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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Hangover
Collabor-8 Productions premiere at the Fringe with their harrowing and thought-provoking play Hangover. The play opens on a typical morning for the character... Read more »| 27 Aug 2009 -
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Constant Craving
Sarah Kane is a popular choice for young companies at the Fringe. God alone knows why: it immolates audiences and frightens critics. Read more »| 27 Aug 2009 -
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Black Comedy
This is not a good production. The set was adequate and the direction was unobtrusive (although one actor was left facing the wall for five minutes, as if ca... Read more »| 27 Aug 2009 -
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An Evening With Psychosis
Part Star Trek spoof, part verbatim theatre—using extracts from interviews with real people affected in some way by mental illness—and quite unsu... Read more »| 25 Aug 2009 -
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Scottish Dance Theatre: A Visitation
Arranged by Norwegian choreographer, Ina Christel Johannesson, A Visitation is a dramatic piece of dance loosely featuring a supernatural plot in which five ... Read more »| 25 Aug 2009 -
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Destroy PowerPoint
For years, Gaffney has been trying to turn the mundane into the interesting through ‘sawn off’ short stories, and now his obsession with PowerPoi... Read more »| 23 Aug 2009
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Fringe Benefits: Signs of Strength, Signs of Shortage
A personal view of the Fringe's successes and failures from Rebecca King, balletomane and scholar. Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
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Durang/Durang
Consisting of three one act plays by Christopher Durang, this show might be best considered a sketch show instead of theatre in any sense – that is, if... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009 -
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Helix
Gareth K Vile looks forward to four works of diversity. Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
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Helix Dance
Rebecca King sees new work from the near East Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
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Angle of Incidence
Finlay Gall's Angle of Incidence is a disturbing theatrical performance, which depicts the importance of individual identity. The protagonist, Latimer, is s... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
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Lotte's Gift
Gareth K Vile talks to a concert guitarist who has turned to acting with a very personal story. Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
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Manolibera
Gareth K Vile gets down with the kids. Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
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You Bastards
Margaret Kirk asks how many feminists it takes to change a light bulb. Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
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Desmorphia
Gareth K Vile shares some shite wine with Des O'Connor Read more »| 16 Aug 2009