If I can afford it I'd always sooner have a season ticket, even if I spend most of my time at fringe events. I like the feeling I can drop in anywhere and move around and be open to performers and events that are unfamiliar.

And I am conscious that a fringe benefits from being a fringe, accompanying a core of non fringe events. And vice versa. Paying your bit to keep the show on the road is only sensible.

Several people have used the analogy of taxes, and I think it's a fair one. When you pay taxes you pay for stuff you don't use, and it balances out. I think we ought to pay our taxes, generally. When it comes to festivals, if we don't get season tickets we ought to make our fair contribution in some other way.