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Who needs Edinburgh?

Secondary school drama teacher Steve Morley takes us through the exciting experience of taking a group of students to perform at Kingston's International Youth Arts Festival
Carnival at the IYAF
Carnival at the IYAF - Simon Adrians

Ever thought about taking a production to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and then worked out the logistics and the cost? Wow – the cost! Yet schools from all over the world do it every year, and why not if they can afford it? But there is a much cheaper alternative that few of us have heard of – even I, who live locally, only became aware of it a couple of years ago. The International Youth Arts Festival (IYAF) celebrated its tenth anniversary this July. It runs for 11 days in Kingston-upon-Thames, less than half an hour from London's Waterloo station.

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