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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Barbershopera II
The Barbershopera formula hasn't changed much since last year. And why not – it's the formula that bagged them two Musical Theatre Matters awards. More... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
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One Up, One Down
The full-length mirrors and artificial lights of a shop fitting room set the scene for Gilmore Productions’ latest dance show One Up, One Down. A wry c... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
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Beggars Belief
Student theatre has its ups and downs, and this production is predictably no different. Fortunately, the ups conquer the downs as we follow a night in the li... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
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The Event
“Stop me if you've heard this one before,” announces an unidentified man from the stage. The audience remains mute and, true to the script's... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
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A Life in Three Acts
The format of Mark Ravenhill’s latest offering at the Edinburgh Fringe is more of an interview than a play; a three-part series of edited conversations... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
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FBI: Fairy Tale Bureau of Investigation
Mother Goose has been kidnapped. We all know the police are ill-equipped to cope with such testing circumstances. This is a job for the FBI: the Fairy T... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009
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Matthew Sharp in... Johnny's Midnight Goggles
"It's just a bit of pre-show music; carry on chatting" says Matthew Sharp, as the audience files in. "Get to know each other – it'll help when I start ... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
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Normality
Normality, a South African one-man play starring Pedro Kruger, is ostensibly an exploration into living with physical disability. Yet the play also questions... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
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The Gannet
The Gannet, from Fat Content Theatre Company, is a post-modern take on the Brothers Grimm classic Hansel and Gretel fairytale that began as an experiment in ... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
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Faith Healer
With the Fringe bulging obesely with single-performer shows, surely the Edinburgh International Festival could treat us to something a little less dour than ... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
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The Yellow Wallpaper
A single sheet of hideously unattractive yellow wallpaper and a sterile-looking single bed of the type that should only ever be seen in a hospital ward set t... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
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The Summer I Did the Leaving
A boy from a backward Irish village hits the road, and has all kinds of crazy drug experiences along the way – the basic plot of Aindrias De Staic&rsqu... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
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Simon Munnery's AGM09
A regular performer at the Fringe since 1994, Simon Munnery is legendary for his particular brand of comedy, taking the audience on an unpredictable and ofte... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
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Simon Brodkin: Still Not Himself
Since his last Edinburgh run, Simon Brodkin has written for and appeared in Al Murray's Multiple Personality Disorder. If working alongside one of the UK's m... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
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Rosa Waxes Lyrical
With accents somewhere between Borat and a Bond villain, Rosa Wax and her fantastically-named pianist partner Boris Longshlongadongski offer a riotous hour o... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009