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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TheatreAn Afternoon Of Playback Theatre @ Sweet
The company of An Afternoon of Playback Theatre are seasoned Fringe attendees and they certainly know what they're doing. What they are doing is sharing thei... Read more »| 19 Sep 2013 -
TheatreMadame Freedom @ King's Theatre
Tradition and modernity meet head-on in this stunningly beautiful interactive performance of dance, film and innovative computer-generated visuals by a husb... Read more »| 19 Sep 2013 -
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The Seven Deadly Sins @ Paterson's Land
Set in the depression-era America of the 30s, The Seven Deadly Sins tells the story of two sisters who leave Louisiana to make their family's fortune. ... Read more »| 19 Sep 2013 -
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In-be-tween @ Dance Base
Beauty and pain: ever paired? In-be-tween is not a dance piece; it's more like a 60s 'happening', and it comes out of performance art such as that by Marina... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
TheatreOurs was the Fen Country @ Dance Base
Poetic, intensely moving and beautifully melding oral history, film stills and physical theatre/dance, this is both a celebratory and elegiac piece about the... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
TheatreGrounded @ Traverse
Barack Obama’s recent defence of drones, despite the possibility of civilian deaths, suggests the controversial tactic will be creating more headlines ... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013
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Repertory Theatre @ C
With over 2,800 shows, the Edinburgh Fringe certainly has a lot to offer, but that doesn’t mean there weren’t many more who were turned away. In ... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
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Oh my Irma @ Hill Street Theatre
Solo performances are doing rather well at this year’s Fringe, with Grounded and Captain Amazing both pulling in large audiences. C... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
TheatreMissing @ Pleasance Courtyard
The cases of Baby P, and more recently Daniel Pelka, have brought the subject of parenting under the scrutiny of the national press. While the issues depicte... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
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Opinion: It’s an Unfair Copstick, Guv
“I genuinely believe – this won’t go down well, but – if you walk into Battersea Dogs Home with your legs covered in prime rump steak, you cannot complain if you get bitten.” Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
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Boris and Sergey II Perilous Escapade @ Pleasance Courtyard
Appearing at this year’s Fringe with their new show Boris and Sergey II Perilous Escapade, this is a chance to revisit the production which starte... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
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Canary Gold @ C
Since the 2008 recession there have been many dramatic narratives surrounding it, be they theatrical, comedic or other. Few however will have linked the curr... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
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Beijing Cake @ TheSpace on the Mile
Edinburgh Zoo recently announced they hope to oversee the first ever panda to be born in the UK. While not involving brink-of-extinction animals, Year of the... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
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Squidboy @ Assembly Roxy
The recent release of Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa tops off what has been a very successful progression for Steve Coogan’s blundering but lovea... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
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Inspector Norse @ Assembly
Since Stieg Larsson’s Millenium series became an international phenomenon, Nordic Noir as a genre has exploded in the UK with shows like The ... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013