Edinburgh Fringe Festival Guide - News and Reviews - The Skinny (original) (raw)
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.
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.
Comedy Laura Davis @ Monkey Barrel Laura Davis's poetic sensibility comes to the fore in new show AlbatrossRead more » ★★★ Emma Sullivan | 27 Aug 2024 
Theatre A Letter to Lyndon B. Johnson or God: Whoever Reads This First @ theSpace Xhloe Rice and Natasha Roland's Fringe First-winning new play is a tightly-woven DIY masterpiece about boyhood, queerness, masculinity and empireRead more » ★★★★★ Rho Chung | 26 Aug 2024 
Comedy Josephine Lacey @ Pleasance Courtyard Josephine Lacey hits the Edinburgh Fringe with Autism Mama, an hour of enlightening stand-up which cuts close to the lineRead more » ★★★ Rhys Morgan | 26 Aug 2024 
Comedy Marjolein Robertson @ Monkey Barrel at the Hive Marjolein Robertson's new show is a vital, surreal one-two punch of esoteric storytelling and reflections on reproductive healthRead more » ★★★★ Rhys Morgan | 26 Aug 2024 
Comedy Tom Lawrinson @ Underbelly Cowgate Buried Alive and Loving It is an unexpectedly sedate sophomore hour from socials star Tom LawrinsonRead more » ★★★ Rhys Morgan | 26 Aug 2024 
Theatre The Besties: Week Three Winners Teatro La Plaza, John-Luke Roberts, Gig Buddies and new Scottish music documentary Since Yesterday are among the winners for our third batch of The BestiesRead more » The Skinny | 24 Aug 2024 
Comedy Glasgow’s Alana Jackson wins So You Think You're Funny? competition This year’s So You Think You're Funny? Award – one of the UK’s biggest awards for new comics – goes to Glaswegian standup Alana JacksonRead more » Jamie Dunn | 23 Aug 2024 
Comedy Derek Mitchell: Goblin @ Pleasance Derek Mitchell's Goblin is an intense rollercoaster ride fusing comedy and melodramaRead more » ★★★ Emma Sullivan | 23 Aug 2024 
Theatre Pretty Delusional @ theSpaceTriplex Gianna Milici hilariously exposes the agonies, ecstasies, and humiliations of what it means to desire and want to be desired as a young woman in Pretty DelusionalRead more » ★★★★★ Elle Nash | 22 Aug 2024 
Theatre Birdwatching @ theSpace at Venue 45 Birdwatching's teenage trip to the woods is a tense and dark look at the misogynistic structures which haunt our societyRead more » ★★★★ Maria Farsoon | 22 Aug 2024 
Comedy Phil Ellis @ Monkey Barrel Phil Ellis follows up his award-nominated show with a lunchtime hour loaded with electric late night chaosRead more » ★★★★★ Polly Glynn | 21 Aug 2024 
Comedy Eleanor Morton @ Monkey Barrel Ghosts, trauma, and Edinburgh's role in the Fringe all come to the fore in Eleanor Morton's new show, Haunted HouseRead more » ★★★★ Emma Sullivan | 21 Aug 2024 
Comedy Ed Night @ Monkey Barrel at The Hive Ed Night battles his demons in a breathtakingly funny setRead more » ★★★★ Andrew Williams | 20 Aug 2024 
Comedy Eddy Hare @ Pleasance Courtyard This One's On Me, the solo Fringe debut from Crizards member Eddy Hare, is a whimsical, minor key delight Read more » ★★★★ Emma Sullivan | 20 Aug 2024 
Theatre A Silent Scandal @ Greenside George Street This timely and poignant piece about abuse in 1970s Ireland ultimately falls short of incision or subversionRead more » ★★★ Ellen Davis-Walker | 20 Aug 2024