Has The Edinburgh Fringe Turned Into A Slave Factory?
"In Edinburgh, a vast majority of venues are staffed by unpaid volunteers, serving the needs of performers who have actually paid to perform in return for an often derisory cut of their box office takings. As monster-venue empires spread ever more widely, they begin to resemble factories built on slave labour and exploited workers." The Guardian (UK) 08/27/08

Posted August 27, 2008 05:49 PM