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 MagazinePhil Nichol: 8 Nights Only
“So we walked past the midget Hitler into the Cock Ring,” begins one of Phil Nichol’s more outlandish anecdotes. This is clearly a man who ... Read more »| 16 Aug 2008 -
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Caesar Twins Q&A
Do you think alike? Pierre: Every single human thinks in different ways. We think what we want to think, and we do what we want to do. But somewhere in the ... Read more »| 16 Aug 2008 -
Fest MagazineSusan Calman - Maybe It's Your Fault
Measuring in at 4' 11'' tall, Susan Calman is exactly the same height as Kylie Minogue. This is, by her own admission, as far as the resemblance goes; an ab... Read more »| 16 Aug 2008 -
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Nina Conti: Evolution
The history of showbiz is littered with the evidence of a simple fact: one trick ponies don’t last. Bernie Clifton and Oswald, Ken Dodd and Charlie Bro... Read more »| 16 Aug 2008 -
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Jason Byne: Cats Under Mats, Having Chats With Bats
Jason Byrne is one of the Fringe superstars who will sell out whichever expansive venue he chooses to grace with his show. Now in his sixth year at the Fring... Read more »| 16 Aug 2008 -
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Danny Bhoy: By the Way
Homecomings are desperately important to artists on the make, and for a boy from Moffat it doesn’t get much bigger than coming home to headline at the ... Read more »| 16 Aug 2008
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Andrew Maxwell: This Is Ten Years From Now
As anyone who has seen Andrew Maxwell in his 14 years at the Fringe can testify, the laidback Irishman can definitely do ‘funny’. Indeed, catch h... Read more »| 16 Aug 2008 -
Fest MagazineJoan Rivers: Work in Progress by a Life in Progress
Hollywood's merciless obsession with youth is at the heart of Joan Rivers' autobiographical show, Work in Progress by a Life in Progress, in which she recoun... Read more »| 15 Aug 2008 -
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Bite the Dust
This bleak and forceful study of warfare interrupts the jollity of the Fringe Read more »| 15 Aug 2008 -
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Lichentongue
There are only so many things that can be reasonably done in an hour. Unfortunately no-one seems to have informed Pericles Snowdon, the playwright behind Li... Read more »| 15 Aug 2008 -
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Christie in Love
Fans, if that really is the correct term, of Ludovic Kennedy’s 10 Rillington Place, or the subsequent film, will be familiar with the story of John Reg... Read more »| 15 Aug 2008 -
Fest MagazineChunky Move
Most dancers expect to develop the odd blister during rehearsals, but few anticipate being knocked out cold by a violent blow to the head. Fewer still would ... Read more »| 14 Aug 2008 -
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Jim Rose – Shock and Bore
With his first Edinburgh appearance in 10 years, Jim Rose claims to preside over the "most risque show ever brought to the Fringe." But with yawning critics and small crowds, Chris Williams wonders if the world has just passed Rose by Read more »| 14 Aug 2008 -
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Ursula Martinez Q&A
The famous stripping magician from La Clique bares all Read more »| 14 Aug 2008 -
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Louis CK Preview
Described as the “greatest comic mind of the last quarter century” by Chris Rock and “the funniest stand up working in America” by Ri... Read more »| 14 Aug 2008