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With hundreds of venues and thousands of shows from around the world, The Skinny's Edinburgh Fringe theatre previews and reviews provide the insight you need to make the most of your Fringe experience.
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Nutcrusher @ Dance Base
Unsettling yet brutally honest, Sung Im Her's Nutcrusher invites us to contemplate the sexual objectification of women, and question how we view our own bodies Read more »| 25 Aug 2022 -
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Look At Me Don't Look At Me @ Pleasance Dome
Look at Me Don’t Look At Me tells the story of a fierce, courageous woman, and asks questions about how we tell the stories of women from history Read more »| 25 Aug 2022 -
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Dykegeist @ Summerhall
Eve Stainton's collaboration with Mica Levi, Dykegeist is a surreal experience that flows effortlessly between creepy, funny, erotic, and playful Read more »| 25 Aug 2022 -
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I Am From Reykjavik @ Portobello Promenade
Sonia Hughes' site-specific work I Am From Reykjavik draws a crowd to the seafront at Portobello to explore the nature of home Read more »| 25 Aug 2022 -
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The Grandmothers Grimm @ Greenside Riddles Court
Some Kind of Theatre's play is a bold and moving tribute to the overlooked and marginalised women present in the story of the Brothers Grimm Read more »| 25 Aug 2022 -
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I Was Naked, Smelling of Rain @ ZOO Playground
Part of the Horizon Showcase, Aidan Moesby's poignant storytelling brings into focus the relationships we share as people Read more »| 25 Aug 2022
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This Is Paradise @ Traverse Theatre
Amy Molloy gives a stellar performance in this one-woman monologue weaving a brutally unapologetic tapestry of a woman’s inner psyche Read more »| 23 Aug 2022 -
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Civilisation @ ZOO Southside
Jaz Woodcock-Stewart's Civilisation glimpses a woman in the throes of grief, and acts as an admirable experiment in mundanity Read more »| 23 Aug 2022 -
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A Fairie Tale @ Lighthouse
In A Fairie Tale, Niall Moorjani seamlessly blends the threads of racial identity, queerness and folklore to create a fantastical and poignant picture of modern Scotland Read more »| 22 Aug 2022 -
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Are You Guilty? @ Dance Base
Korean dance company Think Outside the Box hit the Edinburgh Fringe with a double bill of contemporary dance tackling consumerism and collective power Read more »| 22 Aug 2022 -
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Happy Meal @ Traverse Theatre
Happy Meal is a big-hearted, funny romcom, showing love between trans people with a sharp script and great onstage chemistry Read more »| 22 Aug 2022 -
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Boom @ Underbelly Bristo Square
Gen Z performers from Ukraine and the Czech Republic combine for a powerful performance exploring connectivity and freedom Read more »| 22 Aug 2022 -
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Birds of Passage in the Half Light @ Gilded Balloon Teviot
Partly inspired by the horrors of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home, the new play from Kat Woods and Tinderbox Theatre is a bold and ferocious tale of generational trauma Read more »| 19 Aug 2022 -
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Shit-faced Shakespeare: Macbeth @ Pleasance EICC
A very, very drunk Lady Macbeth ensures that Shit-faced Shakespeare's return to the Edinburgh Fringe is a roaring success Read more »| 19 Aug 2022 -
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Shame on You! @ Summerhall
Trixa Arnold and Ilja Komarov recount real life anecdotes exploring the nature of shame in their new Edinburgh Fringe show, Shame on You! Read more »| 19 Aug 2022