I keep expecting the Edinburgh Fringe bubble to burst " but every year it proves me wrong and gets ever bigger. This year's programme, which runs to 376 pages plus covers and is the size of a phone directory, features some 2,695 shows. Of course the numbers will change a bit as some shows drop out and new ones get added, but at the point of publication, comedy remains the most dominant genre, with 36% of the overall …
SOURCE: The Stage at 02:00AM on June 25, 2012