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 MagazinePythonesque
Charting the formation of the most successful comedy sketch groups of all time in a one hour stage show is a tough gig. Equally tough is intertwining this st... Read more »| 23 Aug 2009 -
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Thankless Child
After distinguished service with Edinburgh University’s acclaimed ad lib comedy troupe The Improverts, Freya Slipper and Liz Black are used to producin... Read more »| 23 Aug 2009 -
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Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Return Letter to Richard Branson
A quick straw poll amongst most Britons will reveal a deep-seated dissatisfaction with our trains. Older generations would offer a eulogistic assessment, rec... Read more »| 23 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineTiernan Douieb, 28 Days Later
Tiernan Douieb’s promotional literature features himself surrounded by zombies. It looks almost as if, although scared, he is readying himself to reaso... Read more »| 23 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineForgotten Things
A dysfunctional family try to unravel their past in an attempt to discover where it all went wrong in this excellent, darkly humorous play by Red Ladder. Si... Read more »| 23 Aug 2009 -
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The 14th Tale
From its premise alone, The 14th Tale may seem like a tired fish-out-of-water story, relating the experiences of performance poet Inua Ellams, a Nigerian exp... Read more »| 23 Aug 2009
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Lilly Through The Dark
Lilly Through the Dark's defining characteristics could have hampered its success. A "grown-up fairytale", I feared childlike innocence would lose out to cyn... Read more »| 23 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineDavid Leddy's Susurrus
David Leddy’s audioplay should be available all year round at the Botanic Gardens as an alternative to the traditional audioguide that tells you about ... Read more »| 23 Aug 2009 -
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The Bite-Size'd 'Breakfast in Bedlam'
White Room Theatre returns to the Fringe for its third year of ‘Bite-Size Breakfast’ productions. Coffee, croissants and strawberries accompany a... Read more »| 23 Aug 2009 -
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The Return of Ulysses
Charles Trenet's 'La Mer' echos through the Playhouse, and seven dancers dressed in black begin a synchronised sequence in the darkness. White strip lighting... Read more »| 23 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineThe One and The Many
A man awaits a visit from the mother he has never met. His anxiety is such that he decides to go for a massage at the parlour on the high street. Little does... Read more »| 23 Aug 2009 -
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Destroy PowerPoint
For years, Gaffney has been trying to turn the mundane into the interesting through ‘sawn off’ short stories, and now his obsession with PowerPoi... Read more »| 23 Aug 2009 -
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Laura Solon: Rabbit Faced Story Soup
There's a lot riding on Laura Solon's new Fringe show. Having swept to surprise success in the Perrier Awards four years ago with her first outing here, a be... Read more »| 23 Aug 2009 -
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The Burning Question: Lloyd Langford
#5: What's so great about the Blues? Read more »| 23 Aug 2009 -
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Balloon Boutique
The most interesting children's tv programmes are always the weird ones. The ones that look as if they could only conceivably have been dreamed up by people ... Read more »| 23 Aug 2009