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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ComedyElf Lyons interview: Does Mum know best?
Multi-talented Elf Lyons is about to find out if honesty is the best policy where family relationships are concerned. Read more »| 29 Jul 2016 -
ComedyMatt Winning on Edinburgh Fringe show Ragnarok
With three shows in his hectic Fringe plans this year, it's no wonder Matt Winning's had his mind on the end of the world Read more »| 29 Jul 2016 -
ComedyNina Conti interview: In Two Minds
To become popular through an obscure art form is surely not as easy as Nina Conti makes it look, but then the ventriloquist is never alone Read more »| 29 Jul 2016 -
Comedy
Birthday Girls on their Edinburgh Fringe return
Birthday Girls chat about sketch comedy's missing generation, the importance of a bruising Fringe experience and how to cultivate the exact aroma of a deep fat fryer Read more »| 29 Jul 2016 -
Comedy
Kieran Hodgson on his new Fringe show Maestro
Equipped with a violin instead of a bike this year, 2015 Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Kieran Hodgson brings classical music to comedy. Read more »| 29 Jul 2016 -
Comedy
Tez Ilyas interview: The British experience
Tez Ilyas' sophomore Edinburgh Fringe show Made In Britain promises to reveal more about his family life than his satirical debut, while still discussing Bri... Read more »| 29 Jul 2016
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Comedy
Colt Cabana: The Wrestler who Met his Match
Colt Cabana tells us how he learned everything he knows in comedy and self-sufficiency – by watching the very worst of wrestling Read more »| 29 Jul 2016 -
ComedyGoose on their Edinburgh Fringe return
With their splash zone clearly marked, Goose are hoping for a sweltering August in George Square Gardens Read more »| 28 Jul 2016 -
Comedy
Lolly Adefope on race, comedy & the Fringe
Talented character comedian Lolly Adefope brings her sophomore hour to the Edinburgh Fringe Read more »| 28 Jul 2016 -
Comedy
Beasts on their new show Mr Edinburgh
High-energy sketch group Beasts return to the Fringe to settle their differences once and for all Read more »| 27 Jul 2016 -
Comedy
Steen Raskopoulos: Comedy Spotlight
After scooping a best newcomer nomination in 2014, Steen Raskopoulos returns with a new selection of characters including a rather unorthodox drill sergeant Read more »| 27 Jul 2016 -
Comedy
Gemma Flynn: Comedy Spotlight
Part of Glasgow's Chunks Collective and a graduate of the Edinburgh Revue, to call Gemma Flynn a local hero would be an understatement. We find out what she has planned for her second solo show Read more »| 27 Jul 2016 -
Theatre
A day at the Edinburgh Fringe for... Animal Lovers
Enjoy an animal-packed day at the Edinburgh Fringe with our guide, featuring the chance to get up close and personal with a host of real, fictional and former animals Read more »| 26 Jul 2016 -
Comedy
Sooz Kempner on Queen: Comedy Spotlight
Despite growing up to the strains of triumphalist pomp-rockers Queen, Sooz Kempner's Fringe show investigates how she ended up 'one of life's losers'. We find out what makes Mercury and co. so elemental to her outlook Read more »| 26 Jul 2016 -
Comedy
Yianni on The Simpsons: Comedy Spotlight
Yianni returns to the Fringe with a tribute to his favourite show, The Simpsons. Knowing a thing or two ourselves about the generation-bridging sitcom, ... Read more »| 26 Jul 2016