Fringe promoter offers to fund ‘artists of colour’

An Edinburgh Fringe Festival promoter is offering funding to help artists of colour perform at the event.

The Pleasance says the £10,000 funding pot will be used to support shows where at least 50% of its creators and 50% of its cast identify as artists of colour.

Director Anthony Alderson said: "I really hope this paves the way for ensuring the Fringe is an even more open community and making sure important voices are heard."

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The initiative was created by Edinburgh Unviersity student Jessica Brough as a response to "the scarcity of shows by people of colour at the fringe, across categories, and the disproportionate promotion and support they receive in contrast to productions by either entirely or majority-white performers."