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 MagazineDomestic Godley
Janey Godley certainly seems to have led a colourful life: she grew up in Glasgow’s deprived East End, married into a gangster family at the age of 18 ... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
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Pete Firman: FlimFlam
The problem with stage magic is that once you've seen one trick you've seen them all. Raised on a diet of large-scale showmen like David Copperfield, Criss ... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
Fest MagazineI Think, You Stink and Other Sad Tales...
The cast of I Think, You Stink begin by hypnotizing the audience to mentally prepare us for the morbid goings-on we are about to witness. “Welcome to t... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
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Scratch: The Reduced Edinburgh Fringe Impro Show
Five comedians and a pianist hear the words “Hitler Alone” and immediately leap onto the stage to improvise a fabulously hilarious all singing, a... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
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I Love You Bro
Based on real events in Greater Manchester in 2003, I Love You Bro is a dark, disquieting tale of sexual fixation and the enormous power of the internet as a... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
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Umbrella Birds
One of the curses of the festival is that a town one twentieth the size of London struggles to accommodate the hundreds of venues required. As a result you e... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008
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Fest MagazineDark Grumblings
The glimmers of comic interest do little to rescue this overly-noisy and generally aggravating show Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
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Pegabovine: Polite Club
Davis Wateracre is one of the few comedians who will greet you at the door with a shake of the hand and an enquiry as to how you have been keeping. It is to ... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
Fest MagazineIdiots of Ants 2008
Why Idiots of Ants have been put on in the ghastly Pleasance Beside (read: portakabin) is anyone's guess. For a start, there's the logistical problem. A four... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
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The Tell-Tale Heart
Latecomers are strictly not admitted in this almost word-for-word adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s much-studied short story, and moments in we see why. ... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
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Mark Allen's Pet Project
Dave Gorman has a lot to answer for. His Googlewhack adventure was more than just a comedy show, it was an inspiration to joke-starved comedians everywhere. ... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
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Sushi Tap Show
Out of time and out of ideas, Sushi Tap Show make a very uninspiring Fringe debut Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
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Nicholas Parsons’ Happy Hour
As Nicholas Parsons saunters onstage in grey slacks, a scarlet blazer and a pair of impeccably shined loafers, he resembles nothing so much as an ageing Butl... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
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Fiona O'Loughlin
Not long after making her entrance, Fiona O'Loughlin professes to being too lazy to write jokes, preferring instead to tell stories about her non-showbusines... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
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Kiddy-Fiddler on the Roof
Now, I know Festival shows are notorious for picking names based on their shock factor, but this is just ridiculous. If there was a Perrier award for the mos... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008