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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ComedyTom Goodliffe: All in Good Time
Affable, amiable, lovable, friendly, are some of the adjectives Tom Goodliffe says have been used to describe him, and it’s difficult to disagree. Th... Read more »| 13 Aug 2012 -
TheatreAmusements @ Summerhall
The set-up for the show is that the audience wear radio-controlled headphones. An actress appears, and we are told we are going on a virtual / internal journ... Read more »| 13 Aug 2012 -
ComedyStewart Lee: Carpet Remnant World
Stewart Lee is indisputably one of the best. There’s just no argument, is there? You might not like him, but that doesn’t change the fact. Should... Read more »| 13 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Steve Gribbin: Viva Gribbostania!
Watching Steve Gribbin live is a bit like watching your dad tell jokes. It can be quite embarrassing. But to be fair, Gribbin probably has a lot better m... Read more »| 13 Aug 2012 -
Theatre
Statements After An Arrest Under The Immorality Act @ Assembly Hall
Nothing about a sexual relationship between two people who are in love seems immoral. At first. During the course of Statements, there are small revelat... Read more »| 13 Aug 2012 -
ComedyTrevor Noah: The Racist
Trevor Noah’s Fringe debut is far more playful than the provocative title might suggest. The South African comic riffs on established cultural stereoty... Read more »| 13 Aug 2012
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Comedy
Nick Doody: Look At This Massive Picture Of My Face
The description in the programme of this show is gloriously vague. There's not even one single 'As seen on Russell Howard's Good News' in sight! So, what on ... Read more »| 13 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Rich Peppiatt: One Rogue Reporter
Rich Peppiatt is a former Daily Star reporter who you might remember publically resigned with an exceptionally pointed open letter to Star editor Richard Des... Read more »| 13 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Mace and Burton: Rom Com Con
Lizzy Mace and Juliette Burton have watched a hell of a lot of romantic comedies. Last year, in a paranoid panic that they they might be the only single wom... Read more »| 13 Aug 2012 -
ComedyEmerald Smiles
Emerald Smiles is the collective term for Irish comedians Danny O'Brien, Rory O'Hanlon and Trevor Browne. O'Brien is tonight's compere, with his accounts of... Read more »| 13 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Sarfraz Manzoor: The Boss Rules
Some people have heroes; people they admire, look up to, and even try to emulate sometimes. But I’d never seen living proof of it ‘til now. For e... Read more »| 13 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Jarlath Regan: The Audacity of Hope and the Inspirational Stupidity of Perseverance
There is something about the Assembly Rooms that makes it harder for the comedians to get a laugh. Maybe it’s the distinct lack of comedy club atmosphe... Read more »| 13 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Jigsy
Set in the late 90s, Jigsy is the story of an old, tired comic on his last legs, jobbing the working men’s club circuit in Liverpool. Think of it as a ... Read more »| 13 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Bridget Christie: War Donkey
The only performer yet to mess with the Assembly Rooms’ compulsory pre-show atmosphere-murdering fire safety announcement, Bridget Christie had me with... Read more »| 13 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Joel Dommett - Nunchuck Silver Medallist 2002
Someone keep an eye out for Joel Dommett, because if he performs every show, every day with as much fast-paced energy as he does tonight, he might just run o... Read more »| 13 Aug 2012