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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Fest MagazineUmbrella Birds
One of the curses of the festival is that a town one twentieth the size of London struggles to accommodate the hundreds of venues required. As a result you e... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
Fest MagazineDark Grumblings
The glimmers of comic interest do little to rescue this overly-noisy and generally aggravating show Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
Fest MagazinePegabovine: Polite Club
Davis Wateracre is one of the few comedians who will greet you at the door with a shake of the hand and an enquiry as to how you have been keeping. It is to ... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
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Idiots of Ants 2008
Why Idiots of Ants have been put on in the ghastly Pleasance Beside (read: portakabin) is anyone's guess. For a start, there's the logistical problem. A four... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
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The Tell-Tale Heart
Latecomers are strictly not admitted in this almost word-for-word adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s much-studied short story, and moments in we see why. ... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
Fest MagazineMark Allen's Pet Project
Dave Gorman has a lot to answer for. His Googlewhack adventure was more than just a comedy show, it was an inspiration to joke-starved comedians everywhere. ... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008
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Sushi Tap Show
Out of time and out of ideas, Sushi Tap Show make a very uninspiring Fringe debut Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
Fest MagazineNicholas Parsons’ Happy Hour
As Nicholas Parsons saunters onstage in grey slacks, a scarlet blazer and a pair of impeccably shined loafers, he resembles nothing so much as an ageing Butl... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
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Fiona O'Loughlin
Not long after making her entrance, Fiona O'Loughlin professes to being too lazy to write jokes, preferring instead to tell stories about her non-showbusines... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
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Kiddy-Fiddler on the Roof
Now, I know Festival shows are notorious for picking names based on their shock factor, but this is just ridiculous. If there was a Perrier award for the mos... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
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Cure
Curing cancer throws up some rather unexpected problems Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
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Glenn Wool: Goodbye Scars
Glenn Wool is recently divorced. After making clear to his audience that he has absolutely no STIs, he admits that unleashing a horny singleton on Edinburgh ... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
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Liam Mullone: In A Dead Man's Hat
Liam Mallone looks, sounds, and walks like a man with a pretty downbeat past. No surprise for someone who has written obituaries for The Times, dug graves an... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
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The Jonny and Joe Show
To describe this show as free-form comedy would suggest it has at least some kind of form. It doesn’t. Not that that’s a bad thing - it&rsq... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
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The Axis of Awesome Comeback Spectacular
Few things inspire the sort of collective dread that musical comedy does. As any festival veteran knows, it can provide the filling to the most offensively a... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008