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Edinburgh Festival director admits: I have taken a risk

THE director of the world’s leading arts event, the Edinburgh International Festival, has admitted this year’s Eastern-themed programme is a “risk”.

But Jonathan Mills, who is packing this year’s EIF with lavish and epic productions from China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea and Vietnam, said the audience would be rewarded by this year’s potentially spectacular offerings.