Edinburgh 2007 How Was It for You? A Three-Page Report by Barry Didcock

Sunday Herald › September 03, 2007

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WILLIAM BURDETTCOUTTS, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF ASSEMBLY THEATRE Highlight: "Assembly's programme, which was wonderful. I had a great time in terms of the quality of what we had on, particularly with shows like Traces, which was a huge hit."

Lowlight: "I think the disappointment was the poor audience for large-scale shows.

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Edinburgh 2007 How Was It for You? A Three-Page Report by Barry Didcock

There was also a definite lack of Americans in Edinburgh and, I think, a definite lack of visitors to the city overall. I think that we were surviving on the local audience more than the visitor audience and I think Edinburgh has a job to do selling itself outside. Most promoters I've spoken to have had a very hard Festival. I think it's the collective job of everyone working on the Festival to work together to make people come...

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