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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TheatreMacbeth on Inchcolm Island
Inchcolm Island is the star of the show. I'm sure this Macbeth, promoted by Richard Demarco, will become as iconic as his 1988 and 1989 productions. It ... Read more »| 12 Aug 2012 -
TheatreMacbeth @ International Festival
Scottish play? Well, it used to be Read more »| 12 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Dana Alexander: Breaking Through
As a fellow Canadian living in the UK, I walk into this show, promising an outsider’s perspective of this great, rainy land, with probably a few too ma... Read more »| 11 Aug 2012 -
ComedyJohn Robertson: The Dark Room
Try it at home, on Youtube. The Dark Room nods to adventure games of the eighties, and is just as irritating. Robertson, wearing a headpiece composed o... Read more »| 11 Aug 2012 -
ComedyAshley Strand: Glorified Disasters
About halfway through this show you find yourself wondering what exactly it is that you're watching. It's billed as comedy and it definitely opens with the r... Read more »| 11 Aug 2012 -
ComedyRob Deb: The Dork Knight Triumphant
By his own admission, Deb's shows only really work when he's playing to proper hardcore geeks. Tonight's tiny crowd includes a man who owns his own Batman co... Read more »| 11 Aug 2012
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Comedy
Stella Graham: Karma Comedian
Stella Graham has quite a promising concept for her show. She's going to tell us about things she's done in her life, and we're going to vote on whether she ... Read more »| 11 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
David Longley: My Favourite Things
David Longley is disillusioned with the Fringe but loves comedy. He's sick to death of his kids, and yet he loves them as much as any father could. This cogn... Read more »| 11 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Mitch Benn: Reduced Circumstances
It would be too easy to say that Mitch Benn is half the man he used to be. For a start, his 10 stone weight loss last year is no longer news and was apparent... Read more »| 11 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Bob Slayer: He's A Very Naughty Boy
Bob Slayer appears with no jokes and no material, and ends up with no clothes. Although there’s a sound of laughter, we’re not quite sure why. Su... Read more »| 11 Aug 2012 -
Theatre
Everything Else Happened @ Assembly Roxy
Based on four Jonathan Safran Foer short stories, Dream Epic’s Everything Else Happened presents itself in four solo pieces that tip-toe around the boundaries of monologue. Read more »| 11 Aug 2012 -
Theatre
Love All @ Assembly Roxy
Beneath a sensationalised tale of the tennis star lies a much simpler and subtle story between the two actors Read more »| 11 Aug 2012 -
Theatre
XXXO @ Pleasance Courtyard
Ontroerend Goed’s very own Nathalie Marie Verbeke and Charlotte De Bruyne present XXXO. Despite the challenge of being both directors and actors, ... Read more »| 11 Aug 2012 -
Theatre
Hurt @ The Space
I have to confess, I am suitably delighted by the idea of seeing a Barbie doll called ‘Veronika’ perform for the first time. I’ve been luck... Read more »| 10 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Yianni: Numb and Number
With possibly the greatest Fringe trailer of the year and excellent DIY origami fortune-tellers posing as flyers, it's evident that Yianni has put in a lot o... Read more »| 10 Aug 2012