Devil's Dozen

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Devil's dozen A mixed bag of Fringe shows is led by a magical Polish Faust Faust Assembly Rooms Doublethink Aurora Nova, Saint Stephen's Mikey the Pikey Pleasance Dome The 2005 Edinburgh Festival had hardly kicked off when William Burdett-Coutts, who has run the Assembly Rooms for 25 years, called for the Fringe to be amalgamated with the international programme. All the best and most serious theatre has been provided by Sir Brian McMaster's international programme these past 15 years, while William Burdett-Coutts has allowed the comedians to take over, has shamefully gone along with the early start to the Fringe - now almost ten days before the "real" programme - and done more than anyone to spread a damaging soundbite culture by restricting playing time to 90 minutes in order to maximise production turnover and boxoffice potential.

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Devil's Dozen

Devil's dozen

A mixed bag of Fringe shows is led by a magical Polish Faust

Faust Assembly Rooms

Doublethink Aurora Nova, Saint Stephen's

Mikey the Pikey Pleasance Dome

The 2005 Edinburgh Festival had hardly kicked off when William Burdett-Cou...

See the full content of this document

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