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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ComedyDemi Lardner: Birds with Human Lips @ Gilded Balloon
Demi Lardner is a good comic. She has the insight, courage and verve to be a great comic, but that will come with time. The idiosyncratic Aussie is in town f... Read more »| 27 Aug 2014 -
ComedyPaul Foot: Hovercraft Symphony in Gammon # Major @ Underbelly
Paul Foot is a frenetic and scrawny basket case, which he makes clear before even getting onstage. He’s at his best when it feels the most unscripted, ... Read more »| 27 Aug 2014 -
Comedy
Rachel Fairburn: All the Fun of the Fairburn (Rachel Fairburn) @ Laughing Horse, Jekyll and Hyde
When stood beside a stack of children's colouring books, wearing a bright t-shirt and little red bauble earrings, it would be easy to be deceived by Rac... Read more »| 27 Aug 2014 -
Comedy
Derek Johnston: A Day Oot! @ The Stand
We all love a story we can relate to, and it’s this that Fife comedian Derek Johnston is counting on in his Fringe show. He takes us on a family r... Read more »| 27 Aug 2014 -
ComedyThe Grandees: BaBoom! @ Underbelly
As the audience streams into the room, they are greeted by one of The Grandees – in a fat suit, suspenders, and a bald cap, handing out digestives. Thi... Read more »| 27 Aug 2014 -
Comedy
Twins @ Blind Poet
Twin silly smarty-pants sketch comics put on a funny show, heavy on the shrugs. Masterfully weaving self-effacing characters with irreverent banter and ... Read more »| 27 Aug 2014
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Comedy
Craig Campbell: Thrilling Mic Hunt @ The Stand
The only thing gentle about Campbell's current show is its introduction. From there on in it's a hilarious, engaging and fantastically loud experience.T... Read more »| 27 Aug 2014 -
Comedy
Dave Callan: A Little Less Conversation @ Assembly Roxy
A Little Less Conversation may seem reminiscent of school dance shows, but it does come with with slightly more risqué moves, Beyoncé, sur... Read more »| 27 Aug 2014 -
ComedyCariad and Louise’s Character Hour @ The Counting House
It’s astonishing to think that this show was cobbled together by Cariad Lloyd in just a couple of days after her comedy partner Louise Ford was called ... Read more »| 26 Aug 2014 -
Comedy
Sara Pascoe vs History @ Assembly 2
Sara Pascoe's latest Edinburgh fringe show is engaging, entertaining and genuinely enlightening. But it is also an incredibly slow burner.It's important not ... Read more »| 26 Aug 2014 -
Comedy
Josh Howie: AIDS: A Survivor’s Story @ Canon’s Gait
If you laugh at someone saying ‘AIDS’ over and over, you’ll be in for lots of it. Josh Howie’s stand up show for this year&rsquo... Read more »| 26 Aug 2014 -
Comedy
Jasper Cromwell Jones: This is Not a Holiday (Joe Bor) @ Just the Tonic at the Caves
Jasper Cromwell Jones is not on holiday. Back from his mountain climbing misadventures, Jasper's next trip is of a more personal nature. He sets out to the A... Read more »| 25 Aug 2014 -
Comedy
Spencer Jones is The Herbert @ Heroes at the Hive
It might be Spencer Jones, but there's a possibility that Herbert is a street performer who has stared into the abyss. The bustle of the Royal Mile is visibl... Read more »| 24 Aug 2014 -
Videos
Come Fringe Yourself with Tom Stade – Episode 7
Tom Stade hosts Episode 7 (The Horror episode) of Come Fringe Yourself, a chat show (are we still calling this a chat show?) filmed at the Edinburgh Fri... Read more »| 24 Aug 2014 -
Theatre
Red Tap/Blue Tiger @ Assembly Roxy
Albion Company’s Red Tap/Blue Tiger begins baldly, with main character Norton just having beaten his mother into a coma and seething over the news that... Read more »| 23 Aug 2014