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.
-
ComedyWhere to find the Cowgatehead comedians
There was a row before this year's Fringe even started. It left many comedians venueless and searching for a new home: The Skinny seeks out the whereabouts of the 'Cowgatehead refugees'. Read more »| 07 Aug 2015 -
Comedy
Connect 4: Will Mars interview
Stand-up Will Mars chats to The Skinny about both his established and new routines Read more »| 07 Aug 2015 -
ComedyLaurence Owen: Comedy Spotlight
Laurence Owen is a film composer and Musical Comedy Award finalist bringing his one-man musical of 'cinematic proportions' to the Voodoo Rooms. Fred Fletch finds out more about the man himself Read more »| 07 Aug 2015 -
ComedyThe Best of Student Comedy: An Education of Wit
Former Edinburgh Revue president Polly Glynn gives us a tutorial on the huge selection of student troupes at this year's Fringe Read more »| 06 Aug 2015 -
Theatre
Matthew Lillard: Filthy Talk and Fault Lines
Prologue: On Fringe Eve, two men, alike only in uniqueness, gather at their laptop screens ready to commence the Skype of their lives. We hear knuckles crack before the curtain rises… Read more »| 06 Aug 2015 -
Comedy
Making the Cut: NewsRevue's Tara Newton-Wordsworth
NewsRevue is the longest running live comedy show on the planet. Director Tara Newton-Wordsmith explains how to keep a classic show going. Read more »| 06 Aug 2015
-
Comedy
Rhys Nicholson: Comedy Spotlight
With his third Edinburgh show – Forward – arriving at Underbelly, Aussie stand-up Rhys Nicholson gets asked some rather forward questions by Fred Fletch Read more »| 06 Aug 2015 -
Comedy
Juan Vesuvius: Comedy Spotlight
Venezuelan DJ Juan Vesuvius is bringing his turntables back to Edinburgh for more characterful Caribbean comedy. We sent Fred Fletch to thrust his pelvis in Juan's direction Read more »| 05 Aug 2015 -
Comedy
Juliette Burton: Performance Anxiety Dream
It takes guts to perform on stage, but at this time of year many comedians find themselves in front of an audience even when they are asleep. Juliette Burton explains a recent Fringe anxiety dream Read more »| 05 Aug 2015 -
Comedy
Amy Howerska: Comedy Spotlight
Born to a trained killer father and a skydiving mother, Amy Howerska was always going to turn to stand-up as a career. Fred Fletch investigates her family history Read more »| 05 Aug 2015 -
ComedyThe Free Fringe: Swapping the Bills for the Bucket
Comedians Stuart Goldsmith and Caroline Mabey remind us of the benefits of moving from the paid to the free fringe – for both artists and audiences Read more »| 05 Aug 2015 -
Comedy
Stewart Lee: Comedy Spotlight
Stewart Lee chats to The Skinny about being simultaneously a well- and unknown comedian and the importance of Edinburgh Read more »| 04 Aug 2015 -
Comedy
The Mac Twins: Comedy Spotlight
Identical twins Alana and Lisa Macfarlane return to their home city for the Edinburgh Fringe for their show Play, which they describe as a hybrid between a Sega Mega Drive and a Rihanna concert. Fred Fletch went to investigate Read more »| 04 Aug 2015 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Bryony Kimmings: Fake It 'til You Make It
Bryony Kimmings talks about her Fringe show Fake It 'til You Make It, mental health stigmatisation and making theatre about real people's real stories Read more »| 03 Aug 2015 -
Theatre
Elspeth Turner's SpectreTown
Elspeth Turner talks identity, Scottish ancestry and homespun Scottish theatre. Read more »| 03 Aug 2015