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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ComedyColin Hoult / Anna Mann @ Pleasance Courtyard
Luvvies are mercilessly lampooned in A Sketch Show for Depressives, which opens with two guys in unitards who seem to have mistakenly wandered over from West... Read more »| 09 Aug 2016 -
Comedy
Birthday Girls @ Pleasance Courtyard
High-energy Fringe favourites power into Pleasance with another hit show Read more »| 09 Aug 2016 -
ComedyEdinburgh Fringe Reviews: It's only a Game Show
Think you’ve got what it takes to surmount an arbitrary challenge? Try your hand at these game shows to test your mettle. Read more »| 08 Aug 2016 -
TheatreExpensive Shit @ Traverse Theatre
“I want what you have,” a nightclub toilet attendant and ex-dancer laments through an empty mirror frame into the eyes of a captive audience. &ld... Read more »| 08 Aug 2016 -
Edinburgh FringeEdinburgh Fringe: Top of the Pop-Ups
We round up the best pop-up bars, cafes and food and drink options at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Read more »| 08 Aug 2016 -
Comedy
Holly Burn @ Underbelly, Med Quad
Adept performer Holly Burn's show explores what it is to be the special one Read more »| 08 Aug 2016
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Comedy
Elliot Steel @ Gilded Balloon, The Counting House
With new show Netflix 'n' Steel, South London’s Elliot Steel brings his generation's views to the Fringe Elliot Steel’s show title is almost a p... Read more »| 08 Aug 2016 -
Comedy
Tom Ward @ Pleasance Courtyard
Tom Ward plays it a touch too safe in an otherwise very promising debut hour Read more »| 08 Aug 2016 -
Comedy
Michael Brunström @ Heroes, Dragonfly
Michael Brunstrӧm beguiles the Fringe once more with a curious and captivating hour on the nation’s second favourite painting Read more »| 08 Aug 2016 -
Comedy
Vir Das on Telling the Truth with Toilet Humour
Vir Das is one of the biggest names in Indian comedy, and it's apt that his first name means 'brave' – the last time he was in town, things didn’t quite go as planned Read more »| 08 Aug 2016 -
Theatre
Fringe Theatre: Northern Stage @ Summerhall
We look at the Northern Stage theatre programme at Summerhall at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Read more »| 05 Aug 2016 -
Comedy
Burnistoun Live @ Gilded Balloon
The level of anticipation is high for the Fringe show based on TV's Burnistoun, with a queue around the block outside the Gilded Balloon – however... Read more »| 05 Aug 2016 -
Comedy
Can Performers Make a Profit at the Fringe?
At an open-access arts festival like the Edinburgh Fringe, who ends up paying the heaviest price? We investigate. Read more »| 05 Aug 2016 -
Comedy
Glasgow collective CHUNKS crash into the Fringe
The performers behind one of the best regular comedy nights in Glasgow are staging a take-over of the Edinburgh Fringe. We ask the CHUNKS collective to plan an approved itinerary of their affiliated shows – and what they'd say about each other Read more »| 04 Aug 2016 -
Comedy
Poets Against Humanity: Comedy Spotlight
The award-winning local poets behind the regular Poets Against Humanity night bring a one-off show to the Fringe Read more »| 04 Aug 2016