Categorising boundary-breaking Edinburgh shows is getting harder
![Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe could often fit into many categories in the festival programme. Photo: Shutterstock Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe could often fit into many categories in the festival programme. Photo: Shutterstock](/AcuCustom/Sitename/DAM/318/shutterstock_6835057961_Standard.jpg)
Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe could often fit into many categories in the festival programme. Photo: Shutterstock
Labels can be well-meaning and help audiences find shows, but too often they are also reductive and limiting for artists, says Lyn Gardner
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