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 FringeAmée Smith @ Underbelly, Med Quad
Amée Smith's show has a potentially good idea at heart, but is a badly underdeveloped debut Read more »| 24 Aug 2016 -
Edinburgh FringeStar Trek vs Star Wars @ The Banana Skin
Can the great Sci-Fi debate be settled once and for all? Read more »| 24 Aug 2016 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Goose @ Assembly, George Square
The sketch duo Goose lay another golden egg with Hydroberserker A sketch group named after your favourite animal and last sexual partner? Check. A member of... Read more »| 23 Aug 2016 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Jarlath Regan @ Just the Tonic, The Tron
Jarlath Regan's tales of his own inadequacies and poor decisions make for an exceptional stand-up hour Read more »| 23 Aug 2016 -
Edinburgh FestivalsScottish Ballet: MC 14/22 & Emergence
A well-matched double-bill, both about crowd mentality, but contrasting in mood, one dark, one bright: the first exploring masculinity, the other the ‘swarm intelligence’ of bees. Read more »| 23 Aug 2016 -
Edinburgh FringeLaura Lexx @ Just the Tonic, The Mash House
A strong sophomore show from Laura Lexx Read more »| 23 Aug 2016
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Edinburgh Fringe
Edinburgh Fringe Reviews: Post Brexit Feels
Brexit and the anti-European hysteria sweeping the UK are huge thematic concerns at this year’s Fringe, unsurprising for a Scottish festival that cause... Read more »| 23 Aug 2016 -
Edinburgh Festivals
HOPELESSNESS @ The Playhouse, 17 Aug
There's a deep rumbling shaking the Playhouse's listed foundations. The house lights fade, and a forest of dry ice clears to reveal a cinema-sized screen dom... Read more »| 22 Aug 2016 -
Edinburgh FringeHenry Paker @ Assembly, George Square
Guilty is a Fringe highlight Henry Paker could have been the next Quentin Blake. Henry Paker the illustrator, that is, who just happens to be the prot... Read more »| 22 Aug 2016 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Tamar Broadbent @ Laughing Horse, Espionage
Musical comedian Tamar Broadbent impresses with her debut show Get Ugly Winning charm allows Tamar Broadbent to explore the highs and lows of being a single... Read more »| 22 Aug 2016 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Call of Dudey @ Just the Tonic, The Caves
Dude Looks Like a Lady impressed at the Leicester Comedy Festival in February, and now the sketch group show promise in Edinburgh Read more »| 22 Aug 2016 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Dance Base Week 2 reviews
M.I.S. – All Night Long Don Gnu [★★★★☆]This show is a sort of turbocharged Chuckle Brothers, mixed with Eric Sykes’ The Plank, circus, film deco... Read more »| 19 Aug 2016 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Edinburgh Fringe Reviews: Vaudeville
Three tales taking us back to the vaudeville-era Read more »| 19 Aug 2016 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Le Bossu @ Bedlam
Theatre company withWings are building a reputation for making delightful twists on classics. In 2014, they brought a convivial retelling of Tchaik... Read more »| 19 Aug 2016 -
Edinburgh Fringe
No Horizon @ Underbelly
New musical, No Horizon, tells the story of Nicholas Saunderson, a young Yorkshire man born in the late 1600s. Contracting smallpox, Saunderson lost his sigh... Read more »| 19 Aug 2016