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March 12, 2009
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ORGANISERS of Edinburgh's "breakaway" comedy festival have revealed plans to open up the event to all venues, promoters and performers.

The four biggest Fringe venues yesterday said any show could be part of the second Edinburgh Comedy Festival - as long as it stumped up GBP 500 for inclusion in the programme.

The move has been drawn up in the wake of claims that the festival, launched last year, was effectively a "cartel" being run by the venues with the biggest budgets.

However, the fee for inclusion in the comedy festival brochure is more than GBP 200 than that currently being charged to be included in the official Fringe programme.

The move has also sparked fears that the comedy ...

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