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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ComedyAlistair Greaves Mixed Grill
Introducing Alistair Greaves from North Yorkshire: vegetarian, boxer and your new best friend. Greaves has come to Edinburgh to test some new ideas on Fring... Read more »| 09 Aug 2011 -
ComedyCarey Marx: Laziness and Stuff
Opening this sweltering late night slot with some incisive, linguistically astute material concerning the shortcomings of a Dubai hotel, Carey Marx's latest ... Read more »| 08 Aug 2011 -
Comedy
Martin Mor: The Call of the Golden Frog
Cocoa is the new cocaine; just ask bright-eyed and bushy-bearded behemoth Martin Mor. After every show the Northern Irish comic either treats himself to or d... Read more »| 08 Aug 2011 -
Comedy
Sam Simmons – Meanwhile
The twisted imaginative visions of Sam Simmons really deserve better than to be undercut by a drunken stag do. His performance tonight is to be commended for... Read more »| 08 Aug 2011 -
Comedy
Nathan Phillips: Sex You (I'm Gonna)
New York pick-up artist Nathan Phillips is going to seduce his audience. And then have sex with them. On stage. Except of course he's totally not. Phillips ... Read more »| 08 Aug 2011 -
ComedyJerry Sadowitz: Comedian. Magician. Psychopath.
How do you solve a problem like Jerry Sadowitz? 26 years on he's still calling everything and everyone a fucking cunt. Political correctness has passed him b... Read more »| 08 Aug 2011
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ComedyWho is Jean? Go the Distance
It's always a bad sign when a trendy young sketch troupe is unable to fill its own free, hand-drawn zine, handed out to the audience upon entry. Certainly, i... Read more »| 08 Aug 2011 -
Theatre
Theseus is Dead
All is not well at the court of Troezen Read more »| 08 Aug 2011 -
Comedy
The Tim Vine Chat Show
Audience participation is not for every comedian. Remembering material is difficult enough without inviting strangers in on the act. However Tim Vine, a form... Read more »| 08 Aug 2011 -
Comedy
Casual Violence: Choose Death
Gloriously bleak and black, this is a weird and wonderful show more reminiscent of things like Charles Addams and Edward Gorey comic strips than any of Casua... Read more »| 08 Aug 2011 -
Comedy
Sally-Anne Hayward: Don't Judge Me
This slot (midday) is is one of the toughest at the Fringe and the audience for this show are outnumbered by venue staff, but Sally-Ann Hayward rocks on like... Read more »| 08 Aug 2011 -
Comedy
Mick Sergeant: Mid-life Crisis - Live!
Lee Fenwick's alter-ego, unemployed Geordie shipbuilder Mick Sergeant, has been a hit at previous Fringes. Mixing dark humour with genuine sadness, he is the... Read more »| 08 Aug 2011 -
Comedy
Comic v Comic: Richard & Matt
Richard Herring imparts words of wisdom to solo first-timer Matt Forde. Read more »| 08 Aug 2011 -
Comedy
Steve Gribbin: Laugh At First Sight
A long and eventful career in comedy is reminisced about in Steve Gribbin's Laugh At First Sight, starting with how his dad's deadpan wit inspired his intere... Read more »| 08 Aug 2011 -
Comedy
Raymond Mearns: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Stress...
Raymond Mearns restores a bit of Scottish pride to a city overrun by Londoners in front of an adoring home crowd tonight. With absolutely no attempt to tempe... Read more »| 08 Aug 2011