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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ComedyDavid Burke: 3 Days Off Jesus
David Burke has a kettle by the side of the stage and, before kicking off, he makes himself a nice cup of tea. This detail tells you everything you need to k... Read more »| 16 Aug 2012 -
ComedySuzi Ruffell: Let’s Get Ready To Ruffell
Contrived title aside, Suzi Ruffell’s debut hour is an amiable enough introduction to the festival. If you think that introduction seems rather non-com... Read more »| 16 Aug 2012 -
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Shappi Khorsandi: Dirty Looks and Hopscotch
Shappi is in the mood for sharing. Perhaps too much, she worries aloud once or twice. It’s a rewarding kind of honesty though, which colours parts of h... Read more »| 16 Aug 2012 -
ComedyNick Beaton Does Not Play Well With Others
For the first ten minutes of his act, it could easily be presumed that there has been some sort of mistake during the process of naming this show. Nick Beato... Read more »| 16 Aug 2012 -
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Markus Birdman: Love, Life & Death
Edinburgh can be a lonely place throughout August. The city changes from the adorable, inviting pleasantville it can be for the other 11 months of the year t... Read more »| 16 Aug 2012 -
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DeAnne Smith: Livin' The Sweet Life
Montreal-based comedienne DeAnne Smith returns to the Fringe with an upbeat show about how sweet life can be, for the most part. With a bowl of sweets and a ... Read more »| 16 Aug 2012
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John Scott: Totally Fed Up
We all have things that grind our gears. Whether it be the miniscule day to day irks of modern living or a much broader hatred for world politics, social med... Read more »| 16 Aug 2012 -
ComedyAndrew O'Neill And Marc Burrows Do Music And Comedy And Hideous Murders
Steampunk is not dead. The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing are a Victorian themed punk band half-comprised of comedians Andrew O'Neill and Marc Burro... Read more »| 16 Aug 2012 -
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Russian Season @ Assembly Roxy: Hangman and Settimana
Get Russian! Read more »| 16 Aug 2012 -
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This Land @ Zoo
Bound for Glory Read more »| 16 Aug 2012 -
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Bereavement The Musical @ C Venues
A sketch-show musical the likes of off-Broadway classic I love you, You’re perfect, Now change, Bereavement – The Musical is an original wo... Read more »| 16 Aug 2012 -
TheatreAn Evening with Dementia @ The Space at the Radisson Hotel
Award winner of the 2010 Fringe Read more »| 16 Aug 2012 -
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Leave to Remain @ St John's Church
Coming to terms with bereavement Read more »| 16 Aug 2012 -
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Virginia Ironside: Growing Old Disgracefully @ The Gilded Balloon Teviot
If you remember your sixties, you weren't there Read more »| 16 Aug 2012 -
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Minu1s @ Zoo
Jump Up in Joy Read more »| 15 Aug 2012