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 MagazineBurn
Loosely based upon Jean Paul Sartre’s No Exit, Burn is a play about sin, religion and man’s inhumane treatment of one another. "Hell is other pe... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
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Emma
Amid the cacophony of boundary pushing, risqué, and downright bizarre productions available at the Fringe, audiences can breathe a sigh of relief and ... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineDiaspora
More than 200 million migrants exist around the world today, a number that is steadily rising by the year. Epic multi-media performance Diaspora intelligentl... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
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The Muffia: Tight Women
If the girls from The Muffia were your mates you would be pissing yourself. Their show is made up of the kind of skits, rants and songs that are bloody hyste... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
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Carl Donnelly: Relax Everyone, It's Carl Donnelly!
He’s tried edgy – that didn’t work. He’s tried topical – that didn’t work either. But in today’s incarnation, Carl ... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
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Andrew O'Neill: Occult Comedian
Entering the stage to the ominous sounds of Norwegian black metal, Andrew O'Neill looks rather outlandish in his denim skirt, tight 'Feminist'-emblazoned t-s... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009
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All That Gomez
Marga Gomez is an established American comedian with a very specific schtick – that of "America's most wanted Latina lesbian comic." She finds a lot of... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
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Gagarin Way Review by Sarah Clark
Gagarin Way takes its title from a street in Fife named after the Russian astronaut Yuri Gagarin and is evocatively indicative of an area infamous for its ra... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
Comedy
Rosie Wilby: The Science Of Sex
Rosie Wilby takes a scientific approach to attraction, relationships, why we go off relationships, and love. As interesting as this approach is, I was ... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
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Optimism
There’s a point, just as the opening act is coming to a close, when Optimism brings to mind the wickedly snobbish joke: What’s the difference bet... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineBig Mac
Highly creative at times, this adaptation of Macbeth by pupils from Magdalen College School in Oxford, is unfortunately unable to progress beyond the status ... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineThe Petty Concerns of Luke Wright
It's normally a sign of the most unbearable self-indulgence for any artist to write material on the pressures of fame. Fortunately, comedian and performance ... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
Comedy
Hannah Gadsby - Kiss Me Quick I'm Full of Jubes
Testament to some militant flyering and enthusiastic vocal endorsement by producer Adam Hills, Hannah Gadsby’s show is packed. Thank God the venue is f... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
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RAW
Two Matrix-style bodyguards stand fiercely at the entrance and inside, the room flashes and vibrates with strobes and pumping bass lines, setting the scene f... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
ComedyAdventure Incorporated
The three performers of Adventure Incorporated have plenty of funny bones in their bodies and they are good improvisers, energetic and quick witted. Their im... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009