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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TheatreMaking News @ Pleasance Courtyard
After the Jimmy Savile, Stuart Hall and George Entwistle controversies, the BBC can rest easy that Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky’s satirical comedy is e... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
ComedyRob Lloyd: Who, Me?
First up, David Tennant, if you're reading this, you look exactly like Rob Lloyd! It's time to gather round and release your inner geek. Put your inhibition... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
ComedyJohn Williams: My Son's Not Rainman
John Williams wants to dispel a myth – having an autistic child does not necessarily mean you've got a secret genius on your hands. His 11-year-old son... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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Grainne Maguire's One Hour All Night Election Special
It's 2.45pm on a rainy afternoon, and there's no better time to experience a love letter to everyone's favourite event in the political calendar: election ni... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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Say It Again, Sam @ Sweet
Say It Again, Sam is a live-action film noir that takes directly from the screen all the tropes you would associate with the genre: half-lighting, fedoras, p... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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Chris Coltrane: Compassion is Subversive
Chris Coltrane is back in Edinburgh with his second hour-long poke at our perfunctory political leanings. Unlike your average jobbing comic, his sights are s... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013
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TheatreThor of the Common Man @ TheSpace on North Bridge
Blessed by Tao, the creator of the universe, Thor is charged with the duty of being man's protector. A war rages between humans and demons, but Thor interven... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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I'm With the Band @ Traverse
Penned by the Olivier-nominated Tim Price, I’m With the Band is an exploration of dissipation of the UK with England, Ireland, Scotland and Whales repr... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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Who Wants to Kill Yulia Tymoshenko? @ Assembly Roxy
The imprisoned former Ukranian Prime Minister fights her case behind bars. Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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Titus Andronicus @ theSpace, Surgeon's Hall
Sometimes a dramatic setting change of a well-known work can go disastrously wrong but when it’s pulled off, it can be difficult to imagine the piece b... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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Collected Stories @ New Town Theatre
Collected Stories tells the story of two women, two writers, who take on a mentor/student relationship that lasts over the years. This acts as the basis that... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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Six Characters In Search Of An Author @ C
Six Characters In Search Of An Author was penned by Luigi Pirandello in 1921, and the performance starts with exactly what the title tells you: six name... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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Humans Inc @ C
The futuristic Humans Inc clearly borrows more than just a couple of ideas from Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, although it reverses the positions a little.&nbs... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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Titus Andronicus @ C Nova
When your company’s Fringe production has to compete with two other adaptations of the same play, there will inevitably be comparisons made between the... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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Rough Theatre @ Paradise In The Vault
If ever there was a venue that was made to house a Samuel Beckett production, it's Paradise At The Vault. Dark, bleak and basically underground it is the per... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013