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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ComedyJoe Bor: In Search Of The Six Pack
The mysteries of sexual attraction are notoriously difficult to pin down and define. In Search of the Six-Pack is set in motion by a video montage, casting J... Read more »| 23 Aug 2011 -
Comedy
Which One's Fergal?
On stage, there is a man wearing an ostentatious hoodie and a baseball cap with ‘Skillz’ sharpied on, talking in a Brummie accent and claiming to... Read more »| 23 Aug 2011 -
ComedyEster and Son: Happiness
Ester And Son. Esther Rantzen. That slightly lame joke is part of a cunning disguise, intended to make you think you're watching a shambles when you're actua... Read more »| 23 Aug 2011 -
Theatre
Trog & Clay: An Imagined History Of The Electric Chair
While working on inventing electricity Thomas Edison said ‘I have not failed. I have just found 10,000 ways that won’t work’: words which s... Read more »| 23 Aug 2011 -
ComedyCaroline Mabey: One Minute Silence
Right from the off, Caroline Mabey wants you to feel part of the show. She greets each of us individually as we enter and welcomes us to her training course,... Read more »| 23 Aug 2011 -
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Phill Jupitus: Stand Down
It's a Fringe tradition, seeing a big TV name attempt to 'return to their standup roots' only to die on their hole night after night, leaving their audience ... Read more »| 23 Aug 2011
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Comedy
Abie Philbin Bowman: Pope Benedict, Bond Villain
Abie Philbin Bowman nods humbly to two inspirations: the Marxist peasant in Monty Python & The Holy Grail; and his own sister, an 'emotional ninja' and s... Read more »| 23 Aug 2011 -
Comedy
The Bitch Doctors
The premise for The Bitch Doctors is a pretty slack one. As the audience enters they’re given a slip of paper on which to write their ‘problem.&... Read more »| 23 Aug 2011 -
Comedy
Richard Herring: What is Love, Anyway?
As if it isn't difficult enough for comedians to come up with a solid hour's worth of jokes in time for the Fringe, many audiences expect them to weave the m... Read more »| 23 Aug 2011 -
Comedy
Craig Hill: Blown By a Fan
By far the funniest moment in Craig Hill's 'Blown By a Fan' is when he first bounds on to the stage, accompanied by Lady Gaga's Born This Way. He performs a... Read more »| 23 Aug 2011 -
Theatre
I Love You Because @ Paradise in Augustine's
“I love you in spite of who you are” Read more »| 22 Aug 2011 -
Theatre
Miracles at Short Notice @ The Point Hotel
"It's a disaster in full swing, nothing short of a miracle can save me." Read more »| 22 Aug 2011 -
TheatreThe Rape of Lucrece @ Zoo Southside
Getting the Shakes Read more »| 22 Aug 2011 -
ComedyTodd Barry: American Hot
Todd Barry is a softly-spoken, deadpan American comic and his style this afternoon is mirrored by his audience. Perhaps too used to playing larger club ... Read more »| 22 Aug 2011 -
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Interview: Neil Hamburger
America’s funnyman Neil Hamburger, has been in the biz’ for over twenty years playing to sellout crowds, and opening for bands like Faith No More... Read more »| 22 Aug 2011