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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TheatreBad Boy Eddie @ C Aquilla
Bad Boy Eddie invites its audience to look in on the after affects of what happens when personal demons become too much for a family to contain. With a mode... Read more »| 15 Aug 2013 -
ComedyCatherine Semark: Shadow Ape
When Catherine Semark takes to the stage, all crazy-haired, and explains that she’s wearing a loose, funky shirt, because she’s gained weight by ... Read more »| 14 Aug 2013 -
Comedy
Tony Law: Nonsense Overdrive @ The Stand - Edinburgh Fringe
Nonsense Overdrive, shown at Edinburgh Fringe, is a perfect title for the latest hour of ramshackle daftness from Tony Law, as he pushes his whimsical i... Read more »| 14 Aug 2013 -
ComedyA A and A
This show lacks substance and fails to deliver on the promises offered as we walked in; chiefly that they never picked on their audience, and that we would e... Read more »| 14 Aug 2013 -
Comedy
Kate Fox: Good Breeding
Women who decide to not have children have two choices: join a convent or become a witch and go off and live in a gingerbread house. Right? Donning a nun&rs... Read more »| 14 Aug 2013 -
TheatreThe Confessions Of Gordon Brown @ Pleasance Courtyard
Every year, the theme of politics saturates the Fringe theatre scene, and by the very nature of political theatre not everything will appeal to everyone's id... Read more »| 14 Aug 2013
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Comedy
99 Club Stand-Up Selection
Presenting a new selection of four of the finest comedians from the Fringe each night for free, this show is stonkingly good value. These ripe talents will o... Read more »| 14 Aug 2013 -
Comedy
Mike Shephard: Everything That Happened in the 20th Century Seen Through The Eyes of a Liar
Few comedies that start with praising Hitler end well, but Mike Shephard's satirical view of the 20th century's historic moments does show promise. Dubbing t... Read more »| 14 Aug 2013 -
Comedy
Ian Cognito: Trouble with Comedy
An hour trapped in a room with Ian Cognito is something you won’t forget. He’s probably the most talented stand-up that you’ve never heard ... Read more »| 14 Aug 2013 -
Comedy
Brothers and Sisters...It's The Reverend Obadiah Steppenwolfe III
As a first-time congregant in the insane church of Reverend Obadiah Steppenwolfe III, I am quite quickly converted to the foul-mouthed, swaggering swine&rsqu... Read more »| 14 Aug 2013 -
Comedy
The Grandees: The Wrong Side Of The Door
Consisting of three 20-minute sketches, The Wrong Side Of The Door sees The Grandees visit the deep south, discuss employment law as applied to fairies and e... Read more »| 14 Aug 2013 -
Theatre
The Bunker Trilogy: Morgana @ C Nova
It says something about the quality of Jethro Compton’s productions and the uniqueness of his trilogy of bunker-set plays that they have people scrambl... Read more »| 14 Aug 2013 -
Theatre
The Bunker Trilogy: Agamemnon @ C Nova
Jethro Compton directs three plays inspired by great dramatic and literary figures, beginning with part one of The Oresteia Read more »| 14 Aug 2013 -
Theatre
The Bunker Trilogy: Macbeth @ C Nova
The bunker of the play’s title is undoubtedly the star attraction of Jethro Compton’s immersive offering to the Fringe. The cramped performance s... Read more »| 14 Aug 2013 -
Theatre
Beats @ Pleasance Above
With Kieran Hurley behind the mic and DJ Hush Puppy at the decks, Beats looks at how the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act criminalising raves in 1994 af... Read more »| 14 Aug 2013