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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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TheatreThe Bunker Trilogy: Macbeth @ C Nova
The bunker of the play’s title is undoubtedly the star attraction of Jethro Compton’s immersive offering to the Fringe. The cramped performance s... Read more »| 14 Aug 2013 -
TheatreBeats @ Pleasance Above
With Kieran Hurley behind the mic and DJ Hush Puppy at the decks, Beats looks at how the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act criminalising raves in 1994 af... Read more »| 14 Aug 2013 -
TheatreThe Librarians @ TheSpace on North Bridge
Stilts and Puppetry, down in the old li'bry. Read more »| 14 Aug 2013 -
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From Where I'm Standing @ Underbelly Cowgate
Theatre company :DELIRIUM:'s From Where I'm Standing is a haunting time-travel experience that starts in the present moment in Mumbai, when a disaster forces... Read more »| 14 Aug 2013 -
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Measure For Measure @ Zoo Southside
Shakespeare at the Fringe is inevitable, a key part of the festival's make up. It is also tricky. Everything has to be edited and cut down, often into only a... Read more »| 14 Aug 2013 -
TheatrePigeon English @ Underbelly Cowgate
Eleven year old Harri (David C. Johnson) lives in a deprived inner city council estate with his mother and sister having recently moved from Ghana. Faced wit... Read more »| 13 Aug 2013
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Oresteia @ C
Adapting and updating Greek tragedy is always a tough task, especially when it comes to Aeschylus’s trilogy of a fractured family’s bloodbath of ... Read more »| 13 Aug 2013 -
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Circa: Wunderkammer @ Underbelly McEwan Hall
Following an episodic cabaret format rather than a grand narrative, Wunderkammer is a funny, daring, sexy, and subversive circus-style show. Admittedly, some... Read more »| 12 Aug 2013 -
TheatreJulien Cottereau: Imagine Toi @ Assembly Roxy
With physical comedy genius that can only be compared to that of Roberto Benigni, Julien Cottereau creates a show based heavily on mime and, as the title imp... Read more »| 12 Aug 2013 -
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Tangram @ Pleasance Dome
Tangram is a dance piece that ultimately explores the relationship between a juggler and a dancer. It begins with the initial curiosity, the playful 'flirtin... Read more »| 12 Aug 2013 -
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Angels in America: Millenium Approaches @ C Aquila
Before I begin, I must offer this disclaimer: Angels in America is my all-time favourite play. Tony Kushner’s Pulitzer Prize winning 'gay fantasia on ... Read more »| 12 Aug 2013 -
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Economy of Thought @ Assembly George Square
While an anti-capitalist protest takes place on the ground around a high-rise bank, a group of bankers six floors up decide to bet on whether or not the crow... Read more »| 11 Aug 2013 -
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Barry Brennan’s Bi-monthly Dungeons and Dragons Sessions – a Geek Tragedy @ The Merchants' Hall
Barry Brennan is Dungeon Master. He created a perilous world of suspense and adventure for his zealous adherents to quest in: Slaying dragons, fleeing goblin... Read more »| 10 Aug 2013 -
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Kubrick³ @ Pleasance Courtyard
The con man who impersonated Stanley Kubrick for many years tells his story as truthfully as he can manage. Read more »| 10 Aug 2013 -
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Anna @ Summerhall
Badac Theatre’s unflinching site-specific production of the life and death of murdered Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya sets up shop at Summerhall Read more »| 10 Aug 2013