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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Wilson Dixon Rides Again
Despite there only being one Stetson in the room, Wilson Dixon’s audience of mostly middle-aged couples and boisterous young men gives this fake Countr... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
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'Departure Lounge' by Dougal Irvine
Birds, booze and beaches: it’s the perfect holiday formula for the thousands of Brits that visit the Costa del Sol every year. It’s no different ... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
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Borderline
There's an awful lot of mixed messages flying around in Borderline. What is billed as a “One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest for the ecstasy generation&rdq... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
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Sideshow: The Weirdest Show on Earth
Watching this the show on a Monday, it is hard to get a good sense of the atmosphere it might generate on peak nights, but with ten well-behaved people in th... Read more »| 12 Aug 2008 -
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The Adventures of Pink Peter
Oh dear. When a former children’s television presenter resorts to dressing up as a woman—worse still four women—for the sake of a cheap lau... Read more »| 12 Aug 2008 -
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Bad Dog Variety
The variety show is a lost art. Gone are the days of Sunday Night at the London Palladium, and few mourn their passing. Mawkish comperes, cheesy acts, toot... Read more »| 12 Aug 2008
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Tom Wrigglesworth: I'm Struggling to See How That's Helping
In Birkenstocks and tweed trousers, Tom Wrigglesworth is “as left wing as he looks.” In the first five minutes of his set, the audience are hit w... Read more »| 12 Aug 2008 -
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Maeve Higgins: Kitten Brides
Since her appearance on Irish hit reality show Naked Camera—a sort of Trigger Happy TV affair—Maeve Higgins has become something of a celebrity i... Read more »| 12 Aug 2008 -
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Jonathan Mills Q&A
What is your earliest childhood memory?Playing in the garden of a friend’s farm in South West of Sydney and encountering a tiger snake. What is the wo... Read more »| 12 Aug 2008 -
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For the TEAM
From our overseas vantage point, there's an image of America many of us share. It's one of polarisation; a nation fundamentally divided in terms of political... Read more »| 12 Aug 2008 -
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Matt Kirshen - Keep Smiling, Matt. Just Keep Smiling.
Fast-paced short-arse comes back from America without losing his touch Read more »| 12 Aug 2008 -
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Faking it with the Ladyboys
On the way to my first ever Lady Boys show I’m looking forward to witnessing something wayward and grotesque. Rumour has it they're disconcertingly bea... Read more »| 12 Aug 2008 -
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Another Side of The Mirror
75-year old Fringe veteran Lynn Ruth Miller relates stories of her life and the lessons she has learned over the years in this heartwarming monologue. She t... Read more »| 12 Aug 2008 -
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The British Ambassador's Belly Dancer
The scandalous love affair between Craig Murray, the disgraced British Ambassador to Uzbekistan, and Nadira Alieva, an Uzbek belly dancer who returned with h... Read more »| 12 Aug 2008 -
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Dance Base Presents - Enclosure 44
A human enclosure makes a fun addition to Edinburgh Zoo, and an excuse for a fine day out Read more »| 12 Aug 2008