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
Showstopper @ Gilded Balloon Teviot
No other audience is having as much fun as the Showstopper! audience. The choking heat in the Teviot Debating Hall doesn't stifle the huge crowd, who are scr... Read more »| 20 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Mike Wozniak @ The Stand
The Stand IV is the perfect venue for this show. Although the audience was still undeservedly small, the small setting suits the tempo of this show, where it... Read more »| 20 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Frisky & Mannish @ Underbelly
This time last year, Frisky & Mannish were having their 'explosion' moment, when their show became one of the tickets to have, and now they're back, fo... Read more »| 20 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Caroline Rhea @ Gilded Balloon Teviot
Caroline Rhea. That's her off of Sabrina, you know. Unfortunately if you're reading this then, yes, you probably do know. Rhea's audience is a strange one; ... Read more »| 20 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Alasdair Gray @ EIBF
As the actors spoke the opening lines: ‘storm clouds, whose snow and hail and rains pour down... heralding the Lord’, so too did the Edin... Read more »| 20 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Sum of It All @ Zoo
It adds up to more than its parts Read more »| 20 Aug 2010
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Edinburgh Fringe
Rebuttal
Dear Mrs Pankhurst Read more »| 20 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Rosie Wilby - The Further Science of Sex
There's something about combining the words 'science' and 'sex' that leads to instinctual jitters - what if we've been doing it wrong all along? Rosie Wilby'... Read more »| 20 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Festivals
A L Kennedy @ EIBF
With the possible exception of Alistair Darling, few authors appearing at this year’s Book Festival could be expected to reference Creamola Foa... Read more »| 19 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Alberto Manguel @ EIBF
When Alberto Manguel entered the Corner Theatre on Tuesday, there can’t have been more than fifteen of us, spread out like islands in a baffled... Read more »| 19 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Christos Tsiolkas @ EIBF
This year’s Book Festival begins with a slap. It's a full house in the Highland Park Spiegeltent to hear Christos Tsiolkas talk about his Booker-nomina... Read more »| 18 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Dan Cruickshank @ EIBF
Dan Cruickshank requires no lessons in architectural history. But he could do with some guidance on public speaking. Cruickshank’s new book is ca... Read more »| 18 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Trainspotting @ Merchant's Hall
Hard acts Read more »| 18 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Philip Pullman @ EIBF
Inasmuch as we love Lyra Belacqua, so does Philip Pullman love Jesus: a poetic genius, social reformer, and protagonist of the greatest story ever to... Read more »| 18 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Mairi Hedderwick @ EIBF
Talking about how she creates her watercolours of Scotland, Mairi Hedderwick says she doesn’t paint at the scene itself – ‘somebod... Read more »| 18 Aug 2010