William Burdett-Coutts (promoter)
William Burdett-Coutts is the founder and director of theatre and comedy promotion company Assembly, one of the major venue operators at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the world's largest arts festival.[1]
He was born in Zimbabwe, and began his career as a theatre director in Scotland in the late 1970s, before establishing the Assembly Rooms as a fringe theatre venue in 1981, leasing it from Edinburgh Council.[2] The venue has been referred to as the "National Theatre of the Fringe".[3]
Burdett-Coutts fought for the Assembly Rooms to remain a venue only building, against Edinburgh Council's plan to turn the ground floor space into shops and a restaurant.[4]
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References
- ↑ "Edinburgh Fringe rivals fight over Assembly venue name". BBC. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 7 Apr 2016.
- ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- ↑ "Festival Countdown:Assembly Rooms Founder William Burdett-Coutts". whatsonstage.com. 9 July 2009. Retrieved 7 Apr 2016.
- ↑ "William Burdett-Coutts: Don't bring curtain down on Assembly as we know it".
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