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 FringeDiane Spencer: All-Pervading Madness
As the overblown pomp of Bonnie Tyler's I Need A Hero fades out, Diane Spencer locks into the energetic groove of this distinctive show with immediacy and pa... Read more »| 07 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh FringeGavin Webster: All Young People Are C**ts
The Fringe presents a problem for working comedians. It's not enough just to be funny, you have to have a show with a theme. Two years ago, Gavin Webster go... Read more »| 06 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh FringeWitTank
When the three peachy-skinned young men take to the stage, announce their solidly middle class names and start arsing about with a pineapple, my heart sinks ... Read more »| 06 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Hannah Gadsby: Mrs Chuckles
In an intricately assembled hour of slow-burning mirth, Mrs Chuckles takes in Australian small towns, homophobia and famous last words with an endearing, ram... Read more »| 06 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh Fringe
High Ape: The Napi Lewis Show
Multi-lingual clowning leaves us scared and confused. Read more »| 05 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh FringeMorgan & West: Crime Solving Magicians
Morgan and West's ambitious, intellectually rigorous show takes some of the philosophical problems of time travel and blends them with dizzying magic tricks ... Read more »| 05 Aug 2011
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Uk Festivals
Electric Frog Summer Festival
To call the third installment of Electric Frog a success would require too many qualifying remarks: the truncated lineup (Electric Frog was originally a two-... Read more »| 04 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Comic v Comic: Robin and Helen
Robin Ince talks to Helen Arney about human existence and particle physics Read more »| 04 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh FringeSeymour Mace: Happypotamus
Seymour Mace popped into the Shimmy Skinny office for our very own preview of his show. Read more »| 04 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Edinburgh International Book Festival: Yorkston vs Rankin!
Singer, songwriter and Fence Collective member James Yorkston will be interviewed by Ian Rankin. Need we say more? Read more »| 04 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Fringe Comedy
Comedy Editor Lizzie Cass-Maran talks you through this year’s Skinny Comedy Fringe coverage Read more »| 04 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Edinburgh International Book Festival: Mr Gray, His Life and His Play
Artist, novelist and playwright (amongst many other things) Alasdair Gray has two events at the Book Festival this year. We caught up with the man himself for a quiet word about what to expect Read more »| 04 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Comedy at the Fringe: Dave Fulton
Dave Fulton is the kind of American comic we love in Britain, with a filthy mouth and a belly full of fire Read more »| 04 Aug 2011 -
Uk Festivals
LuckyMe Festival 2011
Nick Hook, Claude Speeed and Machinedrum have more in common than just long hair and Acme spectacles: they're playing the Fourth LuckyMe Festival Party later this month. The Skinny compiles a primer to the Glasgow label's ever-expanding roster Read more »| 03 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Edinburgh International Book Festival: Lots To Do and See
Perhaps too much to do and see? Want to see something at the Book Festival, but don’t know where to start? Don’t worry, we’ve broken it all down into event types to make it easier to digest. That’s the theory, anyway Read more »| 03 Aug 2011