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
Steve Adey @ The Underbelly
After a short technical delay, local acoustic singer-songwriter Emily Scott opens the night with some understated but intriguing balladry. Breaking down the ... Read more »| 15 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
A (Gay Disabled Transexual) Love Story Told to a Ticket Inspector at Alton Towers
An obstacle-littered story of love, with comedy and wheelchairs thrown in Read more »| 15 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Return to Reason
The gap between what is promised in the blurb and what you get in practice is a mighty chasm Read more »| 15 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
John Otway
When John Otway appeared on muso beard-fest the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1977 playing his piss-take of the hippie generation entitled Really Free, those in t... Read more »| 14 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
A Light in the North
Michael Kynaston explores the highlights of The Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop's exhibition, Magazine Read more »| 14 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Killer Joe
Farcical comedy and uncontrolled violence create a powerful brew in the trailer parks of Texas Read more »| 14 Aug 2007
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Edinburgh Fringe
Patrick Monahan - Feel the Love
Patrick Monahan delivers material with an endearing enthusiasm and ease: what could have been overused topics never fail to raise a laugh Read more »| 14 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Sista She and the House of the Holy Bootay
Sista She's high-energy, booty shaking hip-hop comedy is rather good fun Read more »| 14 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Solitary Fragments
Loss, lonliness and the little things in life are deftly handled in Solitary Fragments, the second outing for Spanish director Jaime Rosales, whose 2003 debu... Read more »| 14 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Big Pitch: Tom Tom Club
G'day mates, we're the crazy gang from Tom Tom Club, the urban beatboxing extravaganza straight outta the suburbs of Melbourne. Now you Pommies might... Read more »| 14 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Andrew Maxwell
Giggling throughout, his stand-up so effortless, candid and fun, this is Maxwell at his finest - the consummate comic headliner Read more »| 14 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Andy Zaltzman
Although often tinged with some giggle-inducing humour and competent improvisation, Zaltzman's set largely falls flat Read more »| 14 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Mark Dolan - I'm Here To Help!
Although a bum batch of audience members could stunt the entire affair, I'm Here to Help! is definitely not one to miss Read more »| 14 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Hit List 17/08
These suggestions are so good, you'll need to be careful not to have an 'art attack! Read more »| 14 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Traders' Dreams
An investigative probe into the lives of self-made entrepreneurs reveals an entertaining exposition of the relationship between the alluring world of virtual... Read more »| 14 Aug 2007