text: Adding to what the girls have outlined I cannot help but wonder why this shop is open all year roundnnSaying that it has its uses it keeps visitors and locals up to speed on upcoming Fringe events and nearer the time ie from June onward you can buy tickets for various shows to guarantee your front row seatnnIt sells some Fringe merch which seems a bit empty unless you are actually at the Fringe that year and want something to remember it by But I can imagine some tourists being interested in the t shirts and teddies they have on offernnLike Eleanor I find the Fringe Shops year long opening a little bit pointless But if I need to use it nearer the time of the festival which I sometimes do I am usually caught saying the opposite So I am four starring it since it is a great resource of information if you are wanting to secure your place in or at the Fringe early