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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Fest MagazineA Darkling Plain
There are few plays which deliver laughter as well as this one, and few with as much heart or brains Read more »| 03 Aug 2008 -
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Rise
Tom Dale’s meditation on modern existence proves to be a compelling spectacle Read more »| 03 Aug 2008 -
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Andrew Lawrence: Don't Just Do Something, Sit There!
It is often thought that self-deprecation deters even the most ardent heckler. While “high” comics like Jimmy Carr actively incite interruptions ... Read more »| 03 Aug 2008 -
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Womb Man
A mishmash of postmodernist ideas which might even interest some people Read more »| 03 Aug 2008 -
Fest MagazineDiscipline and Punish
Hilarity gives way to a darker world in SUDS' exploration of torture Read more »| 03 Aug 2008 -
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21:13
A brief encounter at 21:13 provokes an examination about love across language barriers Read more »| 03 Aug 2008
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Fest MagazineOn the Waterfront
This is, predictably, great theatre, but is perhaps bigger than the Fringe can really accommodate Read more »| 03 Aug 2008 -
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Greenstick Boy
“Punk is dead, they buried the corpse under the Eleanor Cross,” spills Greenstick Boy’s ebullient heroine as her reminiscences drift toward... Read more »| 03 Aug 2008 -
Fest MagazineFelix Dexter - Not Just Another White Guy Lost In The Shuffle
Given the frightening levels of nutjob Fringe-liberalism on display in Edinburgh come festival season, it’s ironic that I have the Conservative Party t... Read more »| 03 Aug 2008 -
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Isy Suttie - The Suttie Show
As she bounces on to the stage with the sunny enthusiasm of a wet-behind-the-ears primary schoolteacher, there’s little sign that Isy Suttie is sufferi... Read more »| 03 Aug 2008 -
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Jason Cook - "Joy"
An emotional experience second to none in Fringe stand-up. Read more »| 03 Aug 2008 -
Fest MagazineJeff Kreisler 08
Political satire doesn’t often travel too well, even when it comes from so familiar a country as the U.S. Anyone who’s watched Jon Stewart’... Read more »| 03 Aug 2008 -
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Damian Callinan in "mmm... they're small"
National stereotypes are something that people seldom believe to be true when applied to themselves. However, Australian comedian Damian Callinan has proven... Read more »| 03 Aug 2008 -
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Seymour Mace in Testamental - Bible Stories Told By an Idiot
Anyone who’s walked the streets of the Toon on a Saturday night would be forgiven for greeting with scepticism a bible lesson from a Geordie. It’... Read more »| 03 Aug 2008 -
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Ivan Brackenbury's Hospital Radio Christmas
The premise of this show may seem all too obvious. It is not difficult to imagine Ivan Brackenbury: a balding loser who dons Timmy Mallet glasses to entertai... Read more »| 03 Aug 2008