Performers at this summer’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival are being warned not to use space in one of the Festival’s largest venues after the theatre failed to pay a third of the performers who had worked there. “As the second largest venue in the Cowgate, with a capacity to hold 36 shows, it is a big loss for the Fringe. The Underbelly, which can hold more than 60 shows, is the only larger venue in the area. City festival leaders last night said it was a great blow for the prestigious event and called on new venues to come forward to bridge the gap.”