Edinburgh International Festival's online programme this year is roughly 89% white and to say it isn't diverse would be an understatement.
Arts programming needs to do better. I am reflecting on whether this year is the gap we need and the kind of things we need to consider to be inclusive and keep on improving.
I'm joined by Rosie Aspinall Priest to look at the Edinburgh International Festival 2020 programme which has a lot of white men in it and also quite a lot of white women. Altogether too many white people. Not to mention other dimensions of diversity are unrepresented.
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