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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Books
My Father's Notebook - Kader Abdolah [SKINNYFest 3]
Kader Abdolah weaves Sufi myths, political intrigue and biography into a charming meditation on the relationship between father and son Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Books
District and Circle - Seamus Heaney [SKINNYFest 4]
Seamus Heaney exposes the immense fragility of our daily existence Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Film
Q&A Laura Poitras SKINNYFEST3
Absolutely it's worse now than when I was filming. As long as the US is there the violence will continue. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Theatre
Wasted
Even as the audience take their seats Myra Hindley, aged and bitter, sits towards the front of the stage as if she were about to narrate. In fact she remains... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Theatre
Tirade For Three/Vagrant
an adeptly stylised exploration of the nature of love, lust, deception and fear Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Theatre
Think no evil of us: My life with Kenneth Williams
This is a quite unique production. For the first half an hour you are confronted by a slightly mad, occasionally funny and generally uncomfortable impression... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006
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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 -
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