Festivals
Step into a vibrant celebration of culture with The Skinny festival guide. We bring you the latest UK and international festival news; you'll find festival information, previews, reviews, features, and interviews.
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Edinburgh Festivals
Alan Moore @ EIBF
Alan Moore was interviewed by the Guardian’s political cartoonist Steve Bell, who said that he’d interviewed the master of the graphic st... Read more »| 26 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Keith Farnan @ Underbelly
Keith Farnan approaches feminism from the humble perspective of a man who loves women. It's a risky thing to do; after all, who is he, a man, to talk about t... Read more »| 26 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Seamus Heaney @ EIBF
Have you ever been spellbound? It was only when I emerged from the Book Festival tent after listening to Seamus Heaney read poems from his latest col... Read more »| 26 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Nat Luurtsema @ The Pleasance
Nat Luurtsema’s solo Fringe debut is a show of two halves, but boy is the second half worth it. In My Head, I'm A Hero is about being ready for any di... Read more »| 26 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Nina Conti @ The Pleasance
This year's show from ventriloquist Nina Conti sees her with a handful of puppets, which start out simply until they evolve into her finest creation - Gran. ... Read more »| 26 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Oedipus Wrecks
"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead ... Read more »| 25 Aug 2010
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Edinburgh Festivals
Lydia Davis @ EIBF
Lydia Davis made her Charlotte Square debut on a particularly inclement Edinburgh evening, the rain pattering on the marquee roof as though it wanted... Read more »| 25 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Ivor Dembina @ The City Cafe
Here's the thing about Ivor Dembina's new show: it doesn’t exist yet. After spending five years writing his last show, he decided that he’d ask t... Read more »| 25 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Sara Wheeler @ EIBF
What’s the difference between the Antarctic and the Arctic, aside from their opposing polar locations? For Sara Wheeler, it’s life. The f... Read more »| 25 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Alex Horne @ The Pleasance
Comedians making wacky bets are old hat these days, so congratulations to Alex Horne for injecting some new life into this idea. His bet is quite simple: on ... Read more »| 25 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Paul Sinha @ The Stand
Who on earth would consider the eloquent, intelligent ex-GP Paul Sinha vitriolic? The answer turns out to be the BNP – its deputy leader accused h... Read more »| 25 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Flamenco Speaks
Bubblebursting flamenco Read more »| 25 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Best of European Fiction 2010 @ EIBF
This event was based around one book, with multiple authors, The Best of European Fiction 2010. The book is a fantastic idea – it has contribut... Read more »| 24 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Damion Larkin @ Just the Tonic
The title of the show may already have enticed you into it (particularly the more motherly amongst us) but you like Damion Larkin from the start. The show is... Read more »| 24 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Festivals
James Shapiro @ EIBF
James Shapiro is a Professor of English Literature at Columbia University in New York, and a Shakespeare scholar. His book 1599: A Year in the Life o... Read more »| 24 Aug 2010