Help to recover from Covid
Edinburgh venues including Monkey Barrel and The Pleasance have received grants from the Fringe to help their post-Covid recovery.
Monkey Barrel Comedy has been awarded funding to help set up streaming of its shows, as well as staff training and development.
The Pleasance will get help providing 16- and 17-year olds from the local community with training and work experience.
And the Scottish Comedy Festival, based in the Beehive Inn during the festival, has won funding to help expand Fringe opportunities to local performers.
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, which co-ordinates the festival, also made awards to C Venues to help under-represented groups bring work to the Fringe and Summerhall to improves accessibility.
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CUSTOMERS flouted Covid social distancing rules at a village pub three times in as many months. One breach was witnessed by police called by staff at the Beehive Inn, Eamont Bridge, Penrith, to deal with a fight. Two days later, on December 19, Eden Council licensing and enforcement officer Steve Wilde saw six people, all wearing “workmen” uniforms, sat drinking together. And on October 29, Mr Wilde observed two men sat at the bar and another stood “very close together” - in breach of regulations. Following these incidents, the Beehive Inn was served with a Covid improvement notice (CIN) by the council. This called on the pub to stop taking non-household bookings and improve social distancing by December 31.
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