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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TheatreTam O'Shanter @ Assembly Hall
The acclaimed company Communicado is back at full throttle: reminiscent of the legendary 7:84 company, many of the cast can sing, dance and play a tune on tr... Read more »| 07 Aug 2012 -
ComedyJem Brookes: Thumbs Up
The affable, and often a bit awkward, Jem Brookes invites you to join him for a pint or two, while he chats up the audience and dishes out one-liners. Having... Read more »| 07 Aug 2012 -
TheatreCamille Claudel @ The Pleasance Courtyard
This is a play about love, genius, abandonment and madness, the bittersweet but ultimately tragic story of Rodin's model and mistress, a sculptor in her own ... Read more »| 07 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Colour Ham: The Colour Ham
On paper, a show promising a mix of magic, mind reading and “silliness” sounds like a really bad day at a really lame circus, but the trio of Kev... Read more »| 07 Aug 2012 -
Theatre
The Prize @ Underbelly
I can't lie, I did expect The Prize to be full of the now perfectly over familiar London 2012 babble in the newspapers and across the TV. Fortunately The Pri... Read more »| 07 Aug 2012 -
Theatre
Michael Neto - UPCLOSE @ The Vault
Beginning his show as a bumbling and unhinged scientist, Michael Neto wanders on stage and with the help of two audience members and a vial of ominous fluid,... Read more »| 07 Aug 2012
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Comedy
Helen Arney: Voice Of An Angle
Helen Arney's solo show Voice of an Angle is a warm, witty and charming blend of comedy, music and science. The title is no typo, but a maths pun that set... Read more »| 07 Aug 2012 -
ComedyNaomi Paul: Reshape While Damp
In 2011 Naomi Paul brought an earlier incarnation of Reshape While Damp to the Fringe, but at that time it was a dual monologue with Jenny Stokes performing ... Read more »| 07 Aug 2012 -
ComedyJack Barry & Patrick Turpin: Your New Mild Friends
An uneven double bill of stand up. First up is young Jack Barry. Cursed with two first names, Barry is as affable as his show’s title would suggest. Be... Read more »| 07 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Craig Ricci Shaynak: I Am Google
Just imagining Google as a living, breathing being is a great joke with endless possibilities, and so, there are very few things American character actor Cra... Read more »| 07 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Kevin Shepherd: Thus Spoke Kev @ Captain Taylor's Coffee House
The work of notoriously opaque German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche might not sound like a laugh but don’t worry, knowledge of his work isn’t r... Read more »| 07 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Derek Ryan: Time Lord @ Captain Taylor's Coffee House
As a man who has been late for everything in his adult life, Derek Ryan starts by confessing that maybe he’s not the best person to listen to about tim... Read more »| 07 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Hurt and Anderson: Scenes of a Vignette-ish Nature @ The Three Sisters
This is one of the most frustrating experiences at the Fringe. It's not fair to judge a free show on the venue, but sweet Jesus this is h... Read more »| 06 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Firenado: The Sketch Show
Andy Higson & Stephen Matthew are lovely. They are also Firenado, a sketch duo from the north of England at the Fringe for the first time, but what comes... Read more »| 06 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Eddie Pepitone: Bloodbath
Eddie Pepitone appreciates the absurdity of a 53-year old man crossing the Atlantic just so he can shout at strangers in a basement. Pepitone appreciates t... Read more »| 06 Aug 2012