The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is the biggest performing arts festival in the world and it has catapulted the work of some artists to the West End, Broadway or television. But the road to the Fringe is also littered with stories of career-ending performances, mental health distress and financial ruin. The World’s Europe correspondent Orla Barry reports.
The story you just read is not locked behind a paywall because listeners and readers like you generously support our nonprofit newsroom. Now more than ever, we need your help to support our global reporting work and power the future of The World. Can we count on you?