There's more to the Edinburgh festival than one-hour wonders
We cram too many shows into our busy festival schedules. Longer, more challenging performances are paying the priceThere's a strange symptom among Edinburgh festival audiences called the 50-minute fidget. It's a bit like the seven-year itch, only shorter. And less likely to end in divorce.The whole ecology and economy of the Fringe is geared around the hour-long show: around 75% of theatre listings in the official pr…