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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ComedyThe Impenetrable Click @ The Beehive
The Impenetrable Click is an apt name for this sketch group as at times the jokes are impenetrable and the performers don't click. However, there is some mer... Read more »| 10 Aug 2012 -
TheatreFaust/us @ Sweet Grassmarket
Our protagonist begins by lying on the floor, while the audience's attention is drawn towards two circular video screens at the back wall of the stage. These... Read more »| 10 Aug 2012 -
TheatreTreasure Island @ C Too
Stevenson’s adventure tale of intrigue, betrayal, and honour amongst pirates has always been sufficiently gripping to capture the imagination of childr... Read more »| 10 Aug 2012 -
TheatreCandida @ Assembly George Square
Candida is a brilliantly intelligent play by George Bernard Shaw exploring those ‘things people make themselves fools about’ such as maturity, de... Read more »| 10 Aug 2012 -
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Suite Hope @ Dance Base
Conceived of by Chiara Frigo, performed in conjunction with fellow Italian Maru Rivas Medina, Suite Hope packs a remarkable physical intensity that heightens... Read more »| 10 Aug 2012 -
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Juana in a Million @ Pleasance
Juana in a Million is one of the only shows at the Edinburgh Fringe which has been decades in the making - the theatrical product of the lives of immigrants.... Read more »| 10 Aug 2012
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Theatre
Fast Portraits @ Dance Base
Stretched Canvas Read more »| 10 Aug 2012 -
TheatreMachines for Living @ Zoo
Build, and it will ruin society Read more »| 10 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Nick Page: My Glorious Hypothetical Life As A Eunuch
Fast-talking Nick Page used to be the presenter of Escape To The Country before an interview he gave with the Radio Times allegedly got him sacked by the BBC... Read more »| 10 Aug 2012 -
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The Prize @ Underbelly
It's a winner Read more »| 10 Aug 2012 -
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Angels @ The Traverse
The most admirable and engaging aspect of Angels is the relentless physical and emotional energy spent by Iain Robertson as he throws himself around the sm... Read more »| 10 Aug 2012 -
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Bullet Catch @ The Traverse
One could very neatly compare the divergent aspects Bullet Catch maintains with that of high-level circus juggling; not a skill the show’s star Willia... Read more »| 10 Aug 2012 -
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Blink @ The Traverse
In truth Blink feels closer to an indie romcom movie than any other theatrical reference point. A good indie romcom though; something like Eagle vs Shark, ... Read more »| 10 Aug 2012 -
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All That Is Wrong @ Traverse
All That is Wrong is bold, honest and universally relatable. Dramatising the feelings of frustration which arise when one becomes aware of the world’s ... Read more »| 10 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Wil Hodgson: Care Bear Punk
Care Bear Punk is a greatest hits collection of material from Wil Hodgson's previous years at the Fringe. However, gone is his bright pink hair and Pat Butch... Read more »| 10 Aug 2012