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 FringeThe Not-So-Fatal Death of Grandpa Fredo @ Traverse
Rhyming couplets aplenty, Vox Motus introduces the little American town of Reliance Falls. Strumming guitars and singing with a country twang, we meet four o... Read more »| 24 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh FringeLife of Si @ The GRV, 14 Aug
Ever wondered what it would feel like to be in a live studio audience? Well, you may just find out with this comic double-act who have been wowing audiences ... Read more »| 24 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Silence of the Trams II @ The Stand
Committees, eh? We have two skits tonight about the committee-think behind Edinburgh's barking mad tram project. Sadly, neither of them caused the Silence of... Read more »| 24 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh FringeLa Locandiera Review
Good food, bad sex Read more »| 24 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Sarah Bennetto @ Pleasance Dome
Antipodean comics are ten a penny at the Fringe so coming up with original material devoid of clichés can’t be easy. Sarah Bennetto's show is al... Read more »| 23 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Obama Mia! @ The Caves
It's three days before the 2008 US presidential elections and Barack Obama has fallen into a hope-induced coma. Can his hapless team keep the campaign on tra... Read more »| 23 Aug 2010
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Edinburgh Fringe
Ian D Montfort @ Pleasance Courtyard
After the huge success of hospital DJ Ivan Brackenbury, Tom Binns returns to the Fringe to unveil his new character, Ian D Montfort the Sunderland Psychic. ... Read more »| 23 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Andi Osho @ The Stand
Andi Osho quickly establishes herself as a safe pair of hands, effortlessly chatting to the audience and cultivating a natural stage presence. AfroBlighty f... Read more »| 23 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh FestivalsAndrea Levy @ EIBF
Andrea Levy came across as a very pleasant, very normal person in her event, which was largely concerned with her (Booker longlisted) novel The Long ... Read more »| 23 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Festivals
The Future of Books @ EIBF
The big sea-change may be upon us; apparently e-books are now outselling hardbacks on Amazon whilst Barnes and Nobel is up for sale. The panel (Nicho... Read more »| 23 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Festivals
The James Tait Black Memorial Prize @ EIBF
The James Tait Black Memorial Prize is the oldest literary award given in Britain, and host Ian Rankin here was keen to point out the fact that the s... Read more »| 22 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Chris Killen and John Wray @ EIBF
The dynamic of Book Festival match-ups must be difficult for programmers to predict, but Thursday’s pairing of Canongate stable-mates Chris Kil... Read more »| 22 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Denise Mina & Alan Warner @EIBF
This event was originally to have had a third author, Amy Bloom, but her cancellation left two, Alan Warner and Denise Mina. The event was based arou... Read more »| 22 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Will China Rule The World? @ EIBF
Introducing authors Richard McGregor and Jonathan Watts, moderator Alan Little described them as having “China in their veins.” “And in our... Read more »| 22 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Reading Between the Lines
Alonzo King wants dance audiences to see beyond the steps and contemplate the ideas beneath Read more »| 22 Aug 2010