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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Theatre24Weeks @ Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
Tatty Pants' bold story of community spirit in the face of oppressive anti-abortion policies is brimming with untapped potential Read more »| 13 Aug 2025 -
ComedySLUGS @ Summerhall
Oozing with humanity and powered by sheer chaos, Sam Kruger and S. E. Grummett offer an impish and eccentric antidote to the horrors of modern life Read more »| 13 Aug 2025 -
ComedyMarjolein Robertson @ Pleasance Dome
Marjolein Robertson's third instalment of her self-titled trilogy provides more of the Shetland comic's whimsy, wonder and straight-up weirdness Read more »| 13 Aug 2025 -
ComedyAmanda Dwyer @ The Stand
Amanda Dwyer’s I Did Something Bad chronicles her experiences with miscarriage and sexual assault, blending raw honesty with disarming wit – and somehow tying it all back to Taylor Swift Read more »| 13 Aug 2025 -
ComedyDirty Work @ Underbelly Cowgate
Jessica Barton's clowning take on Mary Poppins, Dirty Work showcases an artist in control of her craft – and her audience Read more »| 13 Aug 2025 -
ComedyShalaka Kurup @ Pleasance Courtyard
Shalaka Kurup’s Edinburgh Fringe debut presents an hour of self-aware comedy about yearning: to be the main character, to have a diagnosis, and to make sense of life’s odder turns Read more »| 13 Aug 2025
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ComedyJazz Emu @ Pleasance Dome
Archie Henderson’s Jazz Emu stage persona isn’t an easy cocktail to perfect, but he mixes musical, character and standup elements with aplomb Read more »| 13 Aug 2025 -
ComedyCat Cohen @ Pleasance Courtyard
In an excellent return to the Edinburgh Fringe, Cat Cohen offers a newfound vulnerability alongside her ironic flamboyance and camp narcissism Read more »| 13 Aug 2025 -
ComedyTrygve Wakenshaw and Barnie Duncan @ Underbelly Cowgate
Hot Chips is an hour of joyful mime-clown improv from Trygve Wakenshaw and Barnie Duncan Read more »| 12 Aug 2025 -
ComedyBarnie Duncan @ Assembly Roxy
Barnie Duncan's debut solo hour Oooky Pooky is a show of dualities, and a mixture of hits and misses Read more »| 12 Aug 2025 -
ComedyAlan Resnick @ Monkey Barrel
Alan Resnick's Fringe debut is an hour of stand-up as a Trojan horse for something else entirely Read more »| 12 Aug 2025 -
ComedySamia Rida @ Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
Samia Rida's true story of her kidnapping offers endless potential, but falls awkwardly into the gap between comedy and drama Read more »| 12 Aug 2025 -
ComedyUrooj Ashfaq @ Monkey Barrel
Urooj Ashfaq makes a triumphant return to Edinburgh with a baddie manifesto packed with fanfic delusions, astrology, and butt problems Read more »| 12 Aug 2025 -
ComedySu Mi @ Underbelly Cowgate
An extraordinary clowning persona and a glorious reclaiming of space, Su Mi throws the rules of respectability out the window in their debut Fringe show Read more »| 12 Aug 2025 -
ComedyMolly McGuinness @ Monkey Barrel
Slob is a loveable and authentic debut hour from Mancunian comedian Molly McGuinness Read more »| 12 Aug 2025