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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ComedyReginald D Hunter: The Only Apple in the Garden of Eden and Niggas
Another year and another tenacious title. Not one to shy from controversy, Reginald D Hunter rather courts it, woos it and tries to stick his finger up its b... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
Comedy
A-Team - the musical
A-Team the Musical is better than you think it’s going to be. You’ve got all your classic A-Team elements in glorious cartoon extravagance. Cue ... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
Theatre
Durang/Durang
Consisting of three one act plays by Christopher Durang, this show might be best considered a sketch show instead of theatre in any sense – that is, if... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009 -
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Ava Vidal: Remember, Remember the 4th of November
Carving out a niche for oneself as a minority voice in stand-up can't be an easy task. Ava Vidal is one of the scene's very, very few black women and as such... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineJoJo Sutherland Stands Up For Herself
JoJo Sutherland has more than a few tales to tell in her stand-up routine. She grew up in a castle, her father was a WWII veteran and a celebrate... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009 -
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Barry & Stuart: Powered By Demons
<!-- @page { size: 21cm 29.7cm; margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } --> As the audience assembles, Barry and Stuart sit at a corner... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009
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Fest MagazineFour Quarters
Contemporary dance is often seen as a murky art form, dense with pretensions and grand but clandestine themes. In the opening moments of Four Quarters, Isobe... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineEd: The Musical
A stockbroker in need of a heart transplant and a rock star who needs a liver transplant meet in hospital. “Sounds like the start of a fabulous joke,&r... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009 -
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Art House
Art House tells the tale of a superlative artist who, in true maverick fashion, fakes her own death so that she may reap the posthumous acclaim guaranteed by... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009 -
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Sound and Fury's Sherlock Holmes and The Saline Solution
Sound and Fury is a troupe of comedic thespians, hailing from Los Angeles. Breaking from their tried and tested ‘fakespearian’ style of performa... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineJerry Springer: The Opera
Cult Fringe hero Stewart Lee was almost bankrupted by the immense volumes of vitriol thrown by the religious right at his multi-award winning musical. Thankf... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009 -
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The Doubtful Guest
If there was a time, before Mamet and Pinter, Berkoff and Brecht, before Ibsen even, when theatre was simple, then this production of The Doubtful Guest lays... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009 -
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Jason John Whitehead: Emotional Whitemale
It's always nice to see a comedian push outside their comfort zone. Despite his puppyish persona, Canadian Jason John Whitehead is a seasoned comic who's bee... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009 -
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The Fall of Man
Since the early 1980s, Red Shift has gained a reputation for innovative theatre and this latest piece comes as no exception. Initially, the premise seems str... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009 -
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Danielle Ward Lies
Danielle Ward is not a very good liar. This can be a problem in comedy, as many of the best comic anecdotes are utterly believable, but utterly false. For al... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009