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 MagazineThe Aluminum Show
An odd spectacle of dance and metal which will won't foil to excite Read more »| 03 Aug 2008 -
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Two Episodes of Mash
“Basically we’ll come out, do 11 sketches, then you guys will leave and we’ll go back behind the curtain.” That’s how Joe Wilki... Read more »| 03 Aug 2008 -
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Dan Atkinson - The Credit Crunch and Other Biscuits
Bounding onstage following a characteristically cynical short film introduction – documenting his own passage to manhood through the greed of the eight... Read more »| 03 Aug 2008 -
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Paul Kerensa
A humorously misguided tour through a year of music. Read more »| 03 Aug 2008 -
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Dannyfest
Replete with interactive gimmickry, Danny Robbins pitches up at this year’s Fringe with Dannyfest, the one-man version of that quintessential British s... Read more »| 03 Aug 2008 -
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P.I.E
Sherlock Holmes and Watson, Inspector Morse and Louis, Hercule Poirot and, well, his moustache: these crime-fighting duos and stalwarts of British televisual... Read more »| 03 Aug 2008
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Advance to Retreat
The new Retreat! festival promises to showcase the best in Edinburgh DIY pop and folk music. Read more »| 03 Aug 2008 -
Fest MagazineShout When Spoken To
Sweden's Shout Out Louds are the latest in a long line of quality pop groups to make the trip across the North Sea Read more »| 03 Aug 2008 -
Fest MagazineLloyd Woolf -- Ten Shows I Abandoned
It’s going to be no ordinary show when the comedian greets you at the door and asks how your day has been. The start of Lloyd Woolf’s performance... Read more »| 02 Aug 2008 -
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Reception
Jen Brister and Clare Warde are a funny, touching double act. Set in the "front line" of a radiology department – a kind of everydesk – these rec... Read more »| 02 Aug 2008 -
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Steve Williams
There’s a great deal of potential in a show title which evokes fond memories of the World Wrestling Federation’s most irreplaceable son. The Ulti... Read more »| 02 Aug 2008 -
Fest MagazineLady Garden
Watching a bunch of ex-drama students debuting at the Fringe, showcasing home-grown material, is unlikely to instill a great sense of anticipation. Everyone ... Read more »| 02 Aug 2008 -
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Guide to Sexual Misery
Wolfgang Weinberger’s Guide to Sexual Misery cuts a fine line between comedy and therapy. Weinberger, an Austrian version of Des O’Connor, invest... Read more »| 02 Aug 2008 -
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Joanna Neary at Fringe Review
It's often a mistake for a comedian to pretend to be nervous as part of their act. It's seems like a fertile furrow for comedy when you're in front of the ba... Read more »| 02 Aug 2008 -
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Ismo Leikola: Rogue State Finland
There's something that doesn't quite click about Rogue State Finland, but it's hard to say exactly what. Ismo Leikola is clearly a very funny man, and has to... Read more »| 02 Aug 2008