Arts & Entertainment
The latest arts and entertainment highlights, previews, reviews, music and film features and opinion pieces from The Skinny writers.
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Theatre
Parasites
Stock characters, bad pacing and a weak plot make this little more than an excuse to deliver obscene insults and snappy one-liners Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Comedy
BOWLING WITH THE HAMILTONS
Where do you take two people that have been embroiled in sleazy political scandals, declared bankrupt and even forced themselves to endure the company of Ant and Dec in I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here? SkinnyFest goes bowling with the Hamiltons. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Film
Oublier Cheyenne SKINNYFest
Oublier Cheyenne' is a gentle and touching exploration of what can drive two people apart, and what can keep them together. The film is lifted into the super... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Film
Gretchen - SkinnyFest 2
Gretchen, written and directed by Steve Collins. Set in a typical nowheresville town in the US, Gretchen tells the coming-of-age story of a somewhat creepy a... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Film
Air Guitar Nation SKINNYFest
Were you born to rock? Absolutely not, but Bjorn Turoque was. 'Air Guitar Nation' is the story of two men who want to make it to the top of their chosen prof... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Film
Sheitan review SKINNYFEST
It is hard to fathom why Vincent Cassel, one of France's greatest living actors, is in this film. 'Sheitan' begins innocently, as a group of young people lea... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006
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Theatre
My Polish Roots (and other vegetables)
Karola Gajda, born in Yorkshire to Polish parents, undoubtedly had high ambitions when conceiving this piece. Her heart is certainly in the right place; what... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Theatre
Gizmo Love
Attempting to reveal the difficulty and drama behind the scenes of creating a Hollywood hit with only four actors is tricky to say the least, but this story ... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Music
The Beautiful Girls @ Cabaret Voltaire
The chilled out tunes they produce are lovely to listen to, washing over you like afternoon sunlight Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Music
Mikelangelo & The Black Sea Gentlemen (SkinnyFest3)
If ever there was a time for Austrailian polka loving comedy bands, then surely this is it. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Music
Eric Bogle (SkinnyFest3)
this is easy listening folk, smoothed and tamed, dealing in generalisation and rarely evoking poignancy Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Clubs
SKINNYFEST 3: Sleazy Cheezy, Studio 24, Aug 11
Sleazy Cheezy is an experience that everyone should enjoy at least once Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Clubs
Digitalism, Karnival, Caberet Voltaire, Aug 31 (skinnyfest 3)
Hamburg's freshest electro outfit Digitalism descends on the Cab with a bucketload of hype and a relentless supply of filthy grooves. The DJ and Production d... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Music
T on the Fringe: Michael Franti & Spearhead @ Corn Exchange
If you didn't know one Michael Franti tune or had never even heard of him it wouldn't have mattered, this was a perfect gig Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Theatre
An interview with Henry Pettigrew
It seems fairly certain that Henry Pettigrew is going to be a movie star. We don't want it to go to his head though, so best not to let him read this. Of cou... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006