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The Independent UK
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Isobel Lewis

Nish Kumar says he ‘still believes in the Edinburgh Fringe’ as festival is accused of ‘elitism’

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Nish Kumar has spoken out in defence of the Edinburgh Fringe as it is accused of being inaccessible to emerging performers.

The world’s largest arts festival returned at full scale this summer for the first time since the pandemic.

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