Festivals
Step into a vibrant celebration of culture with The Skinny festival guide. We bring you the latest UK and international festival news; you'll find festival information, previews, reviews, features, and interviews.
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Edinburgh Fringe
Paul Kerensa
A humorously misguided tour through a year of music. Read more »| 03 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Dannyfest
Replete with interactive gimmickry, Danny Robbins pitches up at this year’s Fringe with Dannyfest, the one-man version of that quintessential British s... Read more »| 03 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
P.I.E
Sherlock Holmes and Watson, Inspector Morse and Louis, Hercule Poirot and, well, his moustache: these crime-fighting duos and stalwarts of British televisual... Read more »| 03 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Advance to Retreat
The new Retreat! festival promises to showcase the best in Edinburgh DIY pop and folk music. Read more »| 03 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Shout When Spoken To
Sweden's Shout Out Louds are the latest in a long line of quality pop groups to make the trip across the North Sea Read more »| 03 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Lloyd Woolf -- Ten Shows I Abandoned
It’s going to be no ordinary show when the comedian greets you at the door and asks how your day has been. The start of Lloyd Woolf’s performance... Read more »| 02 Aug 2008
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Edinburgh Fringe
Reception
Jen Brister and Clare Warde are a funny, touching double act. Set in the "front line" of a radiology department – a kind of everydesk – these rec... Read more »| 02 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Steve Williams
There’s a great deal of potential in a show title which evokes fond memories of the World Wrestling Federation’s most irreplaceable son. The Ulti... Read more »| 02 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Lady Garden
Watching a bunch of ex-drama students debuting at the Fringe, showcasing home-grown material, is unlikely to instill a great sense of anticipation. Everyone ... Read more »| 02 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Guide to Sexual Misery
Wolfgang Weinberger’s Guide to Sexual Misery cuts a fine line between comedy and therapy. Weinberger, an Austrian version of Des O’Connor, invest... Read more »| 02 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Joanna Neary at Fringe Review
It's often a mistake for a comedian to pretend to be nervous as part of their act. It's seems like a fertile furrow for comedy when you're in front of the ba... Read more »| 02 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Ismo Leikola: Rogue State Finland
There's something that doesn't quite click about Rogue State Finland, but it's hard to say exactly what. Ismo Leikola is clearly a very funny man, and has to... Read more »| 02 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Dead Cat Bounce
Let’s get something straight from the outset – this show doesn’t involve dead cats. Not at all. To my relief there’s not a dead bounc... Read more »| 02 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Richard Herring
Herring is on a personal journey. His latest Fringe offering is an hour-long retreat into the past to find out what the lasting psychological effects are on ... Read more »| 02 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Man I Cure
A modern folktale which blurs the lines between reality, imagination and hallucination Read more »| 02 Aug 2008