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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Graeme Thomas: Who do I Complain to?
The introduction to the Stand Fringe programme reads like a French revolutionary slogan – Unity! Quality! Affordability! Like the values of the French ... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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Luke Toulson: There Are So Many Things I Can't Do
Luke Toulson doesn’t think very highly of himself. Rejected and disillusioned, he makes clear that he’s the failed middle child with architect si... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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Andrew Stanley's Comedy Mish Mash
Late shows are a tricky phenomenon to judge objectively. Much of their success depends on the audience, and more often than not, their levels of inebriation.... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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John Gordillo: Divide & Conga
By his own admission, John Gordillo is probably the biggest failure in the room. After setting out to write a show about politics, he has, in fact, written a... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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Fool Koller
Partway through Eric Koller's physical comedy show, the audience doesn't know whether to admire or fear the wide-mouthed Dutchman. As he dons a wooly rug and... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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Kevin Gildea: Man of a Million Heads
There are only a few certainties at the Festival: venues and pubs will charge twice the normal price for drinks, it will rain for a minimum of 14 days, the o... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008
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The Art of Dating and Dumping
If you look for David Florez on YouTube, you will find a clever sketch called Rabbit Fever in which a bunch of admen work on ways to sell a vibrator. Perhaps... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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Gamarjobat: The Western
The mohicaned Japanese duo keep the surprises coming with their fantastic warm-up, comprising comedy and magic. This all comes before they even begin to take... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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The Improverts
As The Improverts stroll confidently into their 19th consecutive year at the Festival you'd have to forgive them for being a little bit smug. In addition to ... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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Pappy's Fun Club: Funergy
Sketch shows are often a dubious prospect at the Fringe. All too often, they turn out to be vanity projects for self-satisfied contingents of recently gradua... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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A.L. Kennedy: Present Tense
A L Kennedy begins her set by welcoming her audience to the perfectly cylindrical Stand II. This architectural quirk is, without a doubt, the most captivatin... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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The Boom Jennies: Shindig
Not a Y-chromosome in sight. The Boom Jennies—comprised of performers Anna Emerson, Lizzie Bates and Catriona Knox—are merchants of quirky, bite-... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
Fest MagazineNick Revell: Sleepless
Nick Revell is probably right when he tells us he’s just delivered “the most elegant vaginally based joke you’ll hear at the Festival.&rdqu... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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1000 Years of German Humour
It is a testament to the surrealist charm of Henning Wehn & Otto Kuhnle that a cultural stereotype as simplistic as yodeling while clad in lederhosen cou... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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Domestic Goddi Review 2008
Domestic Goddi, the new sketch show from erstwhile 'Pick of the Fringe' Rosie Wilkinson and BBC award winner Helen O'Brien, is the comedy equivalent of the b... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008