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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Maeve Higgins: Kitten Brides
Since her appearance on Irish hit reality show Naked Camera—a sort of Trigger Happy TV affair—Maeve Higgins has become something of a celebrity i... Read more »| 12 Aug 2008 -
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Jonathan Mills Q&A
What is your earliest childhood memory?Playing in the garden of a friend’s farm in South West of Sydney and encountering a tiger snake. What is the wo... Read more »| 12 Aug 2008 -
Fest MagazineFor the TEAM
From our overseas vantage point, there's an image of America many of us share. It's one of polarisation; a nation fundamentally divided in terms of political... Read more »| 12 Aug 2008 -
Fest MagazineMatt Kirshen - Keep Smiling, Matt. Just Keep Smiling.
Fast-paced short-arse comes back from America without losing his touch Read more »| 12 Aug 2008 -
Fest MagazineFaking it with the Ladyboys
On the way to my first ever Lady Boys show I’m looking forward to witnessing something wayward and grotesque. Rumour has it they're disconcertingly bea... Read more »| 12 Aug 2008 -
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Another Side of The Mirror
75-year old Fringe veteran Lynn Ruth Miller relates stories of her life and the lessons she has learned over the years in this heartwarming monologue. She t... Read more »| 12 Aug 2008
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Fest MagazineThe British Ambassador's Belly Dancer
The scandalous love affair between Craig Murray, the disgraced British Ambassador to Uzbekistan, and Nadira Alieva, an Uzbek belly dancer who returned with h... Read more »| 12 Aug 2008 -
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Dance Base Presents - Enclosure 44
A human enclosure makes a fun addition to Edinburgh Zoo, and an excuse for a fine day out Read more »| 12 Aug 2008 -
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Heckle Off - Isy Suttie and Danielle Ward
Two top female comics at the Fringe get their claws out and prepare for battle Read more »| 12 Aug 2008 -
Comedy
Clarke's Column at Edinburgh Fringe: Review
Scottish comedian Des Clarke brings his unique perspective to all things Fringe in this first of three columns Read more »| 12 Aug 2008 -
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Simon Munnery's AGM 2008
Simon Munnery has established himself over the past few years as one of the most delightfully esoteric acts on the Fringe. He’s a real comic’s co... Read more »| 11 Aug 2008 -
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Braw or Naw: Diet of Worms
Irish sketch group Diet of Worms cast their critical eye over what's braw and what's naw at this year's Fringe. Read more »| 11 Aug 2008 -
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Out and about with... Enda Walsh
Enda Walsh, the writer and director of the Fringe-first winning play, New Electric Ballroom, tells us which shows he's looking forward to seeing this August Read more »| 10 Aug 2008 -
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The Wilders
Country music, guys ‘n’ gals, is alive and well and living in Kansas City, Missouri. While such a revelation might not come as an complete surpri... Read more »| 10 Aug 2008 -
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Loud is Always Better
The Twilight Sad might just be Scotland's most exciting band. Front man James Graham thinks so at least, as Chris McCall finds out. Read more »| 10 Aug 2008