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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TheatreConsumed @ Traverse Theatre
Karis Kelly's Consumed is a fantastically paced and multi-layered tale of intergenerational trauma in one Northern Irish family Read more »| 25 Aug 2025 -
ComedyRosco McClelland @ Monkey Barrel
A searching hour touching on mental health, roombas and crows from one of the Scottish scene’s brightest and best Read more »| 25 Aug 2025 -
ComedyThe Besties 2025: Week Three Winners
Liam Withnail, Rosa Garland, Emma Frankland and 404 Ink are among the winners at the final round of our Edinburgh Festivals awards, The Besties Read more »| 23 Aug 2025 -
ComedyBebe Cave @ Pleasance Dome
With a winning combination of lo-fi charm and high ambition, Bebe Cave's CHRISTBRIDE is a Monty Python-meets-Clueless medieval romp Read more »| 22 Aug 2025 -
ComedyThor Stenhaug @ Pleasance Courtyard
Thor Stenhaug brings a relentless positivity and charming happiness to his debut hour at the Edinburgh Fringe Read more »| 22 Aug 2025 -
ComedyEmmanuel Sonubi @ Pleasance Courtyard
Life After Near Death is a charismatic, if safe, new hour from award-nominated Emmanuel Sonubi Read more »| 22 Aug 2025
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ComedyRay O'Leary @ Pleasance Courtyard
Ray O'Leary is a jokesmith of the highest order Read more »| 22 Aug 2025 -
ComedyGuy Williams @ Assembly George Square
An hour of brazen and bullish political comedy from Kiwi firebrand Guy Williams Read more »| 22 Aug 2025 -
ComedyTim Key @ Pleasance Courtyard
Poet-actor-filmmaker-comedian Tim Key is sublime in his new show, Loganberry Read more »| 22 Aug 2025 -
ComedyLuke McQueen @ Pleasance Dome
Artificial intelligence, comedy gatekeepers, the podcast industrial complex and his own ambitions – Luke McQueen tackles all-comers in his new show Read more »| 22 Aug 2025 -
ComedyDeliaDelia! The Flat Chested Witch! @ Underbelly Cowgate
Amando Houser's sideways glance at the witch hunt on trans rights is a classic piece of clowning mayhem Read more »| 22 Aug 2025 -
ComedyCVNT @ Assembly George Square
Sophie Power's show – breaking down barriers around the body, pleasure and fear – is clown as exposure therapy Read more »| 22 Aug 2025 -
ComedyToussaint Douglass @ Pleasance Courtyard
Toussaint Douglass weaves stories of family, class – and pigeons – in his Best Newcomer-nominated show Read more »| 22 Aug 2025 -
ComedyChloe Petts @ Pleasance Courtyard
With a fourth great Fringe hour in as many years, stadium-filling stardom surely beckons for Chloe Petts Read more »| 22 Aug 2025 -
ComedyAndy Barr @ Pleasance Courtyard
Surreal stand-up Andy Barr returns with an unsettling, nostalgic, fourth debut hour Read more »| 22 Aug 2025