Clockwise from top left: Shona McCarthy, Lekan Lawal, Lubna Kerr, Samuel Brewer, Emma Lister and Michael MacLeod. Photo: Jane Barlow/Wolf Marloh/David Ho/Sandie Knudsen/Flawbored/Ash/Andrew Paterson
As Edinburgh’s annual summer spectacular kicks off amid cost-of-living hikes and rising accommodation costs, Fergus Morgan asks voices from the industry about the one thing they would change to secure the festival’s future