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 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 -
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
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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 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Not-So-Fatal Death of Grandpa Fredo @ Traverse
Rhyming couplets aplenty, Vox Motus introduces the little American town of Reliance Falls. Strumming guitars and singing with a country twang, we meet four o... Read more »| 24 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Life of Si @ The GRV, 14 Aug
Ever wondered what it would feel like to be in a live studio audience? Well, you may just find out with this comic double-act who have been wowing audiences ... Read more »| 24 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Silence of the Trams II @ The Stand
Committees, eh? We have two skits tonight about the committee-think behind Edinburgh's barking mad tram project. Sadly, neither of them caused the Silence of... Read more »| 24 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
La Locandiera Review
Good food, bad sex Read more »| 24 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Sarah Bennetto @ Pleasance Dome
Antipodean comics are ten a penny at the Fringe so coming up with original material devoid of clichés can’t be easy. Sarah Bennetto's show is al... Read more »| 23 Aug 2010