August without Edinburgh fringe: 'the heart has been pulled out of my year'
Covid-19 has cancelled the annual jamboree, leaving performers " and our comedy critic " bereft. What does the festival mean to them and how will it change? Meeting Flight of the Conchords and seeing the teenage Bo Burnham. Improvising a musical with Tim Minchin and buying groceries for Michael Billington. The annual critics versus comedians football match and the bruises that followed. Watching my brains get blown o…