'We haven't made a profit for five years': risky business at Edinburgh fringe by Lyn Gardner

Running a festival venue is about more than booking acts and selling tickets. From converting lecture rooms to spending £25,000 on Astroturf, we reveal the costs of putting on a showTen years ago, at the Edinburgh festival, Anthony Alderson became the not very proud owner of 44 Vauxhall Astras. Alderson, the Pleasance's director, had bought 22 of the cars from a scrapyard for a show called Auto Auto, staged in the…

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