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 FringeSignal Failure @ Underbelly, Cowgate
Sasha Ellen’s Signal Failure is a boy meets girl tale that finds beauty in the lonely lives of London’s commuters. The fact that the lion’s... Read more »| 22 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh FringeDane Baptiste: Citizen Dane @ Pleasance Courtyard
It’s interesting watching someone's first show. Dane Baptiste’s Citizen Dane is the straightest comedy I've seen in my deluge of Fringe shows. No... Read more »| 22 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh FringeAbi Roberts: Twerk in Progress @ Voodoo Rooms
Abi Roberts' Twerk in Progress is a lazy show, one defined by clichés and riddled by cheap cultural commentary. This is a fully finished sho... Read more »| 22 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh FringeDan Schreiber: C*ckblocked from Outer Space @ Underbelly Bristo Square
Dan Schrieber lives his life by the phrase, “Wrong place, right time”. By the end of his show it’s the mantra that he tells us helped him g... Read more »| 22 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh FringeAlex Horne: Monsieur Butterfly @ Pleasance Two
Alex Horne is a high-concept comedian – if he even is a comedian, as he ponders, halfway through constructing a needlessly complex Rube Goldberg m... Read more »| 22 Aug 2014 -
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Tim Key: Single White Slut @ Pleasance Grand
As the audience files into the Pleasance Grand Tim Key strolls around the stage, padding about in his sock feet and coveralls. Cheap jazz is playing; the kin... Read more »| 22 Aug 2014
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Edinburgh Festivals
Edinburgh International Book Festival: Time to Fight for Feminism
Baxter and Cosslett set up their blog Vagenda Magazine in 2012 to – in their own words – ‘call bullshit' on the mainstream women&rsquo... Read more »| 22 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Cardinal Burns @ Pleasance Courtyard
It feels deliciously sinister mocking a few of the British, Irish, and French stereotypes many love to hate. But – oh-so-good. The infectious chem... Read more »| 21 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Salena Godden: Narrating the Times
The indefinable black, punk, feminist poet, writer and performer; most succinctly termed by Kerrang as ‘Everything the Daily Mail is terrified of’ – Salena Godden talks tears, laughter and the poetry of toilet walls and lovers' whispers Read more »| 21 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Letters Home: Grid Iron Theatre Company @ Edinburgh International Book Festival
Just a minute or two into the bludgeoning that is Christos Tsiolkas’ Eve and Cain, it seemed as if it might be a gruelling night traipsing around ... Read more »| 20 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Crazy Glue @ Assembly Roxy
Crazy Glue is a rather noisy silent film in which Single Shoe Productions portray 1920s domesticity in clever and at times hilarious mime, as they produce de... Read more »| 20 Aug 2014 -
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Low Tide in Glass Bay @ Underbelly
Deadpan Theatre’s 2014 Fringe production Low Tide in Glass Bay is like three people you love very much. She’s your sweary aunt who gets slighty t... Read more »| 19 Aug 2014 -
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Maria Addolorata @ Summerhall
As the first chapter of the Trilogy of Pain, Maria Addolorata (Our Lady of Sorrows) sets up the idea of nonsensical suffering. Suffering and pain don’t... Read more »| 19 Aug 2014 -
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HUFF @ Traverse
As part of the Made in Scotland 2014 showcase, the Traverse theatre hosts HUFF in its atrium, an immersive experience created by Shona Reppe and Andy Manley.... Read more »| 19 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Cuckooed @ Traverse Theatre
The best recipe for revenge? Follow Mark Thomas to the Edinburgh Fringe 2014 as he creates a comedic cuckoo about his best friend's betrayal of seven years at the Traverse Theatre Read more »| 19 Aug 2014