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 MagazineA Cry From Underground
Adapted from Dostoevsky’s novella Notes From Underground (1860), Thorston Manderlay’s intelligent and very well-performed play presents us with a... Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineOne Man Lord of the Rings
It is, perhaps, a question reviewers ought to ask themselves more often. Namely, why does this show exist? Is it unreasonable to think the the whole of The L... Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
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Zoe Lyons: Miss Machismo
Zoe Lyons is understandably a little annoyed with Germaine Greer. Wading into the ‘are women funny?’ debate earlier this year with a typical nose... Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
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Kevin Bridges: Class act
In the increasingly genteel world of Fringe comedy, Glaswegian newcomer Kevin Bridges is breaking the mould. Tom Hackett meets him in his hometown Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineJaneane Garofalo
Zealous is too weak an adjective to describe Janeane Garofalo’s left-leaning liberalism, and it would be logical to think that—in the era of our ... Read more »| 08 Aug 2009 -
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Bourgeois & Maurice: Social Work
“One thing we’ve learned about sex,” the magnificently dressed Bourgeois purrs silkily, “is that it often leads to offspring.” ... Read more »| 08 Aug 2009
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Hugh Hughes: 360
Hugh Hughes is a happy man. He maintains a kind of manic, childish enthusiasm throughout this show - his first straight stand-up outing after a string of wel... Read more »| 08 Aug 2009 -
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Rhys Darby: Out of character
Seven years on from his first Fringe appearance, Rhys Darby has finally hit the big time. But there's no sign of a superstar ego, writes Tom Hackett Read more »| 08 Aug 2009 -
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Amsterdam Underground Comedy Collective
As the group that spawned Hans Teeuwen, the Amsterdam Underground Comedy Collective (AUCC) has a lot to live up to. It’s a shame, then, that tonight th... Read more »| 08 Aug 2009 -
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Jonny Sweet: Mostly About Arthur
“You’re definitely my favourite five people in here!”, gushes Jonny Sweet to groups of his audience entering his show Mostly About Arthur. ... Read more »| 08 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineFergus Craig Still Watches Neighbours
Apparently Fergus Craig still watches Neighbours. The Australian soap, that is, not anything of a more sinister nature. His show is less to do with voyeurism... Read more »| 08 Aug 2009 -
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Dennis Kelly: Emotion before intelligence
With his new play, Orphans, director Dennis Kelly takes an unusual look at random violence which fans of BBC3's Pulling might find odd. But as he tells Lyle Brennan, it's as much about keeping himself on his toes as it is keeping his audience on theirs Read more »| 08 Aug 2009 -
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Die Roten Punkte
“Does humour belong in music?” asked Frank Zappa. Die Roten Punkte deliver a resounding “yes”. Basically a parody of The White Strip... Read more »| 08 Aug 2009 -
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Dan Antopolski Fringe Review 2009
Dan Antopolski is a pretty edgy comic, or so he tells us tonight. So edgy, in fact, that a reviewer once remarked that he had "more edge than a hexagonal Tab... Read more »| 08 Aug 2009 -
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Shane Langan: Not Also But Only
If bad writing is an art, Shane Langan is well on his way to mastering it. An intense literary reading in the cramped Gilded Balloon Turret could only be a r... Read more »| 08 Aug 2009