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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TheatreBitch Boxer @ Underbelly
A highly personal theatre performance following a determined athlete as she fights her way into the boxing ring Read more »| 23 Aug 2012 -
ComedyRo Campbell: Midnight Meltdown
An undeservedly small audience files into Ro Campbell’s midnight show in Stand II, and half of it seems Fringe-weary, and wary of this stubby-holding A... Read more »| 23 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Mark Restuccia: How to Succeed at Internet Dating
Mark Restuccia’s at his best when he chats to the crowd, hinting that he’ll win us over in this little basement venue. Few initially admit ... Read more »| 22 Aug 2012 -
Theatre
Uninvited @ Bedlam Theatre
Fat Git Theatre specialise in adaptations of contemporary stories and with Uninvited they hit the mark Read more »| 22 Aug 2012 -
TheatreMiriam Margolyes: Dickens' Women @ Pleasance Courtyard
How to rescue Dickens from dry academia Read more »| 22 Aug 2012 -
TheatreCleansed @ theSpace on North Bridge
Rummage Theatre – a LEAP theatre project – make a Fringe debut with Cleansed. Read more »| 22 Aug 2012
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Theatre
Flash Mob @ Assembly Hall
Flash Mob's reality dance show formula makes for easy entertainment Read more »| 22 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Fresh Fringe's 24-Hour Challenge!
Starting at 10am on Wednesday 22 August, an intrepid broadcasting duo of Christian Illingworth and Finlay Niven will be hosting a 24 hour radio marathon live... Read more »| 21 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Aaron Twitchen: Quarter Life Crisis
Can you be too talented? Aaron Twitchen seems to have this extremely rare condition and the main symptom is a show that consists of lots of great bits that c... Read more »| 21 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Rachel Stubbings: Stubbing out Problems
It's always a brave move to incorporate a period of total silence into your comedy act, but Stubbings carries this off beautifully; and the quiet in the... Read more »| 21 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Gearoid Farrelly: Turbulence
For his first Fringe show, rising Irish comedian Gearoid Farrelly tackles all the little things that cause turbulence in his life, from break-ups to the deat... Read more »| 21 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Hitch and Mitch: The Stinky Show
The props are puerile, the jokes terrible, the sketches simplistic and stretched, and in all it feels very amateurish. So it shouldn’t work. ... Read more »| 21 Aug 2012 -
ComedyBilly the Mime
The film The Artist had such beautiful music, was so well performed, that it was easy to forget there was no spoken dialogue in it; and because it stuck in t... Read more »| 21 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Stuart Black: Sex, Money, Death
It's difficult to know what to expect when, moments before a show is due to start, the performer shakes your hand and asks if you are his audience. Luckily, ... Read more »| 21 Aug 2012 -
Theatre
AnimalParts Theatre: Tenderpits
Canadian-born and New York City-based performer Anthony Johnston is a wizard. The kind of wizard who wears a dirty nappy, has a sparkling butt and masturbate... Read more »| 21 Aug 2012