Edinburgh Fringe
The Skinny guide to Edinburgh Fringe Festival. We bring you everything you need to get the most out of the Fringe, including previews, interviews, reviews and features.
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Theatre
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 -
Comedy
Colin Hoult @ Pleasance Courtyard
Colin Hoult lays his Anna Mann character to rest in a sweetly drawn and gag-heavy hour Read more »| 22 Aug 2022 -
Comedy
Mark Silcox @ Monkey Barrel
An hour with Mark Silcox feels like an extremely low-key hostage situation; he returns to the Edinburgh Fringe offering the embodiment of gentle anti-comedy Read more »| 22 Aug 2022 -
Comedy
Ali Brice @ Banshee Labyrinth
Ali Brice returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with a playfully surreal hour of standup with a wholesome emotional core Read more »| 22 Aug 2022 -
Comedy
Will Duggan @ Pleasance Courtyard
Will Duggan returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with an hour of really solid observational comedy which steadily builds in meaning and heart Read more »| 22 Aug 2022 -
Comedy
Patti Harrison @ Pleasance Courtyard
At times bewildering and certainly not for the faint of heart, Patti Harrison's Edinburgh Fringe debut is a tense and hard crafted show which defies expectation Read more »| 22 Aug 2022
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Comedy
Rachel Jackson @ The Stand
Rachel Jackson offers a brave exploration of OCD, accounts of close brushes with stardom, and some memorable character work Read more »| 22 Aug 2022 -
Music
Jenny Hval @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 18 Aug
Jenny Hval matches one of the best albums of the year with an exquisite performance Read more »| 22 Aug 2022 -
Comedy
Alice-India @ The Three Sisters
Alice-India presents an easy, relaxed and charming hour of audience interaction in one of the Fringe's pokiest venues Read more »| 22 Aug 2022 -
Comedy
Olga Koch @ Monkey Barrel
Olga Koch's new show Just Friends is a razor-sharp, punchline-packed and immaculately-crafted celebration of hoe culture Read more »| 22 Aug 2022 -
Comedy
Alison Spittle @ Pleasance Courtyard
Alison Spittle brings a near-faultless hour of material to the Edinburgh Fringe – a few tweaks to the delivery would take Wet to the next level Read more »| 22 Aug 2022 -
Comedy
Heidi Regan @ Voodoo Rooms
Heidi Regan returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with a fresh, offbeat and idiosyncratic hour of standup Read more »| 22 Aug 2022 -
Theatre
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 -
Theatre
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 -
Theatre
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