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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Rob Spence review - SkinnyFest 1
If you walked past Spence doing his routine on the High Street you would think, "It's a mime," and quietly sneak past. Or, for a while, you might indulge you... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Rebus McTaggart review - SkinnyFest 1
Be grateful, festival goers: Rebus McTaggart (Richard Thomson) has some important information that may just save your life. Ecclefechan's leading fighter of ... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Natalie Haynes review - SkinnyFest 1
Reviewers aren't supposed to mention the speed at which Natalie Haynes rattles through her material this year. She begins her routine with a warning, almost ... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Laurence Clark review - SkinnyFest 1
While almost all comedians claim to be 'unique', Laurence Clark's own brand of 'sit-down' comedy is far more distinctive than most. Having cerebral palsy, Cl... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Jump review - SkinnyFest
Announcing itself in a roar of raucous rock, six martial artists hurling themselves across the stage, Jump is a ferocious and dynamic comedy, balancing incre... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Jeff Green review - SkinnyFest 1
Jeff Green is recognisable, as a heckler has kindly reminded him, as a bloke that used to be on the telly, as a comic veteran of panel shows and nostalgic li... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006
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Jamie Douglas review - SkinnyFest
If you take out Caligula and the death of Nelson, the rest of history – war, diplomacy, empire – mightn't seem all that funny. But Jamie Douglas di... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Fat Tongue review - SkinnyFest
A wrenchingly funny hour of sketch comedy whose three performers offer the perfect mix of giving and not giving a shit. Using tossed-on togas and poorly fitt... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Brendon Burns review - SkinnyFest
More Bambi than Rambo, Brendon Burns's dark savagery is tempered by his marshmallow heart - in his own words, "a painfully intelligent man trapped inside a s... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Jason Byrne interview - SkinnyFest 1
I have to keep topping my finale each year. Last year we had planted dancers with a big hoo-ha of smoke and glitter Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Simon Amstell - SkinnyFest
Simon Amstell is ****. That's four stars - literally speaking, rather than any expletive of choice - mirroring Amstell's polite tone and diction, really rath... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Festival I-Spy - SkinnyFest
Good clean fun for all the family!Edinburgh Evening News article about how much the bill for festival security/clean-up/road closures is costing Edinburgh ta... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Festivals
Chanbara: SKINNYFEST
Tetsuro Shimaguchi's choreography is arresting stuff - intrusive, destructive and yet elegantly masculine Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Jim Henson's Puppet Improv SKINNYFEST
Think 'Whose Line is it anyway?' but with puppets Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Anthony Neilson Interview SKINNYFEST
With the world premiere of his new play, Realism, looming, playwright Anthony Neilson talks to us about filmmaking, the joys of childishness and being bored by the theatre today. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006