Breaking: Major Fringe venue closes amid weather fear

One of the Fringe’s largest venues has closed amid an amber weather warning.

The Pleasance Courtyard announced it would be closing around 12pm today.

The courtyard initially cancelled shows at The Green this morning, one of the performance spaces in the venue, before closing the full venue.

A Pleasance Theatre Trust spokesperson explained: “Due to the adverse weather conditions, in line with our safety guidelines, we have now closed the Pleasance Courtyard and the Pleasance Plaza, for the safety of our audiences, companies and staff.

“The courtyard site is closed until 6pm today. We are dynamically assessing the situation and will make our next assessment at 4pm. The Dome and EICC will run as usual.”

One Edinburgh local who had planned to visit the courtyard today said: “I had my whole day planned around this show and now i can’t go.

“[It’s] such a shame for the performers too.”

Pleasance Courtyard is one of the largest venues at The Fringe, featuring 18 performance spaces ranging from small outdoor spaces to the 750-seater Pleasance Grand, as well as seven bars and six food vendors.

The bars and courtyard spaces are operated by the Edinburgh University Student’s Association (EUSA) while the performance spaces are managed during the festival by Pleasance Theatre Trust.

An amber weather warning is in place for wind across much of Scotland until 11pm today.

EUSA has been approached for comment.