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 MagazineLady Garden 2009 Review
Looking through the back-catalogue of press for Ladygarden, it becomes clear that this all-female sketch comedy troupe demand, for once, an unpatronising, un... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineJason Byrne: The Byrne Supremacy
Credit where it's due: Jason Byrne has a massive queue. 840 people long, to be precise. He also has one of the most ill-conceived, out of place, shoddily per... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
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Paul Zerdin
From Terry Hall and Lenny the Lion to Keith Harris and Orville the Duck, the British have always had a curious fascination with ventriloquism. There is, it s... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineDes Bishop: Desfunctional
It's useful being from two places at once. Des Bishop was born in America, so he gets away with being sentimental in a way other comics can't. And he's lived... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
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Rich Hall
Best known on these shores as a deadpan and mostly taciturn presence on a million and one British panel shows, Rich Hall has been coming to the Fringe for ye... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
ComedySimon Amstell: Do Nothing
Amstell’s live show is a far cry from the taunting wit that pervades his television persona. A self-deprecating, intimate set mines the human condition... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009
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Comedy
Reginald D Hunter: The Only Apple in the Garden of Eden and Niggas
Another year and another tenacious title. Not one to shy from controversy, Reginald D Hunter rather courts it, woos it and tries to stick his finger up its b... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
Comedy
A-Team - the musical
A-Team the Musical is better than you think it’s going to be. You’ve got all your classic A-Team elements in glorious cartoon extravagance. Cue ... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
Theatre
Durang/Durang
Consisting of three one act plays by Christopher Durang, this show might be best considered a sketch show instead of theatre in any sense – that is, if... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009 -
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Ava Vidal: Remember, Remember the 4th of November
Carving out a niche for oneself as a minority voice in stand-up can't be an easy task. Ava Vidal is one of the scene's very, very few black women and as such... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009 -
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JoJo Sutherland Stands Up For Herself
JoJo Sutherland has more than a few tales to tell in her stand-up routine. She grew up in a castle, her father was a WWII veteran and a celebrate... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009 -
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Barry & Stuart: Powered By Demons
<!-- @page { size: 21cm 29.7cm; margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } --> As the audience assembles, Barry and Stuart sit at a corner... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009 -
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Four Quarters
Contemporary dance is often seen as a murky art form, dense with pretensions and grand but clandestine themes. In the opening moments of Four Quarters, Isobe... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009 -
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Ed: The Musical
A stockbroker in need of a heart transplant and a rock star who needs a liver transplant meet in hospital. “Sounds like the start of a fabulous joke,&r... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009 -
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Art House
Art House tells the tale of a superlative artist who, in true maverick fashion, fakes her own death so that she may reap the posthumous acclaim guaranteed by... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009