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
The Dying of the Light
The Fringe's oldest theatre group raise important social issues, but sloppy acting and directing disappoint Read more »| 22 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Mrs Barbara Nice
If you're prepared to leave any notion of shame at the door, there isn't a nicer time to be had in Edinburgh Read more »| 22 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Circus of Horrors
Although this act tries its best to revolt and appall, it's rather tame when compared to Dirty Sanchez Read more »| 22 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Crime and Punishment
An adaptation of Dostoevsky's classic will leave many lost in St Petersburg Read more »| 22 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Painkillers
An inquiry into the nature of truth takes place in the prison cell of a murderer Read more »| 22 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Crime and Punishment
Russian literature of the nineteenth century produced so many diverse classics that it is pointless, and unnecessary, to go into naming them. They all did, ... Read more »| 22 Aug 2007
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Edinburgh Fringe
Justin Moorhouse
The comic's affection for his family is more likely to provoke 'aahhhhhs' than laughs at this year's Fringe Read more »| 22 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Robin Ince
Robin Ince is clearly a man who is obsessed by books. He wears a t-shirt bearing the slogan of New York City’s Strand Bookstore, “18 miles of b... Read more »| 22 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Alyssa Kyria
As far as Fringe comedy experiences go, this is the pits. In fact, the very word “comedy" is utterly misleading, implying at least a glimmer of jo... Read more »| 22 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Victor
With superb audience interaction, the best satirical character since Garth Marenghi, bloody violence and the possibility of scoring a free Yakult yoghurt drink, Victor should have been one of the most talked about tickets this year Read more »| 22 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
St. George's Medics Revue
The numerous wank jokes and the lesson on the size of Henry VIII’s balls mean this isn’t the cuddly kind of revue you might expect from students Read more »| 21 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Life In a Marital Institution
Braly's story is testament to the necessity of humour, particularly its ability to help people through life's darkest moments Read more »| 21 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
La French Touch
La French Touch opens with a spectacular, enigmatic sequence that introduces the all singing, all dancing Isabelle Georges like a spark of Broadway extravaga... Read more »| 21 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Faro: Goddess of the Waters
Shot on HD film at a sumptuous 24 frames a second, Faro: Goddess of the Waters beats down on you in the darkness of the cinema like the hot Malian sun in the... Read more »| 21 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Ethics of Progress
Cast you minds back to science lessons in school, where, bored out of your minds, you were taught about the molecular differences between solids, liquids and... Read more »| 21 Aug 2007