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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TheatrePickled Republic @ Summerhall
Ruxandra Cantir's solo show is a charming, weird, and timely reflection on society, via some truly unique characters Read more »| 27 Aug 2025 -
ComedyEd Night @ Monkey Barrel
Your Old Mucker is an hour of solid gold gags from the incomparably offbeat Ed Night Read more »| 26 Aug 2025 -
TheatreClub NVRLND @ Assembly Checkpoint
In its perhaps overly successful attempt to replicate a club environment, elements of the immersive Club NVRLND get lost in the fray Read more »| 25 Aug 2025 -
TheatreBalfour Reparations @ Summerhall
Farah Saleh's genre-bending piece is timely, memorable and innovative Read more »| 25 Aug 2025 -
TheatreVENUS 2.0 @ ZOO Southside
An ever-changing cabaret of dance, theatre and puppetry retells the life of suffragette-turned-fascist Mary Richardson Read more »| 25 Aug 2025 -
TheatreLost Lear @ Traverse Theatre
Venetia Bowe shines in this intensely moving and astonishingly clever production about an actress lost in her memories Read more »| 25 Aug 2025
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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 -
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