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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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TheatreCollected Stories @ New Town Theatre
Collected Stories tells the story of two women, two writers, who take on a mentor/student relationship that lasts over the years. This acts as the basis that... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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Six Characters In Search Of An Author @ C
Six Characters In Search Of An Author was penned by Luigi Pirandello in 1921, and the performance starts with exactly what the title tells you: six name... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
TheatreHumans Inc @ C
The futuristic Humans Inc clearly borrows more than just a couple of ideas from Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, although it reverses the positions a little.&nbs... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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Titus Andronicus @ C Nova
When your company’s Fringe production has to compete with two other adaptations of the same play, there will inevitably be comparisons made between the... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
TheatreRough Theatre @ Paradise In The Vault
If ever there was a venue that was made to house a Samuel Beckett production, it's Paradise At The Vault. Dark, bleak and basically underground it is the per... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
TheatreThe Autumn of Han @ TheSpace at Surgeons' Hall
The Autumn of Han is a lovely new adaptation of a traditional Chinese play, by Ross Ericson. It traces the story of ZhaoJun, tipped to be presented to The E... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013
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Shakespeare's Cymbeline @ Just The Tonic at The Caves
Free Range Productions interpretation of Shakespeare's Cymbeline has everything that makes for a good Shakespearian production. As soon as you walk in, ... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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Stuart: A Life Backwards @ Underbelly
Stuart is a homeless man suffering from motor neurone disease, a larger-than-life motormouth, enchanting but unpredictable, and at risk, criminal and ment... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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Toi Toi Toi @ Paradise in Augustine's
Toi Toi Toi (break a leg, if you're an opera singer,) is one for real classical music lovers. A low budget opera at the Edinburgh Fringe, about putting on a ... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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Expiration Date @ Merchant's Hall
A hundred years in the future, your personality can be saved onto a computer when you reach your expiration date at the ripe old age of one hundred and fifty... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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It's not what you know... @ theSpace, Surgeons Hall
It's Not What You Know... may be theatre for - but not only for - theatre-makers. At base, it is a well-told satirical look at the difficulties of getting a ... Read more »| 21 Aug 2013 -
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His Majesty, The Devil - A Play With Music @ Quaker Meeting House
What will strike people straight away about Elsewhere Ensemble is the incredible musical talent showcased in the violin performances. More than anything else... Read more »| 21 Aug 2013 -
TheatreLove In The Past Participle @ theSpace, Surgeons Hall
STaG's Love In The Past Participle is yet another piece of new writing penned by a University of Glasgow student, brought over to the fringe. Four chara... Read more »| 21 Aug 2013 -
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Solomon & Marion @ Assembly
Why has Solomon (Khaylethu Anthony) arrived at Marion's (Dame Janet Suzman) isolated house? If he has come to murder her, then Marion urges him to hurry... Read more »| 21 Aug 2013 -
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The Islanders @ Underbelly Big Belly
Part storytelling, part confessional and part music, The Islanders is an interesting mish-mash of styles put together by writer and performer Amy Mason and A... Read more »| 21 Aug 2013