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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Creation & All That Jazz
Jesus and his entrepreneurial rat pack (Buddha, Ghandi, Jehovah, Lucifer) have royally cocked up Creation. It all began when our unruly messiah spat in a pet... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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Hostage
There’s a recurring moral dilemma that haunts the practice of review writing for the Fringe. It concerns the lunacy of being forced to compare fully pr... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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Closing Time
Billed as “a play about pubs, set in a pub,” My Own Private Submarine’s site-specific monologue, Closing Time, is exactly that – exce... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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The Magic Tree
Can a group of boys really be driven to rape a girl out of sheer boredom? In The Magic Tree, the latest play by award-winning Irish playwright Ursula Rani Sa... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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66A Church Road: A Lament, Made of Memories and Kept In Suitcases, by Daniel Kitson
It’s increasingly difficult to describe Daniel Kitson simply as a comedian. His stand-up work has beco more philosophical and emotional in recent years... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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Cousins Rivals Queens
The imprisonment and execution of Mary, Queen of Scots by her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I, was one of the defining moments in Tudor history, and has fascinated... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008
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Slick
Slick is produced by Vox Motus, a Glasgow based arts company which mingles theatre with visual exhibitionism such as multi-media, magic and puppetry. This ye... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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Call Me If You Feel Too Happy
A small closet is the hunting ground habitually designated to actors who wish to furnish the Fringe with a monologue. Whilst some of these dank quarters can ... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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Dan March: My Myspace Baby
Dan March has brought to the Fringe another true story to add to the surprising weight of autobiographical comedy invading the venues of Edinburgh. This tear... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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Wendy Wason: Things I Didn't Know I Didn't Know
When a stand-up comic has uttered the words “I’m a single mother of two” within the first five minutes of her set, you have a fair notion i... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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Mark Watson 2008 Review
Mark Watson, at the reasonably sprightly age of 28, is already a Fringe legend.Winner of the inaugural if.comedy panel prize and nominated for the 2005 Perri... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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Mick Sergeant: Ah Shit! It's Mick Sergeant
Mick Sergeant used to build ships. Vocationally and spiritually, Mick is a ship-builder throughout every fibre of his lanky, moustachioed frame. Unfortunatel... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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Josie Long: All of the Planet's Wonders (Shown in Detail)
I’ve been an admirer of Josie Long’s comedy for some time. She provides a real challenge to the laziness and negativity of much of modern stand-u... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
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Clever Peter at Edinburgh Fringe: Review
For the eagle-eyed, Clever Peter poses a mysterious question: what happened to the green girl? In the Fringe programme, four comedians line up cheerily in br... Read more »| 16 Aug 2008 -
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Phil Kay 2008
Phil Kay’s comic mojo is a notoriously elusive beast. He has built up something of a cult following over his twenty-year career, but even his most arde... Read more »| 16 Aug 2008