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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The Moth
US poet and crime writer George Dawes Green founded The Moth twelve years ago to fill a gap in New York’s literary scene: he wanted to offer a space fo... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church
It's been seven years since Daniel Kitson won the Perrier Award for his comedy show, Something, but in recent years the comedian has become far better known ... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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The Hotel
If any Fringe performer from the last decade is to go down in the annals of the Festival's history, it's Mark Watson. His electric stand-up shows might not v... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Stefan Golascewski is a Widower
Stefan Golascewski wasn't exactly an Edinburgh newcomer in 2008. The ex-Cambridge Footlights president enjoyed sell-out runs in 2005 and 2006 as part of Cowa... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Peter Duncan's Daft and Dangerous Preview
Peter Duncan, the 80s Blue Peter Presenter and former TV stunt show host, will take the stage for his first Fringe show – an hour of madcap entertainme... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Shappi Khorsandi: The Distracted Activist
Something of a comic chameleon, Shappi Khorsandi is as comfortable starring in major comedy events like BBC One’s Live at the Apollo as she is offering... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009
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Tom Deacon
At first glance, Tom Deacon’s range of subjects for his debut solo show Indecisive stick rather stubbornly to the everyday concerns of today’s y... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Party
Having been crowned best newcomer at the if.comedy awards in 2007, Tom Basden is back this year with his first play at the Fringe, Party. Just don't turn up ... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Under Glass
One of the most unusual shows at this year’s Fringe is Under Glass – a 20-minute piece of physical theatre where the characters are on display in... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Waiting for Godot
Subversion? Experimentation? A simple lack of performance spaces? Whatever it was that inspired Dublin-based group Nod Nod, to bring Beckett’s classic ... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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When the going gets tough
With funding streams drying up amid economic meltdown, this has been predicted to be one of the Fringe's toughest years. But are the prospects really as bleak as some have forecast? And does the new woman in charge have what it takes to weather the storm? Simon Mundy investigates Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Young Fathers & Unicorn Kid
“Scottish hip-hop? They compare it to Australian jazz or something,” so says Ally Massaqui, who makes up one-third of the Edinburgh rap group You... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Zoe Lyons
Exploring topics as varied as human soup, arming the elderly and the Pope’s views on gender identity, Zoe Lyons’ third solo show at the Fringe pr... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Superclump
The line between stand-up and sketch comedy is often thought to be policed more strictly than the Berlin Wall. But like so many David Hasselhofs, this newly ... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Margaret Atwood
There’s no shortage of big names unveiling new books at this year’s festival—William Boyd, Richard Dawkins and Douglas Coupland, to name bu... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009