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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TheatreTim Carlson introduces Foreign Radical
Playwright Tim Carlson discusses cyber surveillance, personal freedom, and pushing audiences to confront the shocking realities of the digital age Read more »| 31 Jul 2017 -
ComedySimon Morley on society’s problem with his penis
20 years ago, Simon Morley contorted his cock into such skillful shapes it led to the famous hit show Puppetry of the Penis. On tour, he found different countries respond to dicks in different ways... Read more »| 31 Jul 2017 -
Theatre
NTS celebrate transgender experiences with Adam
Based on real life experiences, the National Theatre of Scotland's Adam has a worldwide, digital cast of over 100 transgender and non-binary persons. We visit Rockvilla to find out more. Read more »| 31 Jul 2017 -
ComedyJessica Fostekew on Voyaging into Choppy Waters
As Jessica Fostekew cruises into The Caves with a story about a maritime misadventure, she writes how heavenly idealism can turn into a horror story... Read more »| 31 Jul 2017 -
Comedy
Caroline Mabey: Getting Lost in my Memory Palace
The unforgettable Caroline Mabey makes a note about trying to remember her show on memory and scrabble Read more »| 31 Jul 2017 -
Comedy
Sarah Kendall on story-telling and the Fringe
Australian comic and wordsmith Sarah Kendall on why we tell stories Read more »| 31 Jul 2017
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Comedy
Jay Lafferty & Gareth Waugh: Sleep in September
As they're good friends and not short of opinions, we asked local heroes Jay Lafferty and Gareth Waugh to speak to each other before their respective Gilded Balloon debut hours Read more »| 31 Jul 2017 -
Comedy
Andy Daly on his Edinburgh Fringe show
Criminally underseen in the UK despite appearing in some of the finest television comedies of the last five years, sketch comic and improviser Andy Daly is one of America’s best character comedians and he's heading to Edinburgh Fringe Read more »| 31 Jul 2017 -
ComedyJonny Pelham on politics, comedy and jam
Risk-averse Jonny Pelham is learning to live in the moment, and brings his third hour of intelligent and thoughtful stand-up to the Gilded Balloon Read more »| 31 Jul 2017 -
Comedy
Comedians on Ethics: Louise Reay on Surveillance
Comedian Louise Reay writes a powerful and compelling ethics column on why we should all care about surveillance Read more »| 31 Jul 2017 -
Theatre
Faith No More's Roddy Bottum on his Sasquatch opera
The Skinny talks to one of rock’s finest provocateurs, Roddy Bottum, about his first Fringe show, Sasquatch: The Opera Read more »| 31 Jul 2017 -
Comedy
Terry Alderton & Catriona Knox on Fringe stress
Terry Alderton and Catriona Knox on enduring the intense pressure comedians face in Edinburgh Read more »| 28 Jul 2017 -
Comedy
Ivo Graham & Suzi Ruffell on class in Fringe comedy
Eton-educated Ivo Graham is from the upper echelons of society, while Suzi Ruffell is a proud proletarian from Portsmouth; the pair are best pals and spoke to each other about class, comedy and friendship Read more »| 28 Jul 2017 -
Comedy
Bilal Zafar on Love, Hate, Twitter and Biscuits
Bringing the biscuits to the Mash House for his second Edinburgh Fringe hour, Bilal Zafar chats about social media and sophomore syndrome Read more »| 28 Jul 2017 -
Comedy
Meet Fringe innovators Berk's Nest
An interview with Katie Churchill, Owen Donovan and Phoebe Bourke, the producers and directors behind some of the Fringe's most imaginative shows Read more »| 28 Jul 2017