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Walkout by authors over fossil fuel links plus controversies about identity, racism and sexism are hot topics at politically charged event
An Edinburgh Fringe venue scheduled to host a comedy night at which Graham Linehan was to appear have cancelled the show.
The Edinburgh International Festival is rightly renowned for spawning many unexpected artistic triumphs. Some have been applauded to the rafters while others famously crossed the line of bad taste and were condemned by Councillor Moira Knox as “sordid” – or worse – simply “rubbish”. Now Edinburgh is gaining a new reputation for taking performance art to the highest level possible by staging its very own Festival of Rubbish.
The Scotsman comedy critic on the Jerry Sadowitz controversy and why the Fringe shouldn’t be aligning itself with corporate values.