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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ComedyLewis Schaffer - Bigger and Blacker
Perhaps opening by listing one’s shortfalls in comparison to more established comedians could have been drily amusing, but then I’m sure Lewis Sc... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
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"And Then He Said..."
Small-time theatre company In A Pickle are asking audiences not to judge a book by its cover. “And Then He Said…”, their series of vignett... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
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E for Apple/Something Blue
Cancer is no picnic. In fact, it is very, very hard. It hurts and it makes you die, and dying is lonely – and hard. This is about as much as you could... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
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Bob's Date
It is the internal workings of the male mind which Bob’s Date takes as its subject. Anxious about a rendezvous with a woman—his first for over tw... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineThe Girls of Slender Means
This stage adaption of Muriel Spark's novel brings the Edinburgh writer's focus away from the capital's cobbled streets and sandstone facades. Set in West Lo... Read more »| 10 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineA British Subject Review
In 1988, a young British man named Mirza Tahir Hussein was sentenced to death by the Pakistani courts. For 18 years, Tahir languished on death row for a crim... Read more »| 10 Aug 2009
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Killing Me Softly
Last year, Richard Fry came to Edinburgh on a tentative mission to try out a new career. Now aged thirty-something, Fry’s life consisted of a rough chi... Read more »| 10 Aug 2009 -
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Chris Cox: Mind Over Patter
We love Cox. Or so the opportunely named ‘mind reader’ guffaws, along with a sprinkling of double entendres perhaps provided to justify the 18+ r... Read more »| 10 Aug 2009 -
ComedyStephen K Amos: The Feelgood Factor
The Pleasance Grand is the perfect venue for Stephen K Amos, who eschews the deep and meaningful in favour of just giving us a great night. The venue is larg... Read more »| 10 Aug 2009 -
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Best of So You Think You're Funny?
‘Best Of’ shows make for PR child’s play. They also make for unnaturally high expectations and, in some cases, potentially disappointing an... Read more »| 10 Aug 2009 -
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Wild Colonial Boys
You know that rule about things coming along in threes? These guys are a prime example. Just when you’ve been waiting for a decent Australian comedian ... Read more »| 10 Aug 2009 -
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Pig With The Face Of A Boy
Come in off the crowded streets and escape the unending raucous cries of flyer-bearing promoters and overheated children – the Free Edinburgh Fringe Fe... Read more »| 10 Aug 2009 -
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The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church by Daniel Kitson
In early 2007, Daniel Kitson was looking for a new house. His friends had all largely abandoned London in search of “somewhere nice to live” and,... Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
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The Stranglers
Dubious efforts to produce new hits fail to take the sheen off an inspired classics set by one of British punk's greatest acts Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
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Raising the tone
As The Bluetones prepare for a one-night appearance at the HMV Picturehouse, Rod MacNeil finds a band whose enthusiasm hasn't dampened a bit since their 90s heyday Read more »| 09 Aug 2009