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 FringeEddie Pepitone: Bloodbath
Eddie Pepitone appreciates the absurdity of a 53-year old man crossing the Atlantic just so he can shout at strangers in a basement. Pepitone appreciates t... Read more »| 06 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh FringeThe Pajama Men: The Pajama Men's Improv Show
Here's how good the Pajama Men are: at one point, the show is interrupted by a powercut. Everything goes dark, the mics are dead, total silence. A beat, th... Read more »| 06 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
To Be Continued... : Absolute Improv
Local group TBC produce a series of familiar short improv games, kept fresh by some great uses of the audience. The show starts off with a "rap" battle, al... Read more »| 06 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh FringeLights! Camera! Improvise!
This is a single long-form improv game with the conceit being that we suggest a movie and Oscar, the director, leads a cast who perform it live on stage. T... Read more »| 06 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh FringeBarbara Nice: Mrs Nice
It's hard to describe Barbara Nice to the uninitiated. Imagine if someone had never heard of standup comedy and had autonomously invented something almost ... Read more »| 06 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Kunt And The Gang
What a difference a few cock-shaped stickers can make. Two years ago, Kunt was playing to baffled tourists after midnight. Now he's the star attraction of ... Read more »| 06 Aug 2012
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Edinburgh Fringe
Casual Violence: A Kick in the Teeth
Having chosen death as their denouement last year, the Casual Violence boys keep it ‘light’ this time. Just a kick in the teeth. Tossed together ... Read more »| 06 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Pin
Three guys. One story. Infinite facial expressions. If Sherlock were a sketch show, it would be The Pin. Watch as they start from the ending, rewind, fast f... Read more »| 06 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
An Hour Long Sinister Wink @ The Voodoo Rooms
Terror and Titters Read more »| 05 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Dan Willis: A Comedian's Life
Dan Willis is doing six shows per day at this Fringe because he is mental. This one is the fifth and it's almost shocking how energetic he is during the hour... Read more »| 05 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Spring Day: Learn How To Take A Punch
Spring Day is yet another American with cerebal palsy who learned her trade as a comedian on the Japanese circuit. Yawn. Seriously though, in terms of backs... Read more »| 05 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Nik Coppin: Caricatures
Coppin wanted to be a comic book artist when he was a kid but dropped out because art school seemed too pretentious. DC's loss is comedy's gain, and now th... Read more »| 05 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Jim Smallman: Group Therapy
It's hard to review shows that rely heavily on the audience, because you end up reviewing the punters rather than the act. Today's audience is sparse, tired ... Read more »| 05 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Mark Olver: Dancing About Architecture
Olver is the go-to guy when you need a strong MC or warmup man, and in this show he is again appearing in a supporting role to other comedians. This time tho... Read more »| 05 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel
Oh Jane. Janey Jane. Just a mere woman, but she managed to write no less than 750 novels in her brief life (for fifteen years of which she was, after all, le... Read more »| 05 Aug 2012