Edinburgh Round-up: BBC coverage, new Fringe technician award, sponsorship woes

As the Edinburgh Festival gets ever closer once again, TW Backstage provides regular updates on key announcements and developments.

BBC CONFIRMS 2025 EDINBURGH FESTIVAL COVERAGE
The BBC has announced its Edinburgh Festival plans for 2025, promising an “exciting line-up of comedy, music, arts and literature as well as a daily dose of news reporting across television, radio and online”.

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ELF LYONS LAUNCHES NEW AWARD FOR FRINGE TECHS
Comedian Elf Lyons has teamed up with the ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards to launch a new annual prize at the Festival honouring the technicians that run lights and sound for Fringe comedy shows.

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FESTIVAL BOSSES DISCUSS SPONSORSHIP CHALLENGES
The bosses of Edinburgh’s summer festivals have been discussing the increasingly challenging world of arts sponsorship in the wake of protests against certain sponsors, usually because of their corporate connections with either fossil fuels or the conflict in Gaza.

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