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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Theatre
Dr Ledbetter's Experiment (skinnyfest 2)
In this Fringe debut from award-winning Irish company The Performance Corporation, it is easy to overlook the story of the play in favour of the subtle grand... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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How to Explain the History of Communism to Mental Patients SKINNYFEST 2
This flashily-titled absurdist play contains many striking elements: a beautifully simple and at times commanding set, compelling costumes and make-up, and s... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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My Name is Rachel Corrie (skinnyfest 2)
The image of Rachel Corrie is a potent one: a 23-year old young woman from Olympia, Washington, killed while trying to obstruct the path of an Israeli bulldo... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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C90 review - SkinnyFest 2
Daniel Kitson is not an easy man to get to know. Far happier in the shadows than in the mainstream, he refuses all offers of interviews and television. But t... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Allegience - SKINNYFEST 2
Just before the second performance of "Allegiance" begins an announcement is made over the Assembly speakers; "We would like to remind that you that smoking ... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Marlon Brando's Corset' = SKINNYFEST 2
To put it like an affable midwife, Guy Jones' script is a tad silly... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006
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Fest Magazine
Best of Irish Comedy - SkinnyFest 2
Headliner Owen O'Neill saves the show Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Mickey Dwyer's Festival Fumble - SkinnyFest 2
Everyone has had that one night of madness, right?The one that people keep for reference when you're about to make an arse of yourself again. They'll give yo... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Phil Kay review - SkinnyFest 2
Phil Kay is one shaggy dog of a comedian. Clad in ill-fitting corduroy and a big woolly jumper, he uses the same entrance to his set as the audience. Later, ... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Wil Anderson review - SkinnyFest
It's quite possible Wil Anderson is the most famous comedian at the Fringe that you've never heard of. A TV star and newspaper columnist in his native Austra... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Pulp Boy review - (SkinnyFest 2)
Terry Saunders hates Jenson Button – but then again, don't we all? Despite his recent success on the track, Button's annoyingly smug demeanour and his p... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Wil Hodgson review - SkinnyFest 2
One Best Newcomer nomination and a bundle of five-star reviews later, Wil Hodgson is still, inexplicably, playing to half-empty crowds. Tucked away in an odd... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Dance Base Show 1...Iskander, Curve Foundation, Karl Jay-Lewin & Michael Popper (skinnyfest 2) dance
In this diverse program of four, it is the charged atmosphere, the delicate use of pace and pause found in 'It's About Time', that captures your attention. ... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Aeneas Faversham review - SkinnyFest 2
The absurd logic of the Victorian psyche is superbly sourced in this bright sketch show by the players of The Penny Dreadfuls. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Rich Hall review - SkinnyFest 2
Nobody with a soul can claim to dislike re-heated pizza, but on the other hand only a paltry few will claim that it tastes better than one that's straight fr... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006