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 FestivalsEdinburgh International Book Festival: Good Low-Cost Food
Food is, and always has been, a political issue. As writers and activists Mike Small and Andrew Whitley address the comfortably full tent at Edinburgh Intern... Read more »| 16 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Edinburgh International Book Festival: Stuart Kelly on Moby-Dick
It shouldn’t be possible to get the breadth and depth of a Great American Novel into 90 minutes, but with Stuart Kelly at the helm of the seminar, we j... Read more »| 16 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh FringeAnna Emerson: An Evening with Patti DuPont @ St. John's
Indisposed and unable to attend, Hollywood legend Patti DuPont (whose credits would make The Simpsons' Troy McClure proud) has sent her daughter Linda with a... Read more »| 15 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Ryan Coffey: Live and Loud @ Underbelly
Sitting in a damp dark venue in the Cowgate waiting for Ryan Coffey’s Live and Loud to begin, the eight member audience look at each oth... Read more »| 15 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh FringeEllis & Rose: Jim Davidson's Funeral @ Bob & Miss Behave's Bookshop
Here Lies The Fringe: Never has awarding starry-shaped symbols been so difficult or meaningless. There are any number of reasons this could be a one star sho... Read more »| 15 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Angela Barnes: You Can't Take it With You @ Pleasance Courtyard
Initially, Angela Barnes’ first solo stand-up show has all the hallmarks of your archetypal thirty-something Fringe debutant: single...check. Self-depr... Read more »| 15 Aug 2014
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Edinburgh Fringe
Miles Allen: One Man Breaking Bad @ The Famous Spiegeltent
In a completely packed venue, where people are not only standing at the back but also squeezed into every available nook and cranny, the atmosphere here... Read more »| 15 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Nish Kumar: Ruminations on the Nature of Subjectivity @ Pleasance Courtyard
Thought-provoking, funny and rapid-fire, Nish Kumar’s Ruminations on the Nature of Subjectivity leaves the audience questioning their beliefs... Read more »| 15 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Ian Smith: Flappable @ Pleasance Beside
Ian Smith has a long list of things that get right on his tits. Whether it’s people being disgusting on public transport, or having to make suspicious ... Read more »| 15 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Andy Zaltzman: Satirist For Hire @ The Stand
Satirise This: Zaltzman is well known as one half of the hugely popular podcast duo responsible for The Bugle, here he returns to more familiar territor... Read more »| 15 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Katie Mulgrew: Happily Ever After @ Gilded Balloon
Kittens sometimes really are bastards, Darth Vader is a bit of a queen and Disney is much more influential than we give it credit for. These are just three o... Read more »| 15 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Sophie Willan: Novice Detective @ Zoo
Red and black decorate a retro detective’s office complete with trench coats and an evidence board setting the scene for Sophie Willan’s&nbs... Read more »| 15 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh FringeI Need a Doctor: The Whosical @ Pleasance Above
This show is reviewed from the vantage point of a seat behind two hardcore Dr Who fans and Frank Skinner. The fact all of them went home reasonably... Read more »| 15 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Vladimir McTavish + Keir McAllister: Aye Right? How No? - The Comedy Countdown to the Referendum @ Assembly Rooms
The problem for any comic trying to joke about the independence referendum is that satire died the moment the deputy leader of Scottish Labour turned up on t... Read more »| 15 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
National Loaf @ Paradise in the Vault
Charlotte Productions take on the WWll rationing crisis at Edinburgh Fringe Festival this year. National Loaf, however, fails to rise to the occasion. Set... Read more »| 15 Aug 2014