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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TheatreDurang/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 -
Fest MagazineAva 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 -
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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Fest MagazineArt 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 -
Fest MagazineSound 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 -
Fest MagazineThe 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 -
Fest MagazineJason 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 -
Fest MagazineThe 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 -
Fest MagazineDanielle 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 -
Fest MagazineJohn Robins: Skinny Love
John Robins belongs to a comedy age in which it’s okay not to do drugs, and to profess not to be that great at sex. That is, he belongs to the post-roc... Read more »| 20 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazinePete Firman: The Pete Firman Magic Show
"Jokes and tricks!" is Pete Firman's catchphrase, and also an accurate description of his show. The quality of both elements varies wildly, and that's really... Read more »| 20 Aug 2009