Theatre
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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TheatreTotal Immersion: FuturePlay preview
Step into a virtual world with FuturePlay's immersive 3D gallery Read more »| 31 Jul 2017 -
TheatreTim Carlson introduces Foreign Radical
Playwright Tim Carlson discusses cyber surveillance, personal freedom, and pushing audiences to confront the shocking realities of the digital age Read more »| 31 Jul 2017 -
TheatreNTS celebrate transgender experiences with Adam
Based on real life experiences, the National Theatre of Scotland's Adam has a worldwide, digital cast of over 100 transgender and non-binary persons. We visit Rockvilla to find out more. Read more »| 31 Jul 2017 -
TheatreFaith No More's Roddy Bottum on his Sasquatch opera
The Skinny talks to one of rock’s finest provocateurs, Roddy Bottum, about his first Fringe show, Sasquatch: The Opera Read more »| 31 Jul 2017 -
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Fringe on a Theme: 5 theatre shows on grief
With grief emerging as a key theme to the 70th Edinburgh Festival Fringe, we look at a selection of plays that explore the various and sometimes complicated state of bereavement Read more »| 28 Jul 2017 -
Intersections
I Will Survive: How to Dodge Fringe Burnout
Newsflash – festival season is a mental health minefield. Here's our crowd-sourced guide to keeping it together this August, whether you're here for one day or the entire month Read more »| 28 Jul 2017
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FestivalsEdinburgh Fringe 2017: Food & Drink Shows
From the compelling to the slightly confusing, we round up the food-inspired shows at this year's Edinburgh Fringe that have attracted our attention Read more »| 27 Jul 2017 -
Festivals
Edinburgh Festivals 2017: Our Top Picks
The Skinny team pick the books, art, comedy, theatre and music they're most looking forward to at this year's Edinburgh Festivals Read more »| 17 Jul 2017 -
Theatre
Is Crowdfunding The Only Way to Fund a Fringe Show?
With just over a month to go until the Edinburgh Festival Fringe kicks off, The Skinny asks why more and more acts are turning to crowdfunding to finance their shows, and what could be done to make the festival more cost-friendly to artists Read more »| 06 Jul 2017 -
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Edinburgh Fringe launches massive 2017 programme
The biggest arts festival in the world reveals its typically huge programme, which takes in comedy, theatre, music, dance, opera and everything else in between Read more »| 07 Jun 2017 -
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Traverse Theatre announce Festival 2017 programme
Eight world premieres, three European premieres and five Scottish premieres are included in Traverse Festival 2017 Read more »| 06 Jun 2017 -
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Dance Base announces its Fringe programme
Edinburgh’s year-round home of dance announces Dance Base Festival, its programme for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which this year features 21 shows from 12 countries Read more »| 01 Jun 2017 -
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Fringe 2017: Assembly announces lineup
Assembly Festival will present over 200 comedy, theatre, music and dance shows at the 70th anniversary of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe; the return of Whose Line is it Anyway? and Yael Farber’s Mies Julie are among its highlights Read more »| 11 May 2017 -
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Fringe 2017: Summerhall unveil programme
Summerhall have unveiled their programme for the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe, with 140 new and returning shows for the Fringe's 70th anniversary year Read more »| 11 May 2017 -
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Edinburgh International Festival: Shakespeare
To mark the fourth centenary since Shakespeare's death, we review the best and the worst of Edinburgh International Festival's Shakespeare adaptations of 2016 Read more »| 29 Aug 2016