Edinburgh Fringe
The Skinny guide to Edinburgh Fringe Festival. We bring you everything you need to get the most out of the Fringe, including previews, interviews, reviews and features.
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Shout When Spoken To
Sweden's Shout Out Louds are the latest in a long line of quality pop groups to make the trip across the North Sea Read more »| 03 Aug 2008 -
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Lloyd Woolf -- Ten Shows I Abandoned
It’s going to be no ordinary show when the comedian greets you at the door and asks how your day has been. The start of Lloyd Woolf’s performance... Read more »| 02 Aug 2008 -
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Reception
Jen Brister and Clare Warde are a funny, touching double act. Set in the "front line" of a radiology department – a kind of everydesk – these rec... Read more »| 02 Aug 2008 -
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Steve Williams
There’s a great deal of potential in a show title which evokes fond memories of the World Wrestling Federation’s most irreplaceable son. The Ulti... Read more »| 02 Aug 2008 -
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Lady Garden
Watching a bunch of ex-drama students debuting at the Fringe, showcasing home-grown material, is unlikely to instill a great sense of anticipation. Everyone ... Read more »| 02 Aug 2008 -
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Guide to Sexual Misery
Wolfgang Weinberger’s Guide to Sexual Misery cuts a fine line between comedy and therapy. Weinberger, an Austrian version of Des O’Connor, invest... Read more »| 02 Aug 2008
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Joanna Neary at Fringe Review
It's often a mistake for a comedian to pretend to be nervous as part of their act. It's seems like a fertile furrow for comedy when you're in front of the ba... Read more »| 02 Aug 2008 -
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Ismo Leikola: Rogue State Finland
There's something that doesn't quite click about Rogue State Finland, but it's hard to say exactly what. Ismo Leikola is clearly a very funny man, and has to... Read more »| 02 Aug 2008 -
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Dead Cat Bounce
Let’s get something straight from the outset – this show doesn’t involve dead cats. Not at all. To my relief there’s not a dead bounc... Read more »| 02 Aug 2008 -
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Richard Herring
Herring is on a personal journey. His latest Fringe offering is an hour-long retreat into the past to find out what the lasting psychological effects are on ... Read more »| 02 Aug 2008 -
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The Man I Cure
A modern folktale which blurs the lines between reality, imagination and hallucination Read more »| 02 Aug 2008 -
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Bouncy Castle Dracula
A real contender for the worst show at this year's Fringe Read more »| 02 Aug 2008 -
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Dirt
Brought in from the fringes of our society, 'Dirt' sympathetically explores an individual's struggle within a foreign culture Read more »| 02 Aug 2008 -
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Who Writes This Crap?
A peek into Luke Wright's diaries proves that PRs and poets are equally susceptible to crap Read more »| 02 Aug 2008 -
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Beyonce - Stop Punching Robbie
Anarchy in the museum gift shop and teacher-on-teacher spats: Cecilia Delatori's experiences as a nursery school teacher are no teddy bears' picnic Read more »| 02 Aug 2008