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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ComedyVladimir McTavish and Keir McAllister: Look at the State of Britain
Pleasingly wobbly camera work sets the scene for Look at the State of Britain, which plucks jokes from an apathetic nation on its sprint around the UK. Edin... Read more »| 21 Aug 2013 -
TheatreAlbion Forlorn @ C Venues Aquila
Albion Forlorn describes itself in its marketing as “a torch song for the state we’re in” but it was impossible to find anything in this sl... Read more »| 21 Aug 2013 -
TheatreHarder Please @ theSpace, Surgeon's Hall
A masochistic melodrama, Harder Please tells the tale of learning to love; of being the exploited in a world governed through exploitation. After all, surely... Read more »| 20 Aug 2013 -
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Abigoliah Schamaun: Subtle @ The Caves
Loveable sideshow nutjob Abigoliah Schamaun is back in Edinburgh with another in-your-face hour. Without a central theme, she has free reign to talk about he... Read more »| 20 Aug 2013 -
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Last Land / Il Gioco del Gregge di Capre @ Dancebase
Last Land evokes the vastness and slow rhythms of two landscapes: Antartica and the Bir Tawil desert between Sudan and Egypt, the last remaining Terra ... Read more »| 20 Aug 2013 -
TheatreTobacco Merchant's Lawyer @ Assembly Rooms
Set in Glasgow, 1775, the fortunes to be made from tobacco, slavery, and the moral compromises by lawyer Enoch Dalmellington which affect his bookish, 'dr... Read more »| 20 Aug 2013
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Comedy
Gareth Morinan is Playing the Numbers Game @ Banshee Labyrinth
It’s a brave move, to rely so heavily on technology, but Gareth Morinan is slick enough to make it work. His laptop feeds two screens as he regales fro... Read more »| 20 Aug 2013 -
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Doug Segal: I Can Make You a Mentalist @ Gilded Balloon Teviot
Through his past shows and television appearances, Doug Segal has proven his skills as a mind reader. This year, he wants to show you how to do it with a new... Read more »| 20 Aug 2013 -
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Nirbhaya @ Assembly Hall
'Nirbhaya' means 'Fearless,' the name the girl gang-raped on a Delhi bus in December 2012 was given by the press since her horrific ordeal and subsequent dea... Read more »| 20 Aug 2013 -
TheatreThe Worst of Scottee @ Assembly Box
Narrated through a camera placed in a photo booth, The Worst of Scottee is oddly reminiscent of a confessional Skype conversation with a very good friend. Th... Read more »| 20 Aug 2013 -
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No Place Like @ Zoo (Monkey House)
No Place Like is an intelligent piece exploring memory and the sense of alienation from the self and home. After all, what is home but an expression of our e... Read more »| 20 Aug 2013 -
Comedy
Paul Vickers: Twonkeys Blue Cadabra
How deep does the rabbit hole go? Several flights of stairs into the belly of Edinburgh – and that’s just the venue. Pay a visit to Twonkeys Blue... Read more »| 20 Aug 2013 -
Comedy
Rik Carranza: Rik 'n' Mix @ Laughing Horse, Espionage
You can’t get a cozier / more awkward space than Espionage’s Lizard Lounge, mainly because you’re crammed on sofas right in front of the pe... Read more »| 20 Aug 2013 -
Comedy
Simon Evans: Leashed @ The Stand
Tonight Simon dons a pair of glasses. His wife recommended he do it to show people that he does actually have eyes, not just small slits in his head. His con... Read more »| 20 Aug 2013 -
Theatre
One Step Before the Fall @ Zoo (Aviary)
One Step Before the Fall is a powerful piece exploring Muhammad Ali’s rise and fall – or something along those lines. Personally, the only link t... Read more »| 20 Aug 2013