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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Theatre
The Librarians @ TheSpace on North Bridge
Stilts and Puppetry, down in the old li'bry. Read more »| 14 Aug 2013 -
Comedy
Zoe Lyons: Pop-up Comic
Zoe Lyons’ show is a warm, rich comedy treat, filled to the brim with witty, funny observations and questions about the everyday oddities of life. ... Read more »| 14 Aug 2013 -
Comedy
Nat Luurtsema: Here She Be
One of comedy's power couples and two-thirds of sketch juggernauts Jigsaw, Tom Craine and Nat Luurtsema were doing fine until they recently split up. Now bot... Read more »| 14 Aug 2013 -
Theatre
From Where I'm Standing @ Underbelly Cowgate
Theatre company :DELIRIUM:'s From Where I'm Standing is a haunting time-travel experience that starts in the present moment in Mumbai, when a disaster forces... Read more »| 14 Aug 2013 -
Comedy
Liam Williams: Just The Tonic
Although there have been plenty of morose, eloquent comics down through the years, like Dylan Moran and Andrew Lawrence, there's always room for one more. In... Read more »| 14 Aug 2013 -
Comedy
Simon Munnery: Fylm
Simon Munnery’s brand of alternative comedy has always been distinctly left-field, but his latest experiments are more unique than ever. Similar to 201... Read more »| 14 Aug 2013
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Theatre
Measure For Measure @ Zoo Southside
Shakespeare at the Fringe is inevitable, a key part of the festival's make up. It is also tricky. Everything has to be edited and cut down, often into only a... Read more »| 14 Aug 2013 -
Comedy
Jamie Demetriou: People Day
People Day is unlike anything I’ve seen this year. The incongruous props littering the stage, and manic chatter between a cluster of lamps set a suitab... Read more »| 14 Aug 2013 -
Comedy
Mark Thomas: 100 Acts of Minor Dissent
Mark Thomas works for the forces of good. Few people can consider the activist-comedian’s political work over the last 20 years to be anything but righ... Read more »| 14 Aug 2013 -
Comedy
David Alnwick: Totally Ninja
I've hated magicians ever since my parents were killed by flamboyant razzamatazz; there is something about a man who can't button his shirt and whose pockets... Read more »| 14 Aug 2013 -
Comedy
Fred MacAulay: 25 Years on the Fringe
Scottish comedian Fred MacAulay is a household name through his work on TV and radio. He's also achieved the rare feat of appearing at the Fringe for 25 years on the trot – he takes a look back at his stand-up career Read more »| 14 Aug 2013 -
Comedy
Patrick Morris: Standing Up and Saying Things
It's not every day you find a comedian you see yourself in, and in this case it's the cynical 21 year old Patrick Morris. With his initial material leaning h... Read more »| 13 Aug 2013 -
Comedy
Carl Donnelly: Now That's What I Carl Donnelly! Volume V
Carl Donnelly is pretty unrecognisable; he’s come a long way since I saw him do an open spot in 2005 Fringe. He’s Gok’d himself, amassed a ... Read more »| 13 Aug 2013 -
Comedy
Hot Dub Time Machine
If movies like Bill & Ted, Back to the Future and Twelve Monkeys have taught us anything, it’s that time-travel is wacky, comical fun. Hot Dub Time... Read more »| 13 Aug 2013 -
Comedy
Michael J Dolan: Nothing Will Ever Be Alright Again, Ever
A small crowd gathers to watch Michael J Dolan on what is supposedly “Black Wednesday,” the least attended day of the Fringe. Two out of the seve... Read more »| 13 Aug 2013