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 MagazineJo Caulfield: Won't Shut Up!
Jo Caulfield has been in this business for a while, and it shows – for better and for worse. This is a measured, consistent, professional hour of stand... Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineJason Cook: Fear
"If you ever find yourself in an Arab prison...." Jason Cook, like most comedians, has his own onstage persona. Oddly, though, his spell in a Libyan jail fol... Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
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Midsummer
David Greig is a well-established force on the Scottish theatrical scene, and Midsummer, his collaboration with musician Gordon McIntyre, is a wonderful remi... Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineJarlath Reagan - Man of Very Little Mystery
On the first day of a new job, you would expect that allowances would be made for any small mistakes you might make. Similarly, in the world of stand-up, com... Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
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Bongo Club Cabaret Review
Hosted by the authentically decadent Dusty Limits, Bongo Club Cabaret serves as an incestuous showcase for a rotating bill of “desperately poor perform... Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
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Murder Mystery Musical
Murder Mystery Musical is a distinctly British affair. It tells the story of Morgan Tremain, a deceased pop impresario who summons his extended family (a hos... Read more »| 09 Aug 2009
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Daniel Sloss: Teenage Kicks Review
By now you've probably heard of Daniel Sloss. A precocious 18-year-old comedian hailing from Fife, his two-year apprenticeship under Frankie Boyle's wing has... Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
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Manband - They're Not a Boyband
The show's official Fringe programme entry describes Manband - They're Not a Boyband as “a musical (kind of),” a misleading declaration consideri... Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
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Clarxism
What a comedy show promises and what it delivers can be worlds apart. Des Clarke's Clarxism is apparently intended almost as a political manifesto, boldy set... Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
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An African Perspective: Westerners Calm Down!
It’s always a pleasure to see a comic whose jokes can span the nations, and Daliso Chaponda's certainly do that. This is made more impressive by his ch... Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
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Trainspotting
Transferring Irvine Welsh's frank, disturbing novel to the stage is no mean feat, particularly when it already comes with a hugely popular movie in tow. Fort... Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineBeyond Charlotte Square
The International Book Festival isn't Edinburgh's only literary offering this month. Ed Ballard checks out the bookish events taking place before the main event gets under way Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
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Leatherface
It’s every girlfriend’s nightmare: to come home, having been fired from your job, to find your man dressed up as the chief cannibal from The Texa... Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
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Sea Wall
Sea Wall is about as simple as theatre gets: one man on stage, talking unassumingly under minimal lighting. But thanks to Simon Stephens's measured, subtle s... Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
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Fear and Misery of the Third Reich
When originally performed, Brecht's play would no doubt have caused a stir – a series of vignettes outlining the fears and suspicions of everyday life ... Read more »| 09 Aug 2009