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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TheatreOh my Irma @ Hill Street Theatre
Solo performances are doing rather well at this year’s Fringe, with Grounded and Captain Amazing both pulling in large audiences. C... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
TheatreMissing @ Pleasance Courtyard
The cases of Baby P, and more recently Daniel Pelka, have brought the subject of parenting under the scrutiny of the national press. While the issues depicte... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
ComedyOpinion: It’s an Unfair Copstick, Guv
“I genuinely believe – this won’t go down well, but – if you walk into Battersea Dogs Home with your legs covered in prime rump steak, you cannot complain if you get bitten.” Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
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Boris and Sergey II Perilous Escapade @ Pleasance Courtyard
Appearing at this year’s Fringe with their new show Boris and Sergey II Perilous Escapade, this is a chance to revisit the production which starte... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
TheatreCanary Gold @ C
Since the 2008 recession there have been many dramatic narratives surrounding it, be they theatrical, comedic or other. Few however will have linked the curr... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
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Beijing Cake @ TheSpace on the Mile
Edinburgh Zoo recently announced they hope to oversee the first ever panda to be born in the UK. While not involving brink-of-extinction animals, Year of the... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013
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Squidboy @ Assembly Roxy
The recent release of Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa tops off what has been a very successful progression for Steve Coogan’s blundering but lovea... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
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Inspector Norse @ Assembly
Since Stieg Larsson’s Millenium series became an international phenomenon, Nordic Noir as a genre has exploded in the UK with shows like The ... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
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Black T-Shirt Collection @ Pleasance Courtyard
After a successful UK wide tour in 2012, playwright and performer Inua Ellams brings his Black T-shirt Collection to the Edinburgh Fringe. Foster b... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
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New Voices @ Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Four short new works from four exciting choreographers are showcased in the EIF’s New Voices. Helen Pickett’s The Room is both enjoyably dra... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
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SisGo @ Edinburgh Festival Theatre
You know it’s going to be a different night when – as an audience member – you're asked to put on socks; but then SisGo is not your ty... Read more »| 17 Sep 2013 -
ComedyJay Foreman
Jay Foreman is a consummate professional. In a world where a good chunk of his contemporaries habitually wing it, it’s nice to see someone so, well, to... Read more »| 10 Sep 2013 -
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Sam Rose In The Shadows @ Bedlam Theatre
Sam Rose wanders the city clutching his ‘Sad Things’ box and desperately searching for a way to unlock it. Meanwhile his son, Ivan, is forbidden ... Read more »| 05 Sep 2013 -
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Pants on Fire's Pinocchio @ Pleasance Dome
Pants on Fire Theatre have built a reputation over the last few years at the Fringe for highly imaginative re-inventions of classic texts. This year’s ... Read more »| 05 Sep 2013 -
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Ellis and Rose: The 'Punch' and Judy show
Ellis and Rose look back on causing controversy at the Fringe Read more »| 03 Sep 2013