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Fest MagazineIcarus 2.0 Fringe Preview
Sebastian Lawson and Jamie Wood won a Fringe First in 2008 for their bleakly humorous office drama Paperweight. This year, the pair are back with Icarus 2.0,... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Shi's Electric
Enter Shikari are the band that nobody can pin down, seemingly evading both description and record companies. But behind the myths, Gillian Loney finds band members who just want a cup of tea and some appreciation Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineGeorge Ryegold
If ever there were a year for the Fringe to act as the launching pad for a gaggle of fresh, new (and rather youthful) talent, 2009 would appear to be it. Fr... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineHopkinson Smith - Lute and Baroque Guitar
Hailed as one of the most important lute players of modern times, Harvard Graduate Hopkinson Smith brings a program that balances various contrasting musical... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Hans Teeuwen Preview
Introduced to the Fringe in 2007 with the delectably bizarre Amsterdam Comedy Collective, Hans Teeuwen returns to Edinburgh again this summer with new and re... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Fucked
As ill-advised titles go, Fucked has got to be up there with the worst of them. But whilst a pointlessly offensive title can often be what breaks rather than... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009
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Elis James: The Most Cautious Little Boy in Wales
Elis James is such a cautious little boy that this year will be the first solo offering from this cheeky and irreverent bilingual Welsh comic. Appearing as ... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Edwyn Collins
If there were any sort of civic pride amongst Scotland’s music community, a statue of Edywn Collins would stand proud in every town. His first band, O... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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David Simon
For fans of The Wire—which, after the ceaseless praise that’s rained on the edgy cop show in the last couple of years, seems to be almost everyon... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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David O'Doherty at Fringe Fest Preview
David O’Doherty has come a long way since his days spent hosing the insides of shipping containers at a German supermarket distributor. Fresh from tou... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Crush returns to Edinburgh Fringe
It's been six years since Paul Charlton's Edinburgh debut, Love, Sex and Cider, won a Fringe First. Now the playwright and actor is back with Crush, a play t... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineBroken Records at Edinburgh Fringe
The story of Edinburgh’s Broken Records is already becoming well worn; but for those still unfamiliar with the band, here are the basics. There are se... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Barflies: A Staging of Charles Bukowski's writings
Which great works of art might never have seen the light of day without the assistance of a few slurps? Can we learn more from the edge of a barstool than fr... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Cardinal Burns at Edinburgh Fringe: Preview
Seb Cardinal and Dustin Demri-Burns, two-thirds of comedy sketch trio 'Fat Tongue' bring their first full show to this year’s Fringe under their new au... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Beachy Head at Edinburgh Fringe - The Skinny
Having been awarded a Fringe First and short-listed for the Carol Tambor Award for their first play Mile End in 2007, expectation surrounding Analogue's foll... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009