Whither The Fringe?

Between the advertainment theatre and the vicious infighting amongst participants, the Edinburgh Fringe seems to be losing some of its original spirit. “Should we worry? Will a multi-national’s logo on an awning – which already exist on venues such as, well, the Smirnoff Underbelly – undermine the spirit of the Fringe? Or will it pay that spirit’s way in the big bad world?”