We’re pleased to see The Advertiser’s supposed boycott of this yr’s Adelaide Fringe Competition has lifted (for artists who’re mad at Fringe).
Per week or so into this yr’s Adelaide Fringe Competition, performers and organisers famous a somewhat giant lacuna. The Advertiser, South Australia’s solely each day newspaper, gave the impression to be boycotting the occasion.
At the very least this was claimed in an open letter penned by critic Samela Harris on behalf of the Adelaide Critics Circle. Solely, ‘Tiser readers wouldn’t be aware about that perspective, given the paper declined to publish it.
It wasn’t at all times like this — the newspaper, as you’d anticipate of any metropolis paper value its salt, has lengthy offered intensive protection of Fringe. All of the sudden this yr, native artwork critics advised Guardian Australia that an editor at The Advertiser contacted them individually and mentioned “it’s all off; you’re not reviewing something this yr”.
Preserve studying about The Advertiser’s struggle on Fringe.
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