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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TheatreThe Letters of Jane Austen @ The Space, Surgeons Hall
Much loved author not as exciting as own novels shock Read more »| 15 Aug 2012 -
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Mark Thomas: Bravo Figaro @ Traverse
Operas, like fathers: go on for too long and are full of represed emotion Read more »| 15 Aug 2012 -
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As of 1.52pm GMT on Friday April 27th 2012, This Show Has No Title @ Traverse
Above all else, Daniel Kitson's new show is about the power of ideas. What the audience will first notice upon taking their seat is that, except for a desk a... Read more »| 15 Aug 2012 -
TheatreNothing Is Really Difficult @ Assembly George Square Box
There are few words during Nothing Is Really Difficult, but there are some to describe it. It's clever and funny, the physicality is a playful mixture or sim... Read more »| 15 Aug 2012 -
ComedyLuisa Omielan: What Would Beyonce Do?
Omielan first found herself wondering what Beyoncé would do when she was unclogging a toilet using a stick. Would the ultimate pop diva ever use a sti... Read more »| 15 Aug 2012 -
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Sammy J and Randy: The Inheritance
What do you need to create a perfectly entertaining, hilarious and original Fringe show? It’s really quite easy: take a classic haunted house storyline... Read more »| 15 Aug 2012
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Comedy
Sarah Kendall: Get Up, Stand Up
From the moment Sarah Kendall steps on stage she owns the sold-out venue, and after a great opening gambit she gets into the flow really quickly. The m... Read more »| 15 Aug 2012 -
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Robin Ince: Happiness Through Science
Robin Ince, staunch supporter of the PBH Free Fringe, brings his Happiness through Science show to the Jam House. This show allows him to celebrate his ... Read more »| 15 Aug 2012 -
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Sean Hughes: Life Becomes Noises
Blue illuminates him as he holds aloft a loaf of bread, and Snow Patrol plays overhead. In a moment he’s sitting at a bedside, ruminating on his father... Read more »| 15 Aug 2012 -
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Chris Martin: Spot The Difference
There is comedy for all types at this festival and many will definitely love Chris Martin - he’s young, confident, charming and quite good-looking... Read more »| 15 Aug 2012 -
ComedyRichard Tyrone Jones's Big Heart
Richard Tyrone Jones – gym-goer, man about town, sperm donor, performance poet – got heart failure for his 30th birthday. This hour-long show cha... Read more »| 15 Aug 2012 -
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Damien Crow: The World According to Damien Crow
This is not Damien Crow’s audience. Mid-afternoon, shiny happy people – their mistake at having arrived here is openly noted in some moments of a... Read more »| 15 Aug 2012 -
ComedyReturn of The Lumberjacks (Back By Poplar Demand)
An hour and a half of three incredible comedians each at the top of their game, and a surprise special guest who turns out to be Mick Foley; what more could ... Read more »| 15 Aug 2012 -
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Appointment With The Wicker Man
Still Game fans may have noticed Greg Hemphill, or Victor McDade, on posters around town. Well, if you like that, you’ll love this – that same de... Read more »| 15 Aug 2012 -
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Phil Nichol: RANTS!
For a man who is apparently furious about pretty much everything, Phil Nichol sure is a lovely bloke. This is his first sell-out night and he’s thrille... Read more »| 15 Aug 2012