Comedy
The Skinny guide to the stand-up comedy shows in Edinburgh, Glasgow and across Scotland. Exclusive previews and interviews with some of the country's best new comedians, plus stand-up comedy reviews, comedy features, and extensive coverage of comedy at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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OpinionCelebrity Big Brother – It's Time
It's hard to connect to people. We are all so different. Each of us a unique individual with near infinite variations of tastes, likes, dislikes, passions a... Read more »| 07 Sep 2011 -
OpinionYoung Justice: Kids in hot-pants fight crime and dignity
Never underestimate the influence television can have on the soft-cabbagey head of a child. We've all heard the story about the kid who saw Superman and... Read more »| 06 Sep 2011 -
FestivalsInterview: Lee Camp
Simon Fielding catches up with angry American Lee Camp, one of the breakthrough acts at this year's Fringe. Read more »| 06 Sep 2011 -
Opinion
Finding Bigfoot (They Don't)
I love the Animal Planet Network. Launched in 1997, The Animal Planet Network originally consisted of 24 saccharine-filled hours of cute and fluffy anim... Read more »| 02 Sep 2011 -
OpinionCrystal Baws: September Horoscopes
ARIES Your trackie bottoms become so far stuck up your crack this month your hungry arse begins to digest polyester and your cells start to reconstitute the... Read more »| 31 Aug 2011 -
Opinion
The Bachelor: Competition To Win An All-Expenses Paid Trip To A Sports Star's Crotch
Channel 5 have recently premiered the UK's version of The Bachelor starring Welsh sports star Gavin Henson. Although it might seem like a high-concept series... Read more »| 30 Aug 2011
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Opinion
MTV Hates Teenwolvery
It all started last week while posting on a Werewolf-Fan-Forum (My second favourite internet pass time next to bombarding NASA with emails relating to Buck R... Read more »| 30 Aug 2011 -
Interviews
New Act of the Month: Ana Canary
Edinburgh lass Ana Canary's a really, really new act - but we like her Read more »| 29 Aug 2011 -
InterviewsIn Profile: Susan Calman
This issue marks my last as Comedy Editor at The Skinny – Bernard O’Leary will be expertly taking over the reins from next month. For the last In Profile piece, I wanted to talk to someone who epitomises what is great about Scottish comedy. Few fit the bill better than Glasgwegian Susan Calman Read more »| 29 Aug 2011 -
Festivals
Matt Forde: Dishonourable Member
Hardly the hour of political comedy that one might expect, Matt Forde's solo debut sees him recount the circumstances under which he found a passion for, and... Read more »| 27 Aug 2011 -
Festivals
Aidan Goatley: 10 Films With My Dad Review 2011
What a great idea for a show. Aidan Goatley promises to explore a lifetime of miscommunication with his dad by examining the films they watched together, whi... Read more »| 26 Aug 2011 -
Festivals
Danny Pensive's Map Of Britain
There is a lollipop waiting for each member of the audience on their chair – Danny Pensive is off to a good start. He begins his show by way of a littl... Read more »| 26 Aug 2011 -
Festivals
Adam Larter: The Legend Of Bob Geldof (and other short stories)
Imagine an episode of Glee written by Frank Sidebottom, and you'll be about halfway to understanding the whimsical nature of Adam Larter's The Legend Of Bob ... Read more »| 25 Aug 2011 -
Festivals
Mat Ricardo: 3 Balls and a New Suit
Mat Ricardo was plainly born in the wrong era. Like those women in war films who shove battleships across a table with big sticks, Juggler just isn’t ... Read more »| 25 Aug 2011 -
Festivals
88mph
A show starting at this time is usually on late for a reason – you expect an amount of adult humour, some crude jokes maybe, lots of swearing or dark j... Read more »| 25 Aug 2011