COMIC Sarah Millican is boycotting major Scottish theatres in a dispute over booking fees.
The popular stand-up is objecting to the high fees forced upon comedy fans by the Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG).
ATG adds up to £4.90 to the value of each ticket, while the company also charges a transaction fee of up to £4.
The company's venues include the Edinburgh Playhouse and the Braehead Arena.
Millican, whose debut DVD Chatterbox is the bestselling of any female comedian in the UK, said: "Some of you will notice that I'm not playing some of the venues I played on my last tour.
"Those venues are owned and run by The Ambassador Theatre Group.
"I don't agree with the extra charges ATG put on top of the face-value ticket price to you the customer, and a number of other restrictions they have in place, so that's why I've avoided their venues this time round."
A spokesman for the Edinburgh Playhouse said: "All, or the vast majority, of the sales income from tickets in our venues goes to the producer of the show, hence the need to charge for ticketing operations separately. ATG and its ticketing arm also provide an extremely high level of customer service and the ticketing fees cover the costs of providing this service."
He added that booking fees only applied to customers who bought tickets on the phone or online.
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