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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Comedy
Ew Girl, You Nasty @ Laughing Horse, Golf Tavern
A brazen hour of crazy anecdotes from Katharyn Henson in her Edinburgh Fringe debut Read more »| 16 Aug 2019 -
Comedy
Giants are Fjörd @ Pleasance Courtyard
Sketch duo Giants explore well-trodden avenues but with great comic success in Giants are Fjörd Read more »| 16 Aug 2019 -
Comedy
Sarah Keyworth @ Pleasance Courtyard
Pacific is a confessional and stimulating, yet light-hearted sophomore Edinburgh Fringe hour from Sarah Keyworth Read more »| 16 Aug 2019 -
Comedy
Ahir Shah @ Monkey Barrel
Dots is another excellent hour of comedy-existentialism from Ahir Shah Read more »| 16 Aug 2019 -
Comedy
James McNicholas @ Pleasance Courtyard
James McNicholas' The Boxer is an appealing first solo hour from a well-established comic talent Read more »| 16 Aug 2019 -
Comedy
Harriet Braine @ Gilded Balloon, Tolbooth Market
Harriet Braine's Les Admirables is a disappointingly loose hour from a reliably likeable talent Read more »| 16 Aug 2019
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Theatre
America Is Hard To See @ Underbelly Cowgate
This show by Life Jacket theatre, based on interviews with inhabitants of an isolated community in Florida called Miracle Village, is a brave and honest depiction of sex offenders struggling to come to terms with their crimes Read more »| 15 Aug 2019 -
Theatre
Staged @ Zoo Southside
An extremely clever, absolutely mind-bending show from Circumference: expect to question everything you thought you knew about circus, and much more besides Read more »| 15 Aug 2019 -
Comedy
Tony Basnett @ Just the Tonic, The Caves
Tony Basnett turns a disaster-filled year into something naturally funny Read more »| 15 Aug 2019 -
Theatre
A Brief History of the Fragile Male Ego @ Pleasance Dome
Full to the brim with irony and slapstick, feminist theatre company Jordan and Skinner return to the Fringe with their new show, A Brief History of the Fragile Male Ego Read more »| 15 Aug 2019 -
Comedy
Sam Haygarth @ Just the Tonic, Mash House
An urgent and hilarious hour tackling the climate crisis from Sam Haygarth Read more »| 15 Aug 2019 -
Comedy
Neal Portenza @ Heroes, Boteco
Neal Portenza is Australasia’s most successful bilge pump salesman Joshua Ladgrove in this cult classic in the making Read more »| 15 Aug 2019 -
Theatre
Boulder @ Pleasance Courtyard
Half-A-String's new show is a puppet-powered re-imagining of the Sisyphus story Read more »| 15 Aug 2019 -
Comedy
John Robins @ Pleasance Courtyard
An endlessly relatable hour of crippling shame from 2017 Edinburgh Comedy Award winner John Robins Read more »| 15 Aug 2019 -
Comedy
Lou Sanders @ Monkey Barrel
The queen of dick jokes Lou Sanders returns to the Edinburgh Fringe after a very successful year Read more »| 15 Aug 2019