Backstage: "Indian musician Ravi Shankar and Asian versions of Shakespeare are among highlights of this year's Edinburgh International Festival, as EIF director Jonathan Mills completes a five-year artistic tour of the world.
The EIF, running from August 12 to September 4, combines with the Fringe and the city's International Book Festival and military tattoo to offer the world's biggest annual extravaganza of the arts.
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Interesting to see this after the Guardian article a few weeks ago about how Indian and Asian audiences in London were not interested in the Indian and Asian inspired performances being produced. The cultural implication in the Guardian piece suggests Eastern cultures are not interested in Western theater, even if the characters, themes, and identities are represented. This suggests that the problem is in London: Edinburgh is a festival that attracts artists from accross the globe because of the healthy reputation the festival has. So there is such thing as an audience and desire to create Indian and Asian theater
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