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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ComedyThe Sensational Alex Salmond Gastric Band: Oliver Pissed
If the idea of a musical adapted from Oliver! about the minimum pricing laws for alcohol sounds a bit ropey... well, yeah. You're right, it is. Tommy Mackay... Read more »| 10 Aug 2012 -
ComedySimon Munnery: Fylm-Makker
Munnery is the Alan Turing of comedy. No matter how smart you think he is, you're still grossly underestimating his intelligence. Fylm-Makker is yet anothe... Read more »| 10 Aug 2012 -
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Set List
Set List: where great comedians come to die. Actually, everyone at this performance of Set List everyone does quite well. This surprise hit of the 2011 Fr... Read more »| 10 Aug 2012 -
ComedyWill Franken: Things We Did Before Reality
You know those old cartoons where people would reach into a bag and pull an array of bizarre objects, like typewriters and pianos and horses? Will Franken... Read more »| 10 Aug 2012 -
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Doctor Brown: Befrdfgth
It starts off with a traditional bit of crowd irritation: kicking people in the arse as they file in, nicking drinks and shopping bags: the usual Doctor Br... Read more »| 10 Aug 2012 -
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Absolutely Agitated Acupuncturist Returns to Find It
This show promises that the audience will 'leave a little healthier, with some insights into longevity.' We did receive quite a nice tip on effective hand m... Read more »| 10 Aug 2012
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ComedyThe Impenetrable Click @ The Beehive
The Impenetrable Click is an apt name for this sketch group as at times the jokes are impenetrable and the performers don't click. However, there is some mer... Read more »| 10 Aug 2012 -
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Faust/us @ Sweet Grassmarket
Our protagonist begins by lying on the floor, while the audience's attention is drawn towards two circular video screens at the back wall of the stage. These... Read more »| 10 Aug 2012 -
TheatreTreasure Island @ C Too
Stevenson’s adventure tale of intrigue, betrayal, and honour amongst pirates has always been sufficiently gripping to capture the imagination of childr... Read more »| 10 Aug 2012 -
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Candida @ Assembly George Square
Candida is a brilliantly intelligent play by George Bernard Shaw exploring those ‘things people make themselves fools about’ such as maturity, de... Read more »| 10 Aug 2012 -
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Suite Hope @ Dance Base
Conceived of by Chiara Frigo, performed in conjunction with fellow Italian Maru Rivas Medina, Suite Hope packs a remarkable physical intensity that heightens... Read more »| 10 Aug 2012 -
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Juana in a Million @ Pleasance
Juana in a Million is one of the only shows at the Edinburgh Fringe which has been decades in the making - the theatrical product of the lives of immigrants.... Read more »| 10 Aug 2012 -
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Fast Portraits @ Dance Base
Stretched Canvas Read more »| 10 Aug 2012 -
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Machines for Living @ Zoo
Build, and it will ruin society Read more »| 10 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Nick Page: My Glorious Hypothetical Life As A Eunuch
Fast-talking Nick Page used to be the presenter of Escape To The Country before an interview he gave with the Radio Times allegedly got him sacked by the BBC... Read more »| 10 Aug 2012