Feeling shut out, I wanted to offer black artists the time, space and resources that the industry usually only makes available to a particular kind of person in theatre
Last year, Jessica Brough, the founder of Fringe of Colour started to list BAME performers at the fringe in to draw attention to their work, and this year she’s campaigning for venues to provide free tickets to young black people in an attempt to diversify venues and audiences. While I applaud efforts like these, I still wonder whether it makes sense for myself and other black artists to focus on the Edinburgh Fringe at all.
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