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 FringeNancy Clench: Down Right Dirty @ Spotlites, The Merchant's Hall
The low ceiling in the Merchant's Hall basement cannot cramp Nancy Clench's style. After all, Nancy doesn't need her heels to be Scotland... Read more »| 22 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh FringeMatt Roper: Wilfredo Deconstructed @ Heroes at the Hive
Looking like a monstrous twin of Julio Iglesias, Matt Roper's Wilfredo guides the audience to their seats with surprising hospitality. The music, provided by... Read more »| 22 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh FringeAlistair Green: Nobody’s Twisting Your Arm @ The Stand Comedy Club
Alistair Green spends most of his show talking about his own personal failings and declares that he has pretty much given up. Some of his stories a... Read more »| 22 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh FringeAlexis Dubus: Marcel Lucont Is @ Pleasance Dome
Details matter in characterisation. From the moment he steps on stage, the insouciance of Marcel Lucont is perfectly captured in the stride, posture and wine... Read more »| 22 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Sam Simmons: Death of a Sails-Man @ Underbelly Cowbarn
I’m not sure I have ever laughed as loudly or for as long as I did Friday night at Sam Simmons’ show in Bristo Square. The Austrailian comedian i... Read more »| 22 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Candy GiGi: I'm Not Lonely @ The Hive
Candy Gigi is a force to be reckoned with. I’m Not Lonely is part of the Free Fringe at the Hive and is not for the faint of heart. It’... Read more »| 22 Aug 2014
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Edinburgh Fringe
Abigoliah Schamaun: It’s Pronounced Abigoliah Schamaun @ Gilded Balloon
As far as crowds at a comedy show go, this was perhaps the most diverse I have been among and Abigoliah Schamaun certainly noticed it too, joking t... Read more »| 22 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Signal 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 Fringe
Dane 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 Fringe
Abi 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 Fringe
Dan 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 Fringe
Alex 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 -
Edinburgh Fringe
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 -
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