Challenges and Controversies Surrounding the Edinburgh Fringe Festival

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The Edinburgh Fringe Festival continues to be a major platform for artists, but financial challenges and venue issues, exemplified by Summerhall's recent struggles, highlight the economic risks performers face, with many struggling to break even despite the festival's popularity and career opportunities.
- Edinburgh Fringe Can Bring Artists Fame, but Money’s Another Matter The New York Times
- ‘I spent a month sleeping in a cupboard’: comedians on the true cost of the Fringe | Fringe theatre The Guardian
- Corporate sponsors exit stage left at Edinburgh Festival Financial Times
- Edinburgh Fringe’s war on comedy The Spectator
- Edinburgh Fringe Festival 'at risk' as council 'not enforcing' controversial law lbc.co.uk
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