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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ComedyTom Lawrinson @ Underbelly Cowgate
Buried Alive and Loving It is an unexpectedly sedate sophomore hour from socials star Tom Lawrinson Read more »| 26 Aug 2024 -
TheatreThe Besties: Week Three Winners
Teatro La Plaza, John-Luke Roberts, Gig Buddies and new Scottish music documentary Since Yesterday are among the winners for our third batch of The Besties Read more »| 24 Aug 2024 -
ComedyGlasgow’s Alana Jackson wins So You Think You're Funny? competition
This year’s So You Think You're Funny? Award – one of the UK’s biggest awards for new comics – goes to Glaswegian standup Alana Jackson Read more »| 23 Aug 2024 -
ComedyDerek Mitchell: Goblin @ Pleasance
Derek Mitchell's Goblin is an intense rollercoaster ride fusing comedy and melodrama Read more »| 23 Aug 2024 -
TheatrePretty Delusional @ theSpaceTriplex
Gianna Milici hilariously exposes the agonies, ecstasies, and humiliations of what it means to desire and want to be desired as a young woman in Pretty Delusional Read more »| 22 Aug 2024 -
TheatreBirdwatching @ theSpace at Venue 45
Birdwatching's teenage trip to the woods is a tense and dark look at the misogynistic structures which haunt our society Read more »| 22 Aug 2024
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ComedyPhil Ellis @ Monkey Barrel
Phil Ellis follows up his award-nominated show with a lunchtime hour loaded with electric late night chaos Read more »| 21 Aug 2024 -
ComedyEleanor Morton @ Monkey Barrel
Ghosts, trauma, and Edinburgh's role in the Fringe all come to the fore in Eleanor Morton's new show, Haunted House Read more »| 21 Aug 2024 -
ComedyEd Night @ Monkey Barrel at The Hive
Ed Night battles his demons in a breathtakingly funny set Read more »| 20 Aug 2024 -
ComedyEddy Hare @ Pleasance Courtyard
This One's On Me, the solo Fringe debut from Crizards member Eddy Hare, is a whimsical, minor key delight Read more »| 20 Aug 2024 -
TheatreA Silent Scandal @ Greenside George Street
This timely and poignant piece about abuse in 1970s Ireland ultimately falls short of incision or subversion Read more »| 20 Aug 2024 -
TheatreBluffing Your Way in Ballet @ theSpace
Bluffing Your Way in Ballet is a merry exploration of ballet history and the prominent figures and pieces that made it Read more »| 20 Aug 2024 -
TheatreNATION @ Summerhall
NATION freshly reintroduces one to storytelling as a whole, characterised by dichotomy and executed through simplicity Read more »| 20 Aug 2024 -
TheatreB.L.I.P.S. @ Summerhall
B.L.I.P.S. is a mental and emotional rollercoaster of an experience characterised by insomnia, paranoia, and even nostalgia Read more »| 20 Aug 2024 -
TheatreHow I Learned to Swim @ Summerhall
Somebody Jones’ How I Learned to Swim is a touching portrayal of fear and trauma that has the potential to soar Read more »| 20 Aug 2024