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 FringePlastic
30 Bird Productions bring a production east to Edinburgh with a surprising revelation. Read more »| 01 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Saint Joan
At 75 she's still too shocking for daytime TV but, as Miles Johnson, her bark is worse than her bite Read more »| 31 Jul 2008 -
Edinburgh FestivalsThe Skinny Event - Chuck Palahniuk @ Charlotte Square Gardens, 16 Aug
Everything smart that Brad Pitt parroted in Fincher's Fight Club came straight from Palahniuk's keyboard Read more »| 31 Jul 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
We are telly addicts: Edfest.tv - Edinburgh Festivals 2008
Everyone knows sifting through the plethora of promotional material to find something to go to in the festival can be time consuming at best, and The Skinny ... Read more »| 31 Jul 2008 -
Edinburgh FestivalsElite Squad
A tough, uncompromising look at police corruption and street crime in the drug saturated favelas of Rio de Janeiro, Elite Squad blasts across the scr... Read more »| 31 Jul 2008 -
Edinburgh FestivalsThe Skinny Event - Shane Koyczan @ Charlotte Square Gardens, 22 Aug
Koyczan’s ‘We Are More’ is the only poem I’ve ever read that made me want to be a Canadian. Read more »| 31 Jul 2008
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Edinburgh Fringe
For Your Observation
Susannah Radford talks with Janis Claxton about her exciting new work. Read more »| 30 Jul 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
A Genuinely National Theatre
The National Theatre of Scotland made its name at the Festival with Blackwatch. Michael Cox interrogates the company about their plans to evolve in Edinburgh this year. Read more »| 30 Jul 2008 -
Edinburgh FringeFortune Kookie
Student theatre is at the heart of The Fringe experience. From the East comes a new version of a humanist classic Read more »| 29 Jul 2008 -
Uk Festivals
Latitude 2008 @ Henham Park, Suffolk, 18-20 Jul
The road to Suffolk is a long one coming from Scotland, but that's not to say Latitude Festival, now celebrating its third year, doesn't merit the miles. Bil... Read more »| 29 Jul 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Al Seed
He's the dark prince of comedy, the satanic clown of physical theatre. Prepare to tremble at Al Seed. Read more »| 29 Jul 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Dancebase's Gift Selection
The National Centre for Dance throws open its studios to audiences but once a year in an exploion of possibilities. Read more »| 29 Jul 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Breaking Boundaries
The Palestinian National Theatre have had to smuggle sets across checkpoints. But politics should never overshadow art, director Amir Nizar Zuab tells Miles Johnson Read more »| 28 Jul 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Textual Assault
The motor-mouthed performance poet tells Hannah Thomas why he's preparing to wage war on the written word Read more »| 28 Jul 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Eastern Promise
Showcasing the beast of British-Asian culture, Michael Collins previews the offerings at the newest festival to hit Edinburgh Read more »| 28 Jul 2008