UK Festivals
Welcome to The Skinny UK festival guide. We bring you previews, reviews, and line-up information for arts, film, music and comedy festivals around the UK.
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ComedyMagners Festival Club / The Big Lunchtime Comedy Chat Show
There’s so much going on at the Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival that it can be difficult to know where to go. With only one performance o... Read more »| 30 Mar 2011 -
ComedyJohn Robertson: Dragon Punch @ The Griffin
Australian John Robertson’s Glasgow Comedy Festival show gets off to an uncertain start when an elderly ned begins to heckle him by bellowing, a situat... Read more »| 29 Mar 2011 -
ComedyThe Stockholm Syndrome @ Capitol, 19 March
I love watching comedy in Glasgow. Where else can you see a genial looking old man in the front row grab the comedian’s testicles? Read more »| 23 Mar 2011 -
Comedy
Doug Stanhope: "I’d rather have no hate whatsoever, never put on the news again"
What could be more intimidating than phoning Doug Stanhope at 10am? Read more »| 22 Mar 2011 -
ComedyActivism at Glasgow Comedy Festival
With the launch of the Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival today, we take a look at some of the acts who bring an element of activism to their work. Read more »| 16 Mar 2011 -
Comedy
Mark Thomas – Rambling Man
Mark Thomas tells us about his experiences in the West Bank Read more »| 11 Mar 2011
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ComedyImran Yusuf: "My dream is to be bigger than Chris Rock"
Imran Yusuf talks to us about identity and the futility of box-ticking Read more »| 10 Mar 2011 -
Comedy
Caroline Rhea: "Doing stand-up comedy is like doing therapy"
Comedian Caroline Rhea caught up with The Skinny ahead of her Glasgow Comedy Festival appearance to remind us that there's more to her act than being Sabrina's aunt Read more »| 08 Mar 2011 -
Comedy
Aren't you off the telly?
Most stand-up comedians dream of one day starring in a hit sitcom, but what happens to their stand-up careers once they’ve hit the big time? We talked to some of them to find out Read more »| 07 Mar 2011 -
Comedy
George Monbiot: Pull No Punches
George Monbiot talks to The Skinny about stirring up political debate ahead of his appearance at the Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival Read more »| 07 Mar 2011 -
Festival Guide
Some Standouts at StAnza
Want to learn more about poetry in one fell swoop? Fancy a trip to St Andrews? Read on... Read more »| 04 Mar 2011 -
Comedy
Cross-Examined: Keith Farnan
Keith Farnan tells us why he isn't a man with a plan Read more »| 03 Mar 2011 -
Film
Rendez-vous with French Cinema
The Lumière Brothers have plenty to answer for*, but birthing French Cinema is not something they should regret. France’s cinematic output ... Read more »| 01 Mar 2011 -
Festival Guide
Jerk @ Traverse
Puppets are violent things, as any British audience must surely be aware, having been raised on the slapstick of Punch and Judy and the domestic dramas of So... Read more »| 09 Feb 2011 -
Comedy
Comedy Fetishist
In honour of Valentine's Day, our comedy editor explains what it is she loves about comedy Read more »| 08 Feb 2011