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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ComedyRob Beckett: Rob Beckett's Summer Holiday
Family is always a great source for comedy, unless you’re one of those weirdos with a completely functional one. The amiable Rob Beckett, a relative ne... Read more »| 13 Aug 2012 -
ComedyMichelle de Swarte
Fate seems to have conspired to make Michelle De Swarte a comedian. Life has handed her plenty of material to work with, being as she is a Jewish-Jamaican bi... Read more »| 13 Aug 2012 -
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The Improvised Musical @ C
No Shoes Theatre present to you the “make your own musicals” kit. You choose the props, you choose the setting, you choose the title, you even ch... Read more »| 13 Aug 2012 -
ComedyRobert Coyle and Andrew Gilmore: One Track Minds
As I left Fiddlers Elbow I thought "I hope I don't drop my notebook on the way home" because the first entry in my notes read "Porn ring – 7 years ol... Read more »| 13 Aug 2012 -
ComedyChris Dangerfield: Sex Tourist
Under the arches, dapper in three piece suit, and free from a microphone, Dangerfield lets us know what’s coming. A couple had walked out the previous... Read more »| 13 Aug 2012 -
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Gemma Arrowsmith: Defender of Earth
Using an ever increasing smorgasbord of prop-free character performances Arrowsmith attempts to convey everything that is worth (and not so worth) saving abo... Read more »| 13 Aug 2012
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Phill Jupitus: You're Probably Wondering Why I've Asked You Here
T'was a mature and well-behaved crowd packing out The Stand on a muggy Saturday for Phil Jupitus – perhaps too mature and well-behaved for a gig that i... Read more »| 13 Aug 2012 -
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Ubu Roi @ Oran Mor
It’s impossible not to think of Alfred Jarry’s Ubu plays without using the 's' word, so let’s get it dispensed with right now: Surrealism. ... Read more »| 13 Aug 2012 -
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Educating Rita @ Theatre Royal
Of course, I had my reservations - a man name-checked for being quintessentially naff by indie legends Half Man Half Biscuit alongside Lindsay 'Our Linz' Cor... Read more »| 13 Aug 2012 -
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The Makropulos Case @ Edinburgh Festival Theatre
What's the price for eternal youth? Read more »| 13 Aug 2012 -
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The Lonely One @ Underbelly
A tale of fear using puppetry, shadow and light manipulation Read more »| 13 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Dead Cat Bounce: Howl of the She-Leopard
How can you parody something as inherently silly as glam rock? Well, try and make it even more daft I suppose. That’s exactly what Dead Cat Bounce do h... Read more »| 13 Aug 2012 -
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How A Man Crumbled @ Summerhall
If it's Friday, it must be time for absurdism. Read more »| 13 Aug 2012 -
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Faust/us @ Sweet Grassmarket
Memory Tapes Read more »| 13 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Aaaand Now for Something Completely Wireless
Racing Minds held the audience kindly and confidently from the very start of this hour-long improvised 1950s radio show. Gentle but not overdone in-charact... Read more »| 13 Aug 2012