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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DanceBase Presents...Irish Cream
For the uninitiated, contemporary dance can appear a frustratingly inaccessible art form – at times almost intentionally "high-art". However, such prec... Read more »| 10 Aug 2008 -
TheatreThe Six Wives of Timothy Leary
The high priest of the counter-culture is examined from the perspective of his ladies. Read more »| 10 Aug 2008 -
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After Liverpool
After Liverpool is to theatre what chick-flicks are to cinema. In a light-hearted way it might be enjoyable but it ultimately provides little if any insight ... Read more »| 10 Aug 2008 -
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Lucy Porter: The Bare Necessities
Lucy Porter performs most of her new show, The Bare Necessities, in front of a huge slide projection of a kitten and two small ducks sitting on a bench. The ... Read more »| 09 Aug 2008 -
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One Night Stand: An Improvised Musical
The cast of One Night Stand resemble the kind of people who become cub-scout leaders in later life. Pink faced and ebullient, they kick things off with a ser... Read more »| 09 Aug 2008 -
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Jollie: John & Ollie Stuck Together
Jollie does not start well. There’s some woeful singing, an accordion, and a couple of crass jokes about Myra Hindley. And, of course, there’s th... Read more »| 09 Aug 2008
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Te POOka
The charm of this production is its simplicity; its ability to stay true to its Bohemian values and carefree spirit, while at the same time entertaining a demanding Fringe audience Read more »| 09 Aug 2008 -
Fest MagazineTapestry of Fear
A chilling, philosophical play set outside of reality Read more »| 09 Aug 2008 -
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I Kissed A Frog And It Gave Me Herpes
Dark humour is mixed with rhyme in this entertaining show Read more »| 09 Aug 2008 -
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Dance without Movement
Zuleikha, the solo character in Dance without Movement, bounds onto the tiny stage in tears, a shining, elastic band of snot gently dripping from her nose. I... Read more »| 09 Aug 2008 -
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Married to the Sea
In spite of the production’s remarkable polish, underlying it is a lacklustre plot with insufferably slow tempo Read more »| 09 Aug 2008 -
Fest MagazineGeorge Orwell's Coming Up For Air
A sophisticated little number, but it would probably be best just to read the book, which isn’t too long itself Read more »| 09 Aug 2008 -
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Dance Base Presents...Parallel/Parallels
Initially baffling and more than a little silly, Parallel/Parallels ceases to be an opaque, confusing spectacle once the underlying concept is grasped. That ... Read more »| 09 Aug 2008 -
Fest MagazineShoppers Without Borders
A comedian dealing with the topic of co-habitation does a brilliant job of demonstrating why living in the same room as her might well be a strain. Read more »| 09 Aug 2008 -
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Company
A charming and thoroughly enjoyable production which does justice to Sondheim’s amusing award-winning musical Read more »| 09 Aug 2008