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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ComedyConor Drum: A Sense of Humour
Irish comic Conor Drum arrives at his first Fringe festival with motivation, enthusiasm and little fanfare. As do most. His set, coming in at a little under ... Read more »| 09 Aug 2012 -
ComedyLoretta Maine: Bipolar
Stop looking at her. Keep looking at her. Stop looking. Keep looking. It’s fair to say that Loretta Maine is a little up and down. She looks lik... Read more »| 09 Aug 2012 -
ComedyNewcastle University Comedy Society Showcase
I can safely say that the average age of the RAOB's clientele has never been this low. As a gaggle of 20 year olds assemble for Newcastle University’s ... Read more »| 09 Aug 2012 -
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Kaya – Dream Interpreter @ Assembly George Square
Kaya was a successful recording artist in his country but found himself still somehow unsatisfied. Besieged by dreams, sometimes fifty a night, he was lead t... Read more »| 09 Aug 2012 -
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Wild Wild Fringe: Musicals and Success
The creators of last year's hit show Fresher: The Musical return to the Fringe with their new meta-musical, Wild West End Read more »| 09 Aug 2012 -
ComedyMick Foley: Prisoner Of Raw
The greatest wrestler of all time, an accomplished author and now a standup comedian? We ask what makes Mick Foley tick Read more »| 09 Aug 2012
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We Think Not – Karl Jay-Lewin & Anushiye Yarnell @ Dancebase
What is the sound of one hand clapping ? This is the kind of Zen koan that came to mind watching We Think Not. These are two different works of great int... Read more »| 09 Aug 2012 -
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Belt Up Theatre @ C Nova
Never say Neverland Read more »| 09 Aug 2012 -
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Anybody Waitin’? @ Dance Base
Highly humorous, more than slightly saucy, often camper than Christmas, (and occasionally strangely reminiscent of a motivational exercise video) Anybody Wai... Read more »| 08 Aug 2012 -
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This Way Up @ C
It’s 2.40 on a ‘presumably rainy day’ in Edinburgh – where do you want to be?That time slot's top tip is ANTLER Theatre’s Fring... Read more »| 08 Aug 2012 -
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On Your Honey Lips @ Zoo
On Your Honey Lips opens with the video projection of the staccato movement of a dove and ends with the eroding action of dripping water. Then with their won... Read more »| 08 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Grainne Maguire: Where Are All The Fun Places...
Grainne Maguire starts the show with one of the finest "Now I know what you're thinking..." gags ever written. In a way this sums up her whole show: an exc... Read more »| 08 Aug 2012 -
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Vinegar Knickers: On The Edge
This is the edgiest show at the Fringe. Or so the Knickers keep telling us. They're not sure themselves, and at one point almost sack a member of the grou... Read more »| 08 Aug 2012 -
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Stu & Garry: The Lunchtime Show
Scotland's most jealously guarded secret are back on the Fringe, as Stu and Garry take their weekly lunchtime show to the more salubrious surroundings of ... Read more »| 08 Aug 2012 -
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Claudia O'Doherty: The Telescope
What is The Telescope? Well, it's a cursed instrument that allows people to communicate across time, but it's also a McGuffin in O'Doherty's daring attempt... Read more »| 08 Aug 2012