Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2006

The 2006 Edinburgh Festival Fringe was the 59th Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Events

2006 was the first Fringe following the introduction of the new legislation banning smoking indoors. During a photocall at the Assembly Rooms for a play in which he was playing Winston Churchill, the actor Mel Smith lit a cigar, flouting the ban. Controversy arose when Smith insisted he would smoke onstage during the first performance - he did not go through with this claim.[1]

Venues

2006 was the first year that the udderBELLY, an offshoot of the Underbelly venues in the shape of an upside-down purple cow, was erected on Bristo Square.[2]

Awards

References
  1. "Smith rethink on smoking gesture". BBC News. 7 August 2006. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
  2. "Udderbelly – What is it". Underbelly Limited. Archived from the original on 4 April 2009. Retrieved 10 May 2009.


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