Edinburgh Gets Out Of The Cheap Ticket Business

The Edinburgh Festival is abandoning its late night cheap performances. Why? Because they’re too cheap. The £5 ticket price for the series known as Royal Bank Lates, which last year featured such artists as singers Ian Bostridge and Simon Keenlyside, “undermines the value of the events”, according to a spokeswoman. “They are too cheap. There is a reasonable price for these things and it’s more than £5.”