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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Black Stuff
Topicality is one of those elusive qualities that can make, but never break Fringe productions. The problem is that, while Black Stuff is topical and relevan... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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The Time Step
This far-fetched yet entirely uninspired piece of family-centric drama is baffling in almost every way. Ageing sweet shop owner Cid and her daughter Ginger ... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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Transient
A filthy network of cavernous rooms grabs the audience, sucking them into the shattered world of 1945 Germany. It's a frightening and gutted land where fami... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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The Year That I Got Younger
The Apex City Hotel on Edinburgh's Grassmarket is a very upmarket affair, and completely at odds with the show that it's hosting – The Year That I Got ... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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Saving Tania's Privates
It's a brave performer these days who takes to the stage without a gimmick. It's hard to promote a show with no angle. Whether it's a comedy magic act, or ... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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Confessions & Obsessions of a Thirtysomething Divorcee
Melanie Sherwood’s one-woman play is predictable and uninspired Read more »| 17 Aug 2008
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Invasion Festival: Soul Traders
In this era of the Andrew Lloyd Webber, reality-talent-show contaminated, pop musical, the good old days of dazzling tap-dance routines, catchy melodies and ... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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Not Stalking David Tennant (aka Having It All)
Like Jerry Springer before him, David Tennant probably won’t have time to come to Edinburgh and see the show bearing his name, after all it’s ver... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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The Expert at the Card Table
The lights are dimmed, a piano is tinkling in the background and a gentleman sits in a well-cut waistcoat reading a book beside a green card table. The gentl... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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Dogs Barking
Love, revenge, violence and an awful lot of alcohol: all the ingredients necessary for an exhilarating drama. Written by Richard Zajdlic, creator of the BBC ... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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Golden
This show markets itself as a “political satire based on Shakespeare’s Macbeth.” You wouldn’t guess that from watching it. The idea o... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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Moliere's Tartuffe
Immediately censored after its first performance in 1664, Tartuffe is a contentious play which relentlessly targets figures of religious authority. But with ... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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Happy Savages
Happy Savages is an interesting and well-acted play which successfully portrays the emotional intricacies of modern relationships Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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PoeJazzi: Spokenworld
Performance poetry, when done well, is so different from reading verse on a page. It should be vibrant, eclectic and powerful – a vivacious mix between... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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Simon Callow - A Festival Dickens
From the second Simon Callow parts the curtains his presence fills the room. He's packed out The Assembly's Music Hall, a 400-capacity venue on George Stree... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008