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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The Meeting
Any comedy set in the workplace risks attracting unfavourable comparisons with The Office, so pervasive is Ricky Gervais' hit TV series. And this critical fa... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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Matt Kirshen: Keep Smiling, Matt. Just Keep Smiling
Matt Kirshen has just returned to Edinburgh after a year out appearing on US reality-talent show Last Comic Standing. He didn’t win, but considering ho... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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Wheels of Life
There are no human performers in this performance. Instead, Eduard Bersudsky’s creations, or "kinetic sculptures," are the ticking, ringing, spinning a... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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Cross-Stitching
The front row is a dangerous place to sit. When you get that close to the action, you run a few risks. Comedic jibes. Audience participation. Phlegm. Th... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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The Elephant Man
This one-man show is based on the true story of Joseph Maverick – a freak of Victorian society due to the extraordinary facial features which lent him ... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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Plastic
Plastic is very much like the substance it takes its name from: modern, slick but transparent. The play is inspired by the story of a man who wants to become... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008
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Kerouac: And - All - That - Jazz
It's hard to write an homage to the Beat King that does him justice. Kerouac: And-All-That-Jazz demonstrates this excellently. The writing pales dismally in ... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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Polaris
A white owl cocks its head and caws at the audience. A walrus drags its barking body across stage. This is the Czech Adriatik company, rendering the lonely w... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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The Fooligan
“There was once a great story-teller...” and his name is Al Seed. Dressed in a fatsuit thrice his usual boney size, tattered coattails and breech... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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Anna the Slut and the (almost) Chosen One
Much in the same vein as Global Warming is Gay, this ridiculously unappealing title betrays an earnest endeavour. But unlike its reasonably well put together... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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Accidental Death of an Accordionist
International Fringe tourists behold: here lies the quintessential Scottish experience you’ve been questing for. There’s tartan, there’s ce... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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The Dream-Maker
The study of dreams has fascinated artists for centuries, but Temenos Theatre’s The Dream-Maker, whose self-professed aim is to invoke "heightened stat... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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The Exquisite Corpse
Surrealists invented “le cadavre exquis”, more commonly known as Consequences or Heads, Bodies and Legs. The Exquisite Corpse is a dramatic versi... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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Be My Baby
Thanks to films such as Vera Drake, we no longer think of the 1950s and '60s simply as the era of "sex, drugs and Rock 'n’ Roll." We now know of the da... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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Cannibal! The Musical
Whoever came up with the idea that cannibalism would make a good subject for a musical? It seems an absurd idea – until you discover that this is the c... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008