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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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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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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 -
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Macbeth
A new production of Verdi’s great Shakespearean opera, conducted by David Robertson and backed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, premières at the f... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Orphans Preview
Helen and Danny keep themselves to themselves – until the day the outside world comes crashing into their lives when Helen’s brother turns up, co... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Luck Preview
In a way, Megan Riordan has always been an actress. Brought up in a world of disguises, pseudonyms and over-the-top personas, she spent her early years on th... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Kristan Schaal & Kurt Braunohler: Double Down Hearts
Kurt Braunohler and Kristen Schall (the second of whom convention requires be described as either “kooky” or “quirky”) hit this year'... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Jason Cook
In 2008, the prodigious talent of Jason Cook seemed to burst out of nowhere. Although his debut the previous year had received a number of glowing reviews, ... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Jon Richardson at Fringe Preview
While hosting the second-best mid-morning weekend comedy programme on the not-hugely-successful BBC6Music digital radio station has not brought Jon Richardso... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Internal
The multi-award winning Ontroerend Goed returns to the Fringe after last year’s sell-out production with yet another innovative exercise in audience-in... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009