I lived in Edinburgh for 15 years and still work here, and I hate the Fringe. They should have just left it as the Arts Festival, ballet and opera and all that, proper art.
And it got even worse when they made comedy such a heavy focus, so now all the chavs found it and go to shows WHICH IS NOT WHAT ART SHOULD BE ABOUT. Comedy is not proper art. Get back on that 52 bus !!
Now it has degenerated to willy jokes, yay. I blame those Aussie guys with all their willy folding 10 years ago. It’s amazing how much you can blame on the Aussies if you try hard, crikey.
The Book Festival is ace, mind, don’t see them drawing genitalia on each others books.