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 MagazineDoctor Whom? My Search for Samuel Johnson
Ten years of love and adulation for the eighteenth century lexicographer and essayist Samuel Johnson have brought David Benson to the Assembly Rooms stage to... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineCrush at Fringe Fest: Review
“Turn the other cheek?” scoffs the female protagonist of Paul Charlton’s new drama. “Jesus obviously never found his wife chatting to... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineBlondes
During the late 90s, Denise Van Outen was something of a national treasure among men of a certain age, perfectly representing that fun-loving, ‘one-of-... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
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Becoming Marilyn
“Goodbye, Norma Jeane...” sang Elton John, before another blonde 'Queen of Hearts' with an obsessive cult following replaced her. If we are to be... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
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Bane
Since the turn of the decade, style gurus have been adamant that the eighties are coming back with a bang. But, after the briefest of flirtations with leg-wa... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazinePrincess Cabaret
Anything involving several singing Australian women is apt to remind one of a Sheila’s Wheels advert. However with songs like: ‘I&rsq... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009
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Fest MagazineRich Hall's Campfire Stories
If you’ve ever seen a Rich Hall show, you’ll appreciate how hard it is to respond with anything other than hero worship. And with this maundering... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
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Craig Hill: 40 Love...?
If you ever find yourself wandering into a Craig Hill show, here’s a tip: don’t bother avoiding the front row. Nobody is safe from the ultra-camp... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
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Robin Ince: Bleeding-Heart Liberal
The angry, lefty, very pre-97 politics that pour forth in Robin Ince’s meandering show make it hard to believe that this bitter cynic has only just hit... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
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Lady Garden 2009 Review
Looking through the back-catalogue of press for Ladygarden, it becomes clear that this all-female sketch comedy troupe demand, for once, an unpatronising, un... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
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Jason Byrne: The Byrne Supremacy
Credit where it's due: Jason Byrne has a massive queue. 840 people long, to be precise. He also has one of the most ill-conceived, out of place, shoddily per... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
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Paul Zerdin
From Terry Hall and Lenny the Lion to Keith Harris and Orville the Duck, the British have always had a curious fascination with ventriloquism. There is, it s... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
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Des Bishop: Desfunctional
It's useful being from two places at once. Des Bishop was born in America, so he gets away with being sentimental in a way other comics can't. And he's lived... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
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Rich Hall
Best known on these shores as a deadpan and mostly taciturn presence on a million and one British panel shows, Rich Hall has been coming to the Fringe for ye... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
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Simon Amstell: Do Nothing
Amstell’s live show is a far cry from the taunting wit that pervades his television persona. A self-deprecating, intimate set mines the human condition... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009