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With hundreds of venues and thousands of shows from around the world, The Skinny's Edinburgh Fringe theatre previews and reviews provide the insight you need to make the most of your Fringe experience.
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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest @ TheSpace on Niddry St
It’s never easy to perform in the shadow of an all-time classic. Certain expectations are immediately present in the minds of the audience and it can b... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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Making News @ Pleasance Courtyard
After the Jimmy Savile, Stuart Hall and George Entwistle controversies, the BBC can rest easy that Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky’s satirical comedy is e... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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Say It Again, Sam @ Sweet
Say It Again, Sam is a live-action film noir that takes directly from the screen all the tropes you would associate with the genre: half-lighting, fedoras, p... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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Thor of the Common Man @ TheSpace on North Bridge
Blessed by Tao, the creator of the universe, Thor is charged with the duty of being man's protector. A war rages between humans and demons, but Thor interven... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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I'm With the Band @ Traverse
Penned by the Olivier-nominated Tim Price, I’m With the Band is an exploration of dissipation of the UK with England, Ireland, Scotland and Whales repr... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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Who Wants to Kill Yulia Tymoshenko? @ Assembly Roxy
The imprisoned former Ukranian Prime Minister fights her case behind bars. Read more »| 22 Aug 2013
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Titus Andronicus @ theSpace, Surgeon's Hall
Sometimes a dramatic setting change of a well-known work can go disastrously wrong but when it’s pulled off, it can be difficult to imagine the piece b... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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Collected Stories @ New Town Theatre
Collected Stories tells the story of two women, two writers, who take on a mentor/student relationship that lasts over the years. This acts as the basis that... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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Six Characters In Search Of An Author @ C
Six Characters In Search Of An Author was penned by Luigi Pirandello in 1921, and the performance starts with exactly what the title tells you: six name... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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Humans Inc @ C
The futuristic Humans Inc clearly borrows more than just a couple of ideas from Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, although it reverses the positions a little.&nbs... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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Titus Andronicus @ C Nova
When your company’s Fringe production has to compete with two other adaptations of the same play, there will inevitably be comparisons made between the... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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Rough Theatre @ Paradise In The Vault
If ever there was a venue that was made to house a Samuel Beckett production, it's Paradise At The Vault. Dark, bleak and basically underground it is the per... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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The Autumn of Han @ TheSpace at Surgeons' Hall
The Autumn of Han is a lovely new adaptation of a traditional Chinese play, by Ross Ericson. It traces the story of ZhaoJun, tipped to be presented to The E... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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Shakespeare's Cymbeline @ Just The Tonic at The Caves
Free Range Productions interpretation of Shakespeare's Cymbeline has everything that makes for a good Shakespearian production. As soon as you walk in, ... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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Stuart: A Life Backwards @ Underbelly
Stuart is a homeless man suffering from motor neurone disease, a larger-than-life motormouth, enchanting but unpredictable, and at risk, criminal and ment... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013