Shona McCarthy
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Edinburgh focus: What can be done to save the world's biggest and best arts festival?
As Edinburgh's annual summer spectacular kicks off amid cost-of-living hikes, rising accommodation costs and ongoing concerns about its sheer size and direction of travel, Fergus Morgan asks voices from the industry and beyond about the one thing they would change to secure the festival's future.
Fergus Morgan, The Stage, 4th August 202350 £2k awards announced from the £100k 'Keep It Fringe Fund'
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has announced the recipients of the 'Keep it Fringe' fund, a new initiative to support Fringe artists, led by Fringe Society President Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd April 2023The comics spurning the Edinburgh Fringe
Stand-ups used to think they'd never make it if they didn't play the festival. But it's leaving many saddled with debt, stuck in squalid flats and even suicidal. Refuseniks tell us why they're bowing out.
Rachael Healy, The Guardian, 11th July 2022Update from Shona McCarthy, Chief Executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society
The Fringe Society has issued this statement today. This comes following complaints about the absence of the Fringe App this year and an imminent open letter being sent to the Fringe Society asking for more transparency.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 5th July 2022Fringe chief predicts 2022 will see event's 'renaissance' for 75th anniversary
Shona McCarthy said she was "more optimistic about the future than ever before" ahead of the Fringe's 75th anniversary season in August.
Brian Ferguson, The Scotsman, 4th January 2022Fringe boss: We're not measuring success by size
Organisers of the Edinburgh Fringe have declined to reveal how big this year's festival was - saying it's time to 'stop defining success by scale'.
Chortle, 31st August 2021Fringe venues report better than expected ticket sales
As this year's Fringe drew to a close, Shona McCarthy hailed it as a "huge success all round" given the eleventh-hour nature of crucial decisions on what restrictions would be in place during this year's event.
Brian Ferguson, The Scotsman, 29th August 2021Shona McCarthy interview
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society's chief executive tells Lyn Gardner about this year's hybrid event and explains how the society is working to address issues of affordability and accessibility.
Lyn Gardner, The Stage, 16th June 2021Covid in Scotland: Two weeks to save the Fringe
The future of the Edinburgh Fringe is in jeopardy unless social distancing rules for theatres are relaxed "within two weeks", the event's chief has warned. Shona McCarthy pleaded with the Scottish government to drop its strict two-metre requirement for venues in favour of the one-metre rule used in England, enabling producers to put on viable shows at this festival in August.
Mike Wade, The Times, 29th May 2021Edinburgh Festival Fringe - latest update
Following last week's registration announcement, there is a new update from Shona McCarthy, Chief Executive of the Fringe Society. In it she shares some information on the newly launched Fringe Artist and Venue Recovery Fund, as well as some additional thoughts around what this year's Fringe might look like.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th April 2021