We've got some big news. Your favourite bite-sized guide to the Edinburgh Fringe just got a whole lot sweeter, with some delicious *social enterprise* squeezed between its moreish layers.
Here's the pitch:
This year, we want to champion new talent. We want to reach our thieving mitts into the depths of the biscuit barrel and pull out the next Lyn Garibaldner, Hobnob Hitchings or Michael Bourbillington. And to achieve this we're going to go further than any other publication.
First, we aim to provide completely free accommodation for 10 exceptional young writers who would otherwise be unable to come to the Fringe. Secondly, we're going to showcase their work on an unlimited scale.
They will become the Ten Biscuiteers (huzzah!), providing full-time coverage from the trenches of the world's biggest and most exciting arts festival. Our website will be theirs to pump full of content as they see fit. They will each watch at least 4 shows a day; they will cover everything over Twitter (in snappy Fringebiscuit style), and they'll write in-depth reviews of at least two shows every day. They will have a carte blanche to track down features, write long-form opinion pieces, and corner celebrity comedians into awkward interviews. Whatever they write, we will publish. If it sounds like the best darn-tootin' month of training for an aspiring theatre critic or arts journalist, that's because we intend it to be.
*crunch*
Well, now the cat is well and truly out of the bag. Maybe you could tell all of your friends about this cat? They’re probably desperate to know.
Coming soon: updates on our fundraising initiatives, the first details of our snazzy website renovation, and of course all the news on the thrilling Biscuiteer application process!
Watch this space.
Team Biscuit, out!
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