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56 000 Tickets Sold at HIFA 2009 |
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Wednesday, 27 May 2009 10:25 |
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Over 56 000 tickets were sold at HIFA 2009 the festival organisers have revealed to The Zimbo Jam. In a year which festival Founder and Artistic Director, Manuel Bagorro, has described as the toughest one yet, the festival still managed to draw big stars and huge audiences. There were a total of 182 performances during the six day festival, of which 72 were international. To hold it all together around 400 school leavers and 61 street youth were given temporary employment in the run up to and during the arts showcase. Other numbers are given below:  | THE NUMBERS COME TO LIGHT | | | | | Number of tickets issued from the HIFA Box Office | 56 528 | | Total number of performances | 182 | | Number of local performances | 110 | | Number of international performances | 72 | | Number of First Street Performances | 18 | | Number of collaborations with both international and local performers | 9 | | Number of visual art shows/installations | 9 | | Number of workshops held during the week of the Festival | 42 | | Number of craft stalls | 60 | Number of week long intensive workshops
(Circus Skills Workshop, Technical Skills Workshops) | 2 | | Number of corporate sponsors | 18 | | Number of international donors | 15 | | Number of embassies that participated | 19 | | Number of street youth trained and employed | 61 | | Number of school leavers trained and employed | +/- 400 | | Number of orphans and vulnerable children that participated in the Festival | 375 | | Number of outreach performances held in Chitungwiza | 6 | | Number of outreach performances held in Mbare | 1 | | Number of schools involved in the Schools Programme | 19 | | Number of HIFA Amigos | 1070 | | Number of tickets issued to the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe | 1 100 | | | |
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