Edinburgh Fringe
The Skinny guide to Edinburgh Fringe Festival. We bring you everything you need to get the most out of the Fringe, including previews, interviews, reviews and features.
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Fest Magazine
Josie Long review - SkinnyFest 2
A five star rating is a rare one indeedilydoo, and by the definition of this magazine is meant to represent perfection for "all and sundry". Now, allow me to... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Fest Magazine
DJ Danny review - SkinnyFest 2
Takes the audience through a musical journey to cure the world of its three major problems àwar, poverty, and James Blunt. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Mickey Dwyer's Festival Fumble - SKINNYFEST 1
put in the extra 10% and you can send that unsuspecting dance troupe back to Wisconsin with a lifetime of nightmares Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Theatre
Marijke van Warmerdam: First drop skinnyfest1
Somewhat radically in the world of contemporary art, Marijke van Warmerdam's First drop exhibition does not have an agenda. It appears to make no political s... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Theatre
The Interview - SKINNYFEST 1
It's the future (or is it?) and the work-life balance has gone seriously wonky. Loving relationships are giving way to contracts drawn up by the state at a v... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Talk Radio SKINNYFest 1
Nestled snugly in the steamy intestinal tract of the festival's newly inflated purple bovine, talk show host Barry Champlain (Phil Nichols) has a sweaty, ove... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006
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Theatre
SKINNYFEST 1 Pumpgirl
A great production of Abbie Spallen's new play, replete with country music, thick Northern Irish accents, car grease and fucking, this story is set in Armagh... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Radio - skinnyfest 1
Radio is a story of the birth, life and death of one young man's American dream, all told in a perfectly manageable 45 minutes. As anti-Americanism is second... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Petrol Jesus Nightmare #5 (In the Time of the Messiah) SKINNYFEST 1
The small amount of violence we see àshocking in its brevity and intensity àstems from religion, corruption and greed, which inside the house feel oddly disconnected from the war raging in the streets. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Past Half Remembered SKINNYFEST 1
Romantic comedy isn't generally a genre associated with early 20th centuryRussian history, but the company of NiE manage it beautifully. Therelationship betw... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Blackwatch skinnyfest1
Superbly captures the essence of Scottish soldiers through the acting, accents, dialogue and humour. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Theatre
Janey Godley's 'Point of Yes' SKINNYFEST 1
After receiving widespread plaudits for "The Point of Yes", Glaswegian comic Janey Godley has now brought her one woman, two-character play to the fringe. Ch... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Theatre
In Pursuit of Cardenio - SKINNYFEST 1
Ken Campbell is in search of Cardenio, Shakespeare's lost play. A theatrical black hole, it has little foundation other than tenuous links to passages from D... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Theatre
Imagine I Am Smiling - Skinnyfest 1
Imaginary Theatre Company are waiting. On a bench, deep in their cave venue, on a station platform somewhere, could be anywhere. Waiting for a train that mig... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Diary of a Nobody review - SkinnyFest1
Well, this is What Happened To The Likely Lad who didn't fall feet first into a primetime BBC1 cop drama. While James Bolam pays the bills by playing the sam... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006