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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TheatreDivallusion with Christina Bianco and Velma Celli @ Assembly Checkpoint
Christina Bianco and Velma Celli star in an hour-long thrilling tribute to the grandes dames of pop, jazz and soul. In Divallusion, you can expect countless ... Read more »| 23 Aug 2014 -
TheatreSymphony @ Assembly George Square Gardens
Soho Theatre and nabokov’s musical piece Symphony has a lot going on. It features guitars, a juvenile story about a boy with asthma trying to pass his ... Read more »| 23 Aug 2014 -
ComedyFoil, Arms and Hog: Loch'd @ Underbelly
Firstly, kudos to the Underbelly worker organising the queue. After shouting Foil, Arms and Hog in the wrong order for some time he took his mistake with suc... Read more »| 22 Aug 2014 -
Comedy
B.J. Novak: One More Thing @ Assembly George Square
Looking every inch the stereotypical university arts lecturer, with the blazer, shirt and jeans combination donned in that nonchalant way, B.J. Novak ta... Read more »| 22 Aug 2014 -
Comedy
Ursula Burns: Get Divorced and Join the Circus @ The Stand
In the quiet Fringe venue of The Stand V early last Saturday afternoon, Ursula Burns takes the stage and launches into a gorgeous folk song complete with har... Read more »| 22 Aug 2014 -
Comedy
Sameena Zehra: Homicidal Pacifist @ The Stand
Describing herself as a pacifist trying to suppress her homicidal side, Sameena Zehra returns to the Fringe this year with a show based around her desire to ... Read more »| 22 Aug 2014
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Theatre
Working Title: The Orpheus Project @ C Too
NoMansTime Automatics brings a stylish performance to Edinburgh Fringe with Working Title: The Orpheus Project, which is set in a dystopian world where... Read more »| 22 Aug 2014 -
ComedyNancy Clench: Down Right Dirty @ Spotlites, The Merchant's Hall
The low ceiling in the Merchant's Hall basement cannot cramp Nancy Clench's style. After all, Nancy doesn't need her heels to be Scotland... Read more »| 22 Aug 2014 -
Comedy
Matt Roper: Wilfredo Deconstructed @ Heroes at the Hive
Looking like a monstrous twin of Julio Iglesias, Matt Roper's Wilfredo guides the audience to their seats with surprising hospitality. The music, provided by... Read more »| 22 Aug 2014 -
Comedy
Alistair Green: Nobody’s Twisting Your Arm @ The Stand Comedy Club
Alistair Green spends most of his show talking about his own personal failings and declares that he has pretty much given up. Some of his stories a... Read more »| 22 Aug 2014 -
Comedy
Alexis Dubus: Marcel Lucont Is @ Pleasance Dome
Details matter in characterisation. From the moment he steps on stage, the insouciance of Marcel Lucont is perfectly captured in the stride, posture and wine... Read more »| 22 Aug 2014 -
ComedySam Simmons: Death of a Sails-Man @ Underbelly Cowbarn
I’m not sure I have ever laughed as loudly or for as long as I did Friday night at Sam Simmons’ show in Bristo Square. The Austrailian comedian i... Read more »| 22 Aug 2014 -
Comedy
Candy GiGi: I'm Not Lonely @ The Hive
Candy Gigi is a force to be reckoned with. I’m Not Lonely is part of the Free Fringe at the Hive and is not for the faint of heart. It’... Read more »| 22 Aug 2014 -
Comedy
Abigoliah Schamaun: It’s Pronounced Abigoliah Schamaun @ Gilded Balloon
As far as crowds at a comedy show go, this was perhaps the most diverse I have been among and Abigoliah Schamaun certainly noticed it too, joking t... Read more »| 22 Aug 2014 -
Theatre
Signal Failure @ Underbelly, Cowgate
Sasha Ellen’s Signal Failure is a boy meets girl tale that finds beauty in the lonely lives of London’s commuters. The fact that the lion’s... Read more »| 22 Aug 2014