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Article: Comedy Festival promises to widen the net
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- The Scotsman
- Article date:
- March 23, 2009
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PROMOTERS behind a controversial "breakaway" comedy festival at
the Edinburgh Fringe have defended the revival of the venture for a
second year.
The Edinburgh Comedy Festival will be opened up to all venues,
promoters and performers this year in an attempt to rebuff criticism
that it was being run as a "cartel".
The four biggest Fringe venues launched the event last August,
insisting their "festival within a festival" was needed to increase
audiences and nurture new talent.
They are also adamant a move to charge other venues and
performers GBP 500 a show to get into their programme offers good
value for money.
In return, shows have been promised that some 400,000 brochures
will be ...