Edinburgh funds for graduate productions

The Stage reports a new £1000,000 fund for graduate productions at Edinburgh's Pleasance theatre:

Pleasance director Christopher Richardson has announced plans for a £100,000 fund that will go towards an annual production by drama graduates, set up in the name of actor and writer Charlie Hartill, who died earlier this year.

Eligible shows will have more than five people on stage and of those 40% must be less than five years out of full time education, says the report.