To attract both newcomers and professionals, the festival organizes illuminating educational programs, guided tours, family workshops and online competitions.
In addition to professional productions, the festival will screen films by college and high school students.
From a Guardian report by Andrew Veitch (12 March 1980): The Royal Court is giving four of the best entries in its Young Writers festival professional productions in repertory at the Theatre Upstairs for three weeks.
Calgary, in western Canada, is becoming known for more than its famous Stampede festival, professional hockey team and its profitable oil and gas industry.
Much of his work in the early-2000s was poorly documented, but Lieberman is thankful for the number of professional photographers documenting festival stages with beautiful, slow-motion after-movies these days.
But there are some people who do – the festival professionals.
The festival professionals tut at the kids sliding half-naked through the mud, as if they haven't got a clue how to do festivals properly.
The festival uses professional artists to design, direct and perform young playwrights' works.
"There is a divide between the professional and the amateur festival now, and the two rarely meet, but part of the fun of Edinburgh is that you have them both," said Ms Burns.
Beyond the Australian debut of professional pill testing, the festival will also feature performances from Lorde, Remi, Sampa The Great, Bad//Dreems, and Dune Rats.
