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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TheatreSalome @ Greenside
Bring to me the head of Jokanaan Read more »| 20 Aug 2012 -
Theatre
Booking Dance Festival / Split Bill @ EICC
Founded and produced by effervescent American dance expert Jodi Kaplan, this is the fourth year of the mini-festival, showcasing the myriad styles and ... Read more »| 20 Aug 2012 -
TheatreCorporeality@ Dance Base
Three artists' response to dance Read more »| 20 Aug 2012 -
TheatrePuellae (The Truth About Chips and Other Things) @ Summerhall
Turning thirty isn't so bad Read more »| 19 Aug 2012 -
TheatreEducating Ronnie @ Assembly George Square
A heartfelt one-man show questions the nature of charitable acts Read more »| 19 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Laurie Rowan, Nicholas Cooke and Keiron Nicholson: Gentlemen Bears
Bears don’t often get a platform on the PBH Free Fringe, so the barrage of bear jokes from Laurie Rowan was certainly a break from the norm. The combin... Read more »| 19 Aug 2012
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Comedy
Totally Tom
If your only exposure so far to Tom Palmer and Tom Stourton is from their rather lacklustre appearances on BBC3’s “Live At The Electric”, b... Read more »| 19 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Kumail Nanjiani
Pakistan-born Kumail Nanjiani lives and performs in the US, and this is his first visit to Edinburgh. His first acute observation about Fringe flyers might n... Read more »| 19 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Mark Nelson: Under The Radar
Glaswegian comic Mark Nelson begins with the almost-compulsory-by-now criticism of his venue, the Underbelly White Belly. These aggressive outbursts punctuat... Read more »| 19 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Taylor Glenn: Reverse Psycomedy
Stuck in an anti-social 11.30pm timeslot upstairs in the Gilded Balloon, American Taylor Glenn spends a lot of time telling us about her life before she beca... Read more »| 19 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Mark Cooper-Jones: Geography Teacher
Despite rather resembling a prime candidate to have his lunch money stolen by the playground bullies, Mark Cooper-Jones takes to the stage in the persona of ... Read more »| 19 Aug 2012 -
Theatre
Obsession: A Life with Magic @ Zoo
After twenty-one consecutive years Ian Kendall is performing his final Fringe. Obsession: A Life with Magic is a love letter to his craft and a collection of... Read more »| 18 Aug 2012 -
Theatre
Alan Bissett: The Red Hourglass @ The National Library of Scotland
Long awaited, after the smash-hit success of The Moira Monologues, Alan Bissett's new drama, is an equally hilarious series of monologues all played by Bisse... Read more »| 18 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Robert Finn: Dear Dan Brown...
Having a pop at Dan Brown might seem like shooting fish in a barrel, but Finn manages to put an interesting spin on it with a episotolary show that's structu... Read more »| 18 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Tom Webb: MegaGames
The Olympics may have ended but, in a tiny room in the back of a pub in Edinburgh, Tom Webb is working hard to feed Britain's hunger for sporting glory. He's... Read more »| 18 Aug 2012