Comedy
The Skinny guide to the stand-up comedy shows in Edinburgh, Glasgow and across Scotland. Exclusive previews and interviews with some of the country's best new comedians, plus stand-up comedy reviews, comedy features, and extensive coverage of comedy at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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Interviews
Noel Fielding: The Mighty Brush
Boosh star pours his art out. Read more »| 11 Oct 2011 -
Guide
Wicked Wenches
Bearing witness to a varied, exciting and sophisticated all-female line-up of acts, tonight's Wicked Wenches show is wide-ranging in subject matter and consi... Read more »| 11 Oct 2011 -
Opinion
Crystal Baws: October Horoscopes
ARIESIn October you finally fall on that spike all your friends bought you for your birthday back in April.TAURUSThis month you suffer a suspiciously realist... Read more »| 30 Sep 2011 -
Interviews
Craig Campbell: "Almost anyone can write a joke"
Following a tour with Frankie Boyle and his most successful Edinburgh Fringe to date, Canadian Craig Campbell is in the ascendancy Read more »| 30 Sep 2011 -
Opinion
X-FACTOR 2011: Because apparently I hate my brain
Kelly Rowland exclaims excitedly that "There are some pretty amazing acts coming out of Britain right now," which, strictly speaking, is true if by ‘ac... Read more »| 30 Sep 2011 -
Interviews
Margaret Cho: "I think it would be great if everyone was ordered to get gay married”
One of America's most provocative comedians, Margaret Cho is on a world tour that begins and ends in Scotland. But where is she now? Read more »| 29 Sep 2011
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Opinion
Celebrity Big Brother – It's Time
It's hard to connect to people. We are all so different. Each of us a unique individual with near infinite variations of tastes, likes, dislikes, passions a... Read more »| 07 Sep 2011 -
Opinion
Young Justice: Kids in hot-pants fight crime and dignity
Never underestimate the influence television can have on the soft-cabbagey head of a child. We've all heard the story about the kid who saw Superman and... Read more »| 06 Sep 2011 -
Festivals
Interview: Lee Camp
Simon Fielding catches up with angry American Lee Camp, one of the breakthrough acts at this year's Fringe. Read more »| 06 Sep 2011 -
Opinion
Finding Bigfoot (They Don't)
I love the Animal Planet Network. Launched in 1997, The Animal Planet Network originally consisted of 24 saccharine-filled hours of cute and fluffy anim... Read more »| 02 Sep 2011 -
Opinion
Crystal Baws: September Horoscopes
ARIES Your trackie bottoms become so far stuck up your crack this month your hungry arse begins to digest polyester and your cells start to reconstitute the... Read more »| 31 Aug 2011 -
Opinion
The Bachelor: Competition To Win An All-Expenses Paid Trip To A Sports Star's Crotch
Channel 5 have recently premiered the UK's version of The Bachelor starring Welsh sports star Gavin Henson. Although it might seem like a high-concept series... Read more »| 30 Aug 2011 -
Opinion
MTV Hates Teenwolvery
It all started last week while posting on a Werewolf-Fan-Forum (My second favourite internet pass time next to bombarding NASA with emails relating to Buck R... Read more »| 30 Aug 2011 -
Interviews
New Act of the Month: Ana Canary
Edinburgh lass Ana Canary's a really, really new act - but we like her Read more »| 29 Aug 2011 -
Interviews
In Profile: Susan Calman
This issue marks my last as Comedy Editor at The Skinny – Bernard O’Leary will be expertly taking over the reins from next month. For the last In Profile piece, I wanted to talk to someone who epitomises what is great about Scottish comedy. Few fit the bill better than Glasgwegian Susan Calman Read more »| 29 Aug 2011