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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Fest MagazineMargaret Atwood
There’s no shortage of big names unveiling new books at this year’s festival—William Boyd, Richard Dawkins and Douglas Coupland, to name bu... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineMacbeth
A new production of Verdi’s great Shakespearean opera, conducted by David Robertson and backed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, premières at the f... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Orphans Preview
Helen and Danny keep themselves to themselves – until the day the outside world comes crashing into their lives when Helen’s brother turns up, co... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineLuck Preview
In a way, Megan Riordan has always been an actress. Brought up in a world of disguises, pseudonyms and over-the-top personas, she spent her early years on th... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Kristan Schaal & Kurt Braunohler: Double Down Hearts
Kurt Braunohler and Kristen Schall (the second of whom convention requires be described as either “kooky” or “quirky”) hit this year'... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Jason Cook
In 2008, the prodigious talent of Jason Cook seemed to burst out of nowhere. Although his debut the previous year had received a number of glowing reviews, ... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009
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Jon Richardson at Fringe Preview
While hosting the second-best mid-morning weekend comedy programme on the not-hugely-successful BBC6Music digital radio station has not brought Jon Richardso... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Internal
The multi-award winning Ontroerend Goed returns to the Fringe after last year’s sell-out production with yet another innovative exercise in audience-in... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineIcarus 2.0 Fringe Preview
Sebastian Lawson and Jamie Wood won a Fringe First in 2008 for their bleakly humorous office drama Paperweight. This year, the pair are back with Icarus 2.0,... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Shi's Electric
Enter Shikari are the band that nobody can pin down, seemingly evading both description and record companies. But behind the myths, Gillian Loney finds band members who just want a cup of tea and some appreciation Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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George Ryegold
If ever there were a year for the Fringe to act as the launching pad for a gaggle of fresh, new (and rather youthful) talent, 2009 would appear to be it. Fr... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Hans Teeuwen Preview
Introduced to the Fringe in 2007 with the delectably bizarre Amsterdam Comedy Collective, Hans Teeuwen returns to Edinburgh again this summer with new and re... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Hopkinson Smith - Lute and Baroque Guitar
Hailed as one of the most important lute players of modern times, Harvard Graduate Hopkinson Smith brings a program that balances various contrasting musical... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Fucked
As ill-advised titles go, Fucked has got to be up there with the worst of them. But whilst a pointlessly offensive title can often be what breaks rather than... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Elis James: The Most Cautious Little Boy in Wales
Elis James is such a cautious little boy that this year will be the first solo offering from this cheeky and irreverent bilingual Welsh comic. Appearing as ... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009