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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ComedyTim Key: Single White Slut @ Pleasance Grand
As the audience files into the Pleasance Grand Tim Key strolls around the stage, padding about in his sock feet and coveralls. Cheap jazz is playing; the kin... Read more »| 22 Aug 2014 -
ComedyCardinal Burns @ Pleasance Courtyard
It feels deliciously sinister mocking a few of the British, Irish, and French stereotypes many love to hate. But – oh-so-good. The infectious chem... Read more »| 21 Aug 2014 -
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Crazy Glue @ Assembly Roxy
Crazy Glue is a rather noisy silent film in which Single Shoe Productions portray 1920s domesticity in clever and at times hilarious mime, as they produce de... Read more »| 20 Aug 2014 -
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Low Tide in Glass Bay @ Underbelly
Deadpan Theatre’s 2014 Fringe production Low Tide in Glass Bay is like three people you love very much. She’s your sweary aunt who gets slighty t... Read more »| 19 Aug 2014 -
TheatreMaria Addolorata @ Summerhall
As the first chapter of the Trilogy of Pain, Maria Addolorata (Our Lady of Sorrows) sets up the idea of nonsensical suffering. Suffering and pain don’t... Read more »| 19 Aug 2014 -
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HUFF @ Traverse
As part of the Made in Scotland 2014 showcase, the Traverse theatre hosts HUFF in its atrium, an immersive experience created by Shona Reppe and Andy Manley.... Read more »| 19 Aug 2014
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TheatreCuckooed @ Traverse Theatre
The best recipe for revenge? Follow Mark Thomas to the Edinburgh Fringe 2014 as he creates a comedic cuckoo about his best friend's betrayal of seven years at the Traverse Theatre Read more »| 19 Aug 2014 -
TheatreThe Eradication of Schizophrenia in Western Lapland @ Summerhall
Confusing, mind-boggling, yet amazingly simple in its construction, The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Western Lapland is one of Ridiculusmus’s Fringe... Read more »| 19 Aug 2014 -
Videos
Come Fringe Yourself with Tom Stade – Episode 6
Tom Stade hosts Episode 6 (The Hangover episode) of Come Fringe Yourself, a chat show filmed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2014. With his co-host Dam... Read more »| 19 Aug 2014 -
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The Gospel According to Jesus, Queen of Heaven @ artSpace (St Mark’s)
Your parents may have conceived you doggy style, is one message to take away from Jo Clifford’s Gospel According to Jesus, Queen of Heaven. It is only ... Read more »| 19 Aug 2014 -
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Frankenstein: Unbolted @ Just the Tonic at the Caves
Last Chance Saloon bring fun to the Fringe with their wacky tale of Frankenstein: Unbolted. While of course loosely based on Mary Shelley’s novel Fran... Read more »| 18 Aug 2014 -
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Ablutions @ Assembly Roxy
“You’re an experienced silent vomiter,” FellSwoop Theatre’s lead tells us in Ablutions, a beautifully sleazy tale of personal decay a... Read more »| 18 Aug 2014 -
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Le Flop @ Underbelly Cowgate
The Edinburgh Fringe wouldn’t be the Edinburgh Fringe without productions like Le Flop: an eponymous feat containing intense flatulence, a dance s... Read more »| 18 Aug 2014 -
Comedy
The Skinny Awards: Shortlist Announced
We’re thrilled to announce that this Thursday 21 August, we will be hosting a Skinny-style knees-up in celebration of the brightest talent on the Edinburgh Fringe Festival – this year we launch the first ever Skinny Awards Read more »| 18 Aug 2014 -
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The Pure, the Dead and the Brilliant @ The Assembly Rooms
Ancient creatures of Scottish folklore discuss the future of an Independent Scotland. What will the outcome be? You decide. Read more »| 18 Aug 2014