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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Slick
Slick is produced by Vox Motus, a Glasgow based arts company which mingles theatre with visual exhibitionism such as multi-media, magic and puppetry. This ye... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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Call Me If You Feel Too Happy
A small closet is the hunting ground habitually designated to actors who wish to furnish the Fringe with a monologue. Whilst some of these dank quarters can ... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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Dan March: My Myspace Baby
Dan March has brought to the Fringe another true story to add to the surprising weight of autobiographical comedy invading the venues of Edinburgh. This tear... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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Wendy Wason: Things I Didn't Know I Didn't Know
When a stand-up comic has uttered the words “I’m a single mother of two” within the first five minutes of her set, you have a fair notion i... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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Mark Watson 2008 Review
Mark Watson, at the reasonably sprightly age of 28, is already a Fringe legend.Winner of the inaugural if.comedy panel prize and nominated for the 2005 Perri... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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Mick Sergeant: Ah Shit! It's Mick Sergeant
Mick Sergeant used to build ships. Vocationally and spiritually, Mick is a ship-builder throughout every fibre of his lanky, moustachioed frame. Unfortunatel... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008
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Josie Long: All of the Planet's Wonders (Shown in Detail)
I’ve been an admirer of Josie Long’s comedy for some time. She provides a real challenge to the laziness and negativity of much of modern stand-u... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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Clever Peter at Edinburgh Fringe: Review
For the eagle-eyed, Clever Peter poses a mysterious question: what happened to the green girl? In the Fringe programme, four comedians line up cheerily in br... Read more »| 16 Aug 2008 -
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Phil Kay 2008
Phil Kay’s comic mojo is a notoriously elusive beast. He has built up something of a cult following over his twenty-year career, but even his most arde... Read more »| 16 Aug 2008 -
Fest MagazinePhil Nichol: 8 Nights Only
“So we walked past the midget Hitler into the Cock Ring,” begins one of Phil Nichol’s more outlandish anecdotes. This is clearly a man who ... Read more »| 16 Aug 2008 -
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Caesar Twins Q&A
Do you think alike? Pierre: Every single human thinks in different ways. We think what we want to think, and we do what we want to do. But somewhere in the ... Read more »| 16 Aug 2008 -
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Susan Calman - Maybe It's Your Fault
Measuring in at 4' 11'' tall, Susan Calman is exactly the same height as Kylie Minogue. This is, by her own admission, as far as the resemblance goes; an ab... Read more »| 16 Aug 2008 -
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Nina Conti: Evolution
The history of showbiz is littered with the evidence of a simple fact: one trick ponies don’t last. Bernie Clifton and Oswald, Ken Dodd and Charlie Bro... Read more »| 16 Aug 2008 -
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Jason Byne: Cats Under Mats, Having Chats With Bats
Jason Byrne is one of the Fringe superstars who will sell out whichever expansive venue he chooses to grace with his show. Now in his sixth year at the Fring... Read more »| 16 Aug 2008 -
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Danny Bhoy: By the Way
Homecomings are desperately important to artists on the make, and for a boy from Moffat it doesn’t get much bigger than coming home to headline at the ... Read more »| 16 Aug 2008