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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ComedyClaudia O'Doherty: The Telescope
What is The Telescope? Well, it's a cursed instrument that allows people to communicate across time, but it's also a McGuffin in O'Doherty's daring attempt... Read more »| 08 Aug 2012 -
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Nick Mohammad: Mr Swallow
The excellent character comedian Nick Mohammad has decided to limit himself to just the one character here, and it does feel like he's a little restrained. M... Read more »| 08 Aug 2012 -
ComedyKristine Levine: Fat Whore
Doug Stanhope has been bigging up Levine for a while now and it's easy to see why. There's a mixture of filth, intelligence, funniness and a massive helpin... Read more »| 08 Aug 2012 -
ComedyRaymond Mearns: Rock N' Roll Comedian - The Therapy Sessions
If you wander along the Grassmarket in the afternoon or early evening you may very well be offered some free therapy by Raymond Mearns. You’d do well t... Read more »| 08 Aug 2012 -
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Ben Verth: Alsatian and Chips
The all new Scottish Comedy Festival in The Beehive Inn is almost certainly what the Edinburgh Fringe is all about. A few cosy rooms upstairs in a pub more... Read more »| 08 Aug 2012 -
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Mace and Burton: Heartbreak Hotel
As anyone will tell you, relationships are hard. Lizzie Mace & Juliette Burton are thankfully here to help. Their “Heartbreak Hotel” is a pla... Read more »| 08 Aug 2012
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Theatre
Lady M @ C ECA
If you have ever skipped to the footnotes, this one-woman show is for you. Dutch performer Anne Marie de Bruijn's sweetly bonkers persona lulls you in, befor... Read more »| 08 Aug 2012 -
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99.9 Degrees / Don Juan @ C ECA
Jackinabox , the young theatre troupe based in York, have written and adapted this piece especially for the Fringe. There is no doubting their energy and com... Read more »| 08 Aug 2012 -
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GOD (Grumpy Old Dancers) / A Beautiful Hell @ Dance Base
''Oh, hello, boys and girls... would you like to hear a story?'' Thus begins the loveably eccentric pairing that is Alan Greig and Andy Howitt, but there ain... Read more »| 08 Aug 2012 -
ComedyJoz Norris is Matt Fisher: Überperson
A short run at the fringe is often a safe bet. It allows most acts to enjoy the festival, sample the atmosphere and not take the huge financial risks of the ... Read more »| 08 Aug 2012 -
ComedyMichael Pope is Gay for Pay
It's only fair to start by saying this show has been miscategorised. Pope paints a picture, tells a story, pulls at your rain-soaked, invariably heavy hea... Read more »| 08 Aug 2012 -
Theatre
What the Folk! - National Folk Theatre of Ireland @ Dance Base
With all the famed wit, verve, hospitality, and gift-of-the-gab of the Irish, not least a cup of tea and a piece of cake (Oh go on, go on), this is a dance ... Read more »| 08 Aug 2012 -
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Lauren Shearing and Sarah Pearce: Bad Advice
All the unreasonable buffoons in the world still moaning about the lack of good female comedians should probably shut up and check out these two funny ladies... Read more »| 08 Aug 2012 -
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Sajeela Kershi: Regret-Me-Nots
It’s a very small crowd that gathers for the lovely Sajeela Kershi’s show about regrets, but she makes the best of it, inviting us to sit in the ... Read more »| 08 Aug 2012 -
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The Beta Males in...The Space Race
So I might be biased because they picked me for the dance and gave me a prize. But they promptly took it away again, yet the five stars still stand. Such is... Read more »| 08 Aug 2012