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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TheatreCadre @ Traverse
Written by Omphile Molusi and performed by Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Cadre explores a young man's journey through the apartheid in South Africa &ndas... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
ComedyBruce Fummey - My Afro Celtic Angst @ Laughing Horse Comedy
For about an hour, Bruce Fummey lets the audience in on an experience not many have lived through—growing up as pretty much the only mixed-race ki... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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35MM: A Musical Exhibition @ Bedlam Theatre
For a depressingly large chunk of the population, musicals are represented by BBC talent shows featuring Andrew Lloyd Webber on a throne, and the suggestion ... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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Northanger Abbey @ Gryphon Venues at the Point Hotel
The very nature of the Fringe forces companies to downsize, to get creative and to turn a little into a lot. Over at the Gryphon Venues, the Box Tale Soup du... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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Speak No Evil @ The Merchant’s Hall
And so we must speak. Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
TheatreOne Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest @ TheSpace on Niddry St
It’s never easy to perform in the shadow of an all-time classic. Certain expectations are immediately present in the minds of the audience and it can b... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013
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TheatreMaking News @ Pleasance Courtyard
After the Jimmy Savile, Stuart Hall and George Entwistle controversies, the BBC can rest easy that Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky’s satirical comedy is e... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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Rob Lloyd: Who, Me?
First up, David Tennant, if you're reading this, you look exactly like Rob Lloyd! It's time to gather round and release your inner geek. Put your inhibition... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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John Williams: My Son's Not Rainman
John Williams wants to dispel a myth – having an autistic child does not necessarily mean you've got a secret genius on your hands. His 11-year-old son... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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Grainne Maguire's One Hour All Night Election Special
It's 2.45pm on a rainy afternoon, and there's no better time to experience a love letter to everyone's favourite event in the political calendar: election ni... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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Say It Again, Sam @ Sweet
Say It Again, Sam is a live-action film noir that takes directly from the screen all the tropes you would associate with the genre: half-lighting, fedoras, p... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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Chris Coltrane: Compassion is Subversive
Chris Coltrane is back in Edinburgh with his second hour-long poke at our perfunctory political leanings. Unlike your average jobbing comic, his sights are s... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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Thor of the Common Man @ TheSpace on North Bridge
Blessed by Tao, the creator of the universe, Thor is charged with the duty of being man's protector. A war rages between humans and demons, but Thor interven... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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I'm With the Band @ Traverse
Penned by the Olivier-nominated Tim Price, I’m With the Band is an exploration of dissipation of the UK with England, Ireland, Scotland and Whales repr... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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Who Wants to Kill Yulia Tymoshenko? @ Assembly Roxy
The imprisoned former Ukranian Prime Minister fights her case behind bars. Read more »| 22 Aug 2013