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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ComedyLuke Graves: A Degree Of Comedy
"There's a degree of comedy in everything," says Graves, to which you kind of think, "yeah, we'd heard". It's a lead in to a fairly straightforward observ... Read more »| 18 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Fliss Russell: Life Is Fliss
Welcome to the weird world of Fliss Russell, failed actress, children's entertainer, time traveller and proud ginger. Today's show is heavy on audience parti... Read more »| 18 Aug 2012 -
ComedyPatrick Monahan: Shooting From The Lip
Patrick Monahan is a seasoned comedian - a comedy festival regular and the winner of ITV’s Show Me The Funny last year. It’s no surprise that thi... Read more »| 18 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
The Trap: Bad Musical
The Trap, an established London-based sketch comedy trio composed of Dan Mersh, Paul Litchfield and Jeremy Limb, return to the Fringe with their latest ode t... Read more »| 18 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Vikki Stone: Hot Mess
Any show which presents Phillip Schofield in a new, slightly more intriguing/disturbing light deserves considerable comedy kudos. Vikki Stone, troubadour,imp... Read more »| 18 Aug 2012 -
TheatreI am Son – Sanpapié @ Dance Base
Are we westerners? Read more »| 18 Aug 2012
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Comedy
Mick Foley: How a wrestler fell in love with the Fringe
Concluding our Foley In Edinburgh trilogy, the man himself writes about how Edinburgh helped him to find his own voice and how a small, teatime comedy show helped him understand the true spirit of the Fringe Read more »| 18 Aug 2012 -
Theatre
The Jhiva of Nietzsche @ The Surgeons' Hall
'Jhiva' is the Sanskrit word for "the immortal essence within every existence," or "soul." Read more »| 17 Aug 2012 -
TheatreGods @ Venue13
CalArts make used video projections showcasing abstract imagery to interpret a short story by Vladimir Nabokov. Utilising silence and shadows, the theme of l... Read more »| 17 Aug 2012 -
Theatre
Sh*t-Faced Shakespeare @ C
Sh*t-Faced Shakespeare is exactly what it says it is. An hour performance of the renowned comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream where one member of the cast is well and truly sh*t-faced Read more »| 17 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Anna Morris: Dolly Mixture
With an intro narrated by a creepy doll's head, the tone is nicely set for something that's going to be innovative and a little weird. Morris's characters ar... Read more »| 17 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Chris Coltrane: Activism Is Fun
First things first. Coltrane is brilliant, like Mark Thomas in his prime with hilarious stories of real-life activism. But maybe he's preaching to the choir... Read more »| 17 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
The High Priest: They're Gonna Crucify Me!
Oh, edgy comedians. There's nothing wrong with being dark and satirical, in fact that's where standup is usually at its most powerful and transformative. T... Read more »| 17 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Lead Pencil
'Randomness.' That word bellowed by lazy people who cannot articulate stuff that happens can be cringe inducing. But it's not all bad because it is closely r... Read more »| 17 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Coalition: The Play
Coalition is a play envisioning the tough times still to come for the Liberal Democrats as their leader, Matt Cooper (played by Thom Tuck), a sort of foul-mo... Read more »| 17 Aug 2012