk music as laments from around the world."

The committee that chooses the winning production is comprised of Carol Tambor and members of her Foundation, along with the Scotsman's Arts Writers Joyce Macmillian, Jackie McGlone and Mark Fisher, and Performance Space 122 Artistic Director Vallejo Gantner .
 
To be eligible for The Best of Edinburgh, the show must be an original work, never seen in New York City, and have received a 4-star or 5-star review from The Scotsman, Scotland's foremost daily newspaper.
 
The Best of Edinburgh builds a bridge between New York City and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the largest arts festival in the world.  Created by Carol Tambor through her Theatrical Foundation in 2004, the inaugural award winners (Sisters, Such Devoted Sisters and Rosebud: The Lives of Orson Welles) were given a four-day producer's showcase in New York City.  This showcase resulted in both shows being picked up for productions in the US and Canada.

In 2005, The Carol Tambor Theatrical Foundation and Performance Space 122 became presenting partners for The Best of Edinburgh , with the critically acclaimed NYC premiere of Andrew Dawson's Absence and Presence. "The partnership between The Carol Tambor Theatrical Foundation and Performance Space 122 fully realizes the original intention and spirit of the Foundation and the award. Both The Carol Tambor Theatrical Foundation and Performance Space 122 are committed to providing an exceptional and increasingly rare opportunity for new international work that would not otherwise be able to travel to New York to do so."
 
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the largest arts festival in the world, has been ongoing since 1947.  Fringe 2006 featured over 28,014 performances of 1,867 shows in 261 different venues throughout Edinburgh.  The 2005 Festival sold more than 1,338,550 tickets during its 3 weeks, the third consecutive year the Fringe sailed past the one million ticket barrier. The Edinburgh Festival Fringe has served as a launching pad for the careers of renowned stars such as Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Jude Law and Eddie Izzard as well as renowned playwrights like Tom Stoppard.

Visit www.edfringe.com for more information on the Edinburgh Fringe Festival