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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Fest MagazineTrevor Lock: Some Kind of Fool
Trevor Lock would have you believe that he doesn’t know the difference between a mouse and a vagina. But that’s just his type of comedy. It&rsquo... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineSarah Millican
The differences between men and women form a comedy subject that has been endlessly plundered. Thankfully, Sarah Millican breathes fresh life int... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
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David O'Doherty Review
Ever since Phil Nichol took the If.comedy award in 2006, winning the unofficial Oscar of comedy has become something of a mixed blessing. Of course, receivin... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
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Richard Herring: Hitler Moustache
Richard Herring strides into the lights to the sound of Wagner's 'Ride of the Valkyries', adjusts his side-swept hair, and allows us to take in the square of... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
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The Hotel
So Mark Watson is now doing promenade theatre. Except he's not, really. Because Mark Watson's Hotel, might involve walking, it might involve location-specifi... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineLuck
Staged in the former Spiegel Tent and by a theatre company called Making Strange, Luck comes labelled with weirdness and whimsy. And true to its vibes, Megan... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009
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Warren & Hanbury: All To Bare
Jennifer Warren and Charlotte Jo Hanbury describe themselves as "smalltown girls", but in neither of their home countries (Canada and Wales, respectively) co... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
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The School for Scandal
Comedians: just wind them up and let them go. Give them a restoration comedy and a dress-up box of wigs, bustles and stripy breeches and you’ve got you... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazinePaddy Lennox
Earnest men are typically very likeable. Paddy Lennox is no exception to the rule - a grinning, sweet-faced gentleman whose Irish voice has a relaxing qualit... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
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Dead Cat Bounce... Wired
To tenuously paraphrase Shakespeare, this is a tale of two productions. On the one hand, we have a musical comedy of almost stellar proportions; on the other... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
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David Byrne
In a recent posting on his blog, David Byrne lambasted U2 for their ridiculously extravagant stage sets and for the silly money—upwards of £40m&m... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
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Wil Anderson: Wilosophy
Wil Anderson is like a comic snowball rolling down the side of a mountain, ironic considering his Antipodean heritage. Starting off slowly, with gentle gags ... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
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Cops 'n' Robbers
What happens when you lock away a comedian hardened by prison with a stand-up who's also a serving policeman? There's only one way to find out, decided Jay Richardson Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
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Face the music
Loved by the masses but frequently snubbed by critics, musical theatre has consistently been positioned as the less artistically credible—if hugely more profitable—younger brother of 'serious' theatre. Yasmin Sulaiman finds out if the distinction really is that clear Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
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Words of Honour: The Mafia Exposed
Real Mafiosi don't call it the Mafia, apparently. They're not Mafiosi either, but rather "men of honour", or simply, "soldiers". The Mafia is the creation of... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009