Extortionate costs threaten future of comedy's revered Edinburgh Fringe

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'For comics from a working-class background, it's terrible.'

‘Everyone’s just getting more money from everybody. You’re just in the wake of these massive stand-up comedians, and they’re selling out. Wouldn’t it be amazing if they could pay for a small production to come for cheap? We’re paying pretty much the same.’

But for Leah Aspden, whose show is called Blue Dragon, things aren’t quite so comfortable. Hailing from Oxford, student Leah said a lot of people have only been able to do the Fringe because their parents know somewhere they can stay. While acts get free space, venues profit off drinks sold at shows. The condition is that performers do not charge entry fees, but they can send a bucket around at the end of a show.

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