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Dateline: 14th August, 2005
The Last Fringe Sunday? Today is Fringe Sunday where The Meadows, a park-like open space in Edinburgh, becomes home to a fairground and a demonstation of what the Fringe has to offer, where 200,000 visitors can experience a taste of over 100 Fringe shows, from comedy to theatre, from kids' shows to music (all for free), and eat candyfloss and hotdogs while trying out the fairground rides. But this year's event may be the last, says Fringe director Paul Gudgin. "We have a much-loved event that has been going for donkeys' years but we no longer have the financial formula to make it work," he told The Scotsman, and added that the cost had doubled in six years, from £32,000 in 1998 to £65,000 this year. The fee for the use of the park and insurance cost £15,000 and the costs for tents and stages are £33,000 with staff costs of £14,000. Although the Fringe had an income of £1.4m last year, it also reported its first loss (of £15,000) for eight years. Much of that loss was attributable to new premises for the press and marketing departments. Fringe Sunday was started as a means of publicising Fringe shows but now there are free performances of extracts from shows every day for the full three weeks in the High Street, making today's event less important from a publicity point of view, said Steve Cardownie, the Deputy Lord Provost of Edinburgh. "just a shame a hugely popular event will no longer be on the calendar," he added. Please note that all three Archive indices are very long and will therefore take some time to download.
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