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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ComedyDave Fensome @ Laughing Horse, City Cafe
Dave Fensome’s debut Fringe hour tells the tale of how his life has been reframed following a traumatic event and an ADHD diagnosis Read more »| 07 Aug 2019 -
TheatreFatty Fat Fat @ Pleasance Courtyard
A charming and witty exploration of the way in which our language and experience is personally defined and created by contemporary body image politics Read more »| 07 Aug 2019 -
TheatreMoonbird @ Pleasance Courtyard
Handprint theatre are truly inspiring their audience to take strides in the right direction with Moonbird, a children's show designed to be accessible, particularly to the deaf community Read more »| 07 Aug 2019 -
ComedyYuriko Kotani @ Pleasance Courtyard
The debut hour from BBC radio new comedy award winner Yuriko Kotani pokes fun at our cultural differences Read more »| 07 Aug 2019 -
ComedyStuart McPherson @ Monkey Barrel
Stuart McPherson impresses with his debut hour of millennial woe Read more »| 07 Aug 2019 -
TheatreResurrecting Bobby Awl @ Summerhall
A splendidly morose surprise that celebrates the life and death of a man who you never knew while trawling the history of Edinburgh Read more »| 06 Aug 2019
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TheatreHow Not To Drown @ Traverse Theatre
How Not To Drown follows a 11-year-old's journey from the UK with people smugglers, but this hard-hitting show falls short Read more »| 06 Aug 2019 -
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TheatreThe Grand Scheme of Things @ Underbelly
In The Grand Scheme of Things, a game of truth or dare takes a dark and revelatory turn Read more »| 06 Aug 2019 -
TheatreLast Life: A Shakespeare Play @ Greenside
Every year at the Fringe, there are countless Shakespeare productions. Last Life: A Shakespeare Play uses the frame of Shakespeare’s works to do something rather different Read more »| 06 Aug 2019 -
ComedyTarot @ Pleasance Courtyard
A spooky sketch show from members of Gein's Family Giftshop and Goose Read more »| 06 Aug 2019 -
TheatreIf You're Feeling Sinister @ Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
An irreverent and anarchic jukebox musical based on Belle and Sebastien's classic album If You're Feeling Sinister Read more »| 06 Aug 2019 -
TheatreSea Sick @ CanadaHub, Summerhall
Science journalist Alanna Mitchell's show Sea Sick is a crucial lesson on climate change that we all must hear Read more »| 06 Aug 2019 -
TheatreNightclubbing @ Summerhall
Rachael Young's Nightclubbing is a performance art exploration of race, intersectionality and the dream of a radically inclusive future Read more »| 06 Aug 2019 -
TheatreTrying It On @ Traverse Theatre
David Edgar's Trying It On is a thoughtful, self-questioning play of ceaseless invention Read more »| 06 Aug 2019 -
TheatreCrocodile Fever @ Traverse Theatre
This astounding play by Meghan Tyler takes every left-turn imaginable, and is all the better for it Read more »| 06 Aug 2019