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 MagazineAidan Bishop: No Sissy Stuff Review
Aidan Bishop introduces his late night show as an exploration of his masculinity without any “sissy stuff.” What follows is a show with a lot of ... Read more »| 20 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineNiall Browne & Elaine Malcolmson: All Kinds of Everything
<!-- @page { size: 21cm 29.7cm; margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } --> This charming comedy duo from “Nireland” (North... Read more »| 20 Aug 2009 -
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Tom Basden: Now That's What I Call Music-Based Comedy
<!-- @page { size: 21cm 29.7cm; margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } --> Musical comedy runs a double risk – of a performer be... Read more »| 20 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineBridget Christie: My Daily Mail Hell
<!-- @page { size: 21cm 29.7cm; margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } --> You'd think that working in the Daily Mail’s gossip c... Read more »| 20 Aug 2009 -
ComedyAlexis Dubus: A R*ddy Brief History of Swearing
Gleefully encouraging his 5 o’clock crowd to cry out their favourite swearwords, Alexis Dubus opens A R*ddy Brief History of Swearing to his sniggering... Read more »| 20 Aug 2009 -
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The week in Charlotte Square
Fest's roundup of the literary goings on of the past few days Read more »| 20 Aug 2009
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Stripped bare
Its title looked to many like a cynical publicity stunt – but Fucked has proved to be one of the theatrical finds of the 2009 Fringe. Fern Brady talks to the women responsible for a sensitive, intensely moving treatment of female sexuality Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineAccidental Nostalgia
There’s something slightly amiss about Cameron Seymour’s lecture on her forthcoming psychology book, How to Change Your Mind: A Self-Help Manual ... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
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Broken Records at Queens Hall: Review
This was always going to be something very special. Putting the majestic Broken Records in the grand, atmospheric surroundings of the Queens Hall made for th... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
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Djupid (The Deep)
Life at sea is hard. For one fisherman, it's a life made considerably harder when his ship capsizes, killing the rest of his crew and leaving him alone; bobb... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
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Orphans
Family, eh? Helen and Danny, two youngish urbanites, have just sat down to a nice romantic meal when Liam—Helen’s younger brother—bursts i... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
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Oh! What a Shitty War
For those who didn't think Team America was liberal enough comes this: an alternative history of warfare, with puppets. Rammed with gags for those for whom S... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
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About the Scots
Bruce Fummey is a comedian who would like to be considered “thoughtfully offensive.” Whilst the second word of this tag fits like a glove, he fal... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
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Magazine: Shot by both sides
Out of all the recent band reunions, few were as unexpected as Magazine. They talk to Chris McCall about their reformation and why they won't be sending a Christmas card to Simple Minds anytime soon Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
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The Burning Question: Fergus Craig
#4: Why is Neighbours so shit? Read more »| 19 Aug 2009