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
Scratch: The Reduced Edinburgh Fringe Impro Show
Five comedians and a pianist hear the words “Hitler Alone” and immediately leap onto the stage to improvise a fabulously hilarious all singing, a... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
I Love You Bro
Based on real events in Greater Manchester in 2003, I Love You Bro is a dark, disquieting tale of sexual fixation and the enormous power of the internet as a... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh FringeUmbrella Birds
One of the curses of the festival is that a town one twentieth the size of London struggles to accommodate the hundreds of venues required. As a result you e... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh FringeDark Grumblings
The glimmers of comic interest do little to rescue this overly-noisy and generally aggravating show Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh FringePegabovine: Polite Club
Davis Wateracre is one of the few comedians who will greet you at the door with a shake of the hand and an enquiry as to how you have been keeping. It is to ... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Idiots of Ants 2008
Why Idiots of Ants have been put on in the ghastly Pleasance Beside (read: portakabin) is anyone's guess. For a start, there's the logistical problem. A four... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008
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Edinburgh Fringe
The Tell-Tale Heart
Latecomers are strictly not admitted in this almost word-for-word adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s much-studied short story, and moments in we see why. ... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Mark Allen's Pet Project
Dave Gorman has a lot to answer for. His Googlewhack adventure was more than just a comedy show, it was an inspiration to joke-starved comedians everywhere. ... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Sushi Tap Show
Out of time and out of ideas, Sushi Tap Show make a very uninspiring Fringe debut Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh FringeNicholas Parsons’ Happy Hour
As Nicholas Parsons saunters onstage in grey slacks, a scarlet blazer and a pair of impeccably shined loafers, he resembles nothing so much as an ageing Butl... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh FringeFiona O'Loughlin
Not long after making her entrance, Fiona O'Loughlin professes to being too lazy to write jokes, preferring instead to tell stories about her non-showbusines... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Kiddy-Fiddler on the Roof
Now, I know Festival shows are notorious for picking names based on their shock factor, but this is just ridiculous. If there was a Perrier award for the mos... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Cure
Curing cancer throws up some rather unexpected problems Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Glenn Wool: Goodbye Scars
Glenn Wool is recently divorced. After making clear to his audience that he has absolutely no STIs, he admits that unleashing a horny singleton on Edinburgh ... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Liam Mullone: In A Dead Man's Hat
Liam Mallone looks, sounds, and walks like a man with a pretty downbeat past. No surprise for someone who has written obituaries for The Times, dug graves an... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008