The head of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has warned the annual event is under “existential threat” due to rising costs faced by companies and venues.
Chief executive Shona McCarthy suggested Edinburgh’s festivals would be backed by multi-million pound investment if the hosting of them was effectively “put out to tender” similar to the UK Olympics or the Commonwealth Games.
Speaking on Barry Fearn’s Leading Conversations podcast, she said the lack of support had left the Fringe “cracking at the seams” before the pandemic.
