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 MagazineEdwyn Collins
If there were any sort of civic pride amongst Scotland’s music community, a statue of Edywn Collins would stand proud in every town. His first band, O... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineDavid Simon
For fans of The Wire—which, after the ceaseless praise that’s rained on the edgy cop show in the last couple of years, seems to be almost everyon... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineDavid O'Doherty at Fringe Fest Preview
David O’Doherty has come a long way since his days spent hosing the insides of shipping containers at a German supermarket distributor. Fresh from tou... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Crush returns to Edinburgh Fringe
It's been six years since Paul Charlton's Edinburgh debut, Love, Sex and Cider, won a Fringe First. Now the playwright and actor is back with Crush, a play t... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Broken Records at Edinburgh Fringe
The story of Edinburgh’s Broken Records is already becoming well worn; but for those still unfamiliar with the band, here are the basics. There are se... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineBeachy Head at Edinburgh Fringe - The Skinny
Having been awarded a Fringe First and short-listed for the Carol Tambor Award for their first play Mile End in 2007, expectation surrounding Analogue's foll... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009
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Fest MagazineCardinal Burns at Edinburgh Fringe: Preview
Seb Cardinal and Dustin Demri-Burns, two-thirds of comedy sketch trio 'Fat Tongue' bring their first full show to this year’s Fringe under their new au... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Barflies: A Staging of Charles Bukowski's writings
Which great works of art might never have seen the light of day without the assistance of a few slurps? Can we learn more from the edge of a barstool than fr... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Anna & Katy Event Preview
"So funny you'll think they're men," reads the blurb for this duo's return to the Fringe after a four-year hiatus. Since their 2005 performance of Penny Spub... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Sean Hughes
Two years after his return to the stand-up circuit following a decade's absence, former Perrier winner and Never Mind the Buzzcocks captain Sean Hughes is ba... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Alun Cochrane is a Daydreamer (at night) at Edinburgh Fringe: Preview
Alun Cochrane offers a blend of the mundane and the fantastical. Taking his material from all corners of his mortgage-paying, newspaper-flicking, Skoda-drivi... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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An Audience with John Smeaton
Former baggage handler and one-man war on terror John Smeaton is the closest thing to a superhero Glasgow will ever see. After helping to foil the rather fe... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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A Stroke of Genius
Coinciding with Darwin year—celebrating the publication of the acclaimed naturalist's seminal text On The Origin of Species—A Stroke of Genius is... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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A British Subject at Edinburgh Fringe: Preview
Multi-award-winning director Hannah Eidinow charts the story of how British journalist Don Mackay gained access to the death row cell of Mirza Tihar Hussein,... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Mother India Cafe
3-5 Infirmary Street, South Central Read more »| 04 Aug 2009