Performer on the high street during the Edinburgh Fringe, August 2016. Image via Shutterstock.
Hosting a free venue at the Edinburgh Fringe for 10 years has given UK artist Andy Field valuable insights into the pressures young theatre-makers place on themselves.
Speaking recently at the Australian Theatre Forum (ATF) in Adelaide, Field said that running Forest Fringe – a space for new and experimental work within the challenging commercial environment of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe – led him and his two co-founders down the very same path they were trying to avoid.
