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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ComedyJuliette Burton: Look at Me @ Gilded Balloon
Juliette Burton walks onstage in sky-high heels and a gorgeous pink dress. She almost immediately takes her heels off, going barefoot for the rest of the sho... Read more »| 11 Aug 2014 -
ComedyTony Law: Enter the Tonezone @ The Stand, Edinburgh Fringe
For those familiar with Mr. Law’s particularly addictive brand of silliness, Enter the Tonezone may still catch you unawares. On the back of last year&... Read more »| 11 Aug 2014 -
ComedyHannah Gadsby: The Exhibitionist @ Assembly George Square Studios
When Hannah Gadsby talks happily about her childhood pet dog, none of these memories are captured in the accompanying image displayed on scree... Read more »| 11 Aug 2014 -
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Near Gone @ Summerhall
Nine parallel pairs of white carnations frame the stage; we are warned that ‘this is a difficult story to tell.’ Duo Katherina Radeva and Aliste... Read more »| 08 Aug 2014 -
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Eggs of Blessings @ Dance Base
Jade and Artists Dance Troupe and Performance Infinity present Eggs of Blessings, a sweet, yet also dark representation of Taiwanese culture from the 1940s. ... Read more »| 08 Aug 2014 -
TheatreChef @ Underbelly, Cowgate
Brought to the Fringe by POP, Chef unravels the tale of a woman who goes from being a head chef in a fancy restaurant to an inmate running a prison kitc... Read more »| 08 Aug 2014
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Bloom @ Underbelly
Young Scottish-based company Vocal Point present Bloom, an intense, storytelling piece about poverty and homelessness. Performed by Abraham Parker and Robert... Read more »| 07 Aug 2014 -
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Polska and Athletes @ Dance Base
With the Commonwealth Games generating a buzz around sports in Glasgow, it doesn’t seem out of place for the Fringe to include dance or physical theatr... Read more »| 07 Aug 2014 -
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Mush and Me @ Underbelly
Nancy Collective enrich this year’s Edinburgh Fringe with a religioromantic comedy, adding a liberal sprinkling of friendly faith bashing. Mush and Me ... Read more »| 07 Aug 2014 -
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Natasia Demetriou: You'll Never Have All Of Me @ Underbelly
Natasia Demetriou is a plonker. A word she throws around at the top of the show, and after an hour-long sejourn into her wonky brain, it's the inevitable con... Read more »| 07 Aug 2014 -
Comedy
Sheeps: Wembley Previews @ Bedlam Theatre
How many times can you reinvent the wheel? Is it even possible to do something completely fresh with such a road-worn format? Well, comedy trio, Sheeps (Dara... Read more »| 07 Aug 2014 -
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Game of Loners @ The Beehive
Don't be put off by the title; stare long enough and it's still just bodged wordplay. Save time by going to the show and accept it has nothing to do with Gam... Read more »| 06 Aug 2014 -
Comedy
Pierre Novellie is Mighty Peter @ Pleasance Courtyard
Imagine the Jolly Green Giant being so delighted with his maize harvest that he can't help chuckling to himself. Now set that image in a bunker, and say hell... Read more »| 06 Aug 2014 -
ComedyKitten Killers @ Underbelly
There are times when you won't want to laugh during this show but, unless you have the requisite willpower, you probably will. Be warned: if you have so... Read more »| 06 Aug 2014 -
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Double bills @ Dance Base
Dance Base tends to pride itself on having something for everybody, and this appears to hold true in its 2014 Fringe programme. Morag Deyes’ programmin... Read more »| 06 Aug 2014