The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is 'in danger' if the Scottish Government does not ease social distancing rules for venues within a fortnight, the organiser has warned. Shona McCarthy, chief executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, pleaded with ministers to drop the current two-metre rule for venues to the one-metre rule used in hospitality. She warned that failing to change the social distancing rule would place the future of the 75-year-old festival in jeopardy. 'There's a real danger for the future of the Fringe. It comes after bosses of the Fringe warned last year that audiences were suffering from 'digital fatigue' - and said events would not return to normal until 2022.

Source: Daily Mail May 29, 2021 14:45 UTC