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Angry residents, worker exploitation, soaring rents – can the Edinburgh Fringe really go on like this?

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019 programme includes 3,841 shows – with 1,059 listed in the theatre
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019 programme includes 3,841 shows – with 1,059 listed in the theatre
With claims of exploitation, the ever increasing cost of accommodation and concerns about its impact on the city, can the Edinburgh Fringe keep going the way it is? Perhaps not, but where does the responsibility for change lie? Lyn Gardner speaks to theatremakers and festival organisers

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