www.ticketnews.com: Edinburgh International Festival recently made an attempt to boost and broaden the involvement of young audience. The festival organizers reduced ticket prices and added more “beanbag concerts” at the annual event, which is scheduled to take place from August 2-25 this year.
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I will always almost support any initiative that makes theater more inclusive and attempts to reach a larger audience, and this is no exception. Going to Edinburgh has always been something I have wanted to do, but the price has definitely been a major obstacle to that being a possibility. Now that many tickets are cheaper, this could perhaps be more possible for me, and I'm sure for many other people as well. I do, however, think it is a little ridiculous that the festival seems to be advertising half of the concessions as a major selling point. While this is a very good deal, I just don't see this being the factor that convinces many people to see a show. High ticket prices can be a huge barrier to entry, and since concessions aren't strictly necessary, many people won't be convinced to cross this barrier for that small benefit.
Glad to see that the Edinburgh Fringe Festival is continuing their work in accessible access to their wide-ranging work. I did write a response to an article about this a few weeks ago now, but this article has a lot more concrete information and details which is really interesting to me. It’s always incredibly exciting and important to me when performance festivals, especially larger ones put in the work to keep their offerings accessible. I appreciate that the pricing adjustments and discounts are not simply discounts in some cases but free. They are genuinely making an effort to get their work out to the world as a whole. Tickets that are reasonably priced are a key factor in drawing a wider, more diverse audience, and the Edinburgh Festival understands this. I hope that this venture is successful, and that many people are able to enjoy the variety of work at the Edinburgh festival.
The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is so super interesting and you are able to experience theater of all levels and genres and experimental types. I really really want to go see all of the shows that they host as I’ve watched so many youtubers talk about their experiences there and rating and critiquing the shows that they chose to see and want to do the same. In the same way that I would love the rush and experience of going to the Sundance Film Festival. I have only been to Scotland once before, this past spring since I was doing college interviews and tours and I really enjoyed my time over there and it was so beautiful, but I wasn’t really able to experience their theatre scene, which I would’ve loved to. One of my friends was in one of the shows there that went up last summer and I would love to get the experience to work on a show that performs there one day.
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