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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There’s a nostalgic vision of the Fringe in Edinburgh’s grassroots consciousness in which shows are like tapas – small treats to be cherish... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
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The State We're In
In a festival where political discussion is so often dominated by stand-up comedy, it is a pleasure to discover a strong piece of political theatre that enga... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
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Almost 10
Nine-year-old Rachel is not your typical sweet-natured youngster. She despises her teacher, her nanny and even her own mother, and enjoys nothing quite as mu... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
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Matthew Sharp in... Finkelstein's Castle
The stone-walled chill of Pleasance Two is the perfect venue for this magical Gothic pastiche. Blending surreal humour with tone poems wrought from a gorgeou... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
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Catwalk Confidential
Robyn Peterson is one of those rare individuals who has lead an interesting life, is a gifted storyteller and manages to combine the two without being an imp... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineMax and Beth
A modern take on Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Max and Beth eclectically fuses dance, rap and contemporary rhyme in a powerful portrayal of violent street cul... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009
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The Rex Roman Pink Floyd Show
Upon viewing a performance of The Rex Roman Pink Floyd Show, it becomes apparent that maverick writer Simon Ash inhabits a world entirely of his own. It is a... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
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Been So Long
“I want a fella…inside me, all around me let my body be your home” declares Yvonne (Naana Agyei-Ampadu) – a domineering and sexually... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
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Barflies Review: Charles Bukowski as Theatre
An Edinburgh bar might seem like a strange place to stage a play adapted from the stories of American writer and notorious alcoholic Charles Bukowski. Using ... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineDon Quixote – Theatre of the Blind
There is something unsettling about being led into an auditorium blindfolded – about entrusting yourself, minus a faculty, into the hands of a group of... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
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Hans Teeuwen: Dutch Courage
The absurd and surreal talent of Hans Teeuwen has been misunderstood by many British audiences. But as the Dutch comic tells Sam Friedman, he thrives on the challenge Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
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Year of the Horse
Scotland celebrates one of the UK’s finest political cartoonists in a multimedia exhibition of the work of Harry Horse. Horse contributed 52 cartoons ... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
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The Burning Question: Peter Duncan
#2 What's the stupidest thing you've ever done? Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
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I Don't Live Here Anymore
Emma is slowly being drowned by dreams, apparently. The poor girl is clearly in a rather unenviable spot of bother: being crushed under the sheer weight of t... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineTommy and the Weeks: Wonderbang!
'If I Were In Charge of Reality', the title of the closing song for this surreal sketch show, sums up its whimsical but anarchic intent. It’s Tom Bell ... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009