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
Vincent
While perhaps not out of this world Leonard 'Spock' Nimoy's play delves into some of the interesting aspects of van Gogh's life Read more »| 03 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh FringeA Darkling Plain
There are few plays which deliver laughter as well as this one, and few with as much heart or brains Read more »| 03 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh FringeRise
Tom Dale’s meditation on modern existence proves to be a compelling spectacle Read more »| 03 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Andrew Lawrence: Don't Just Do Something, Sit There!
It is often thought that self-deprecation deters even the most ardent heckler. While “high” comics like Jimmy Carr actively incite interruptions ... Read more »| 03 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Womb Man
A mishmash of postmodernist ideas which might even interest some people Read more »| 03 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh FringeDiscipline and Punish
Hilarity gives way to a darker world in SUDS' exploration of torture Read more »| 03 Aug 2008
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Edinburgh Fringe
21:13
A brief encounter at 21:13 provokes an examination about love across language barriers Read more »| 03 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
On the Waterfront
This is, predictably, great theatre, but is perhaps bigger than the Fringe can really accommodate Read more »| 03 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Greenstick Boy
“Punk is dead, they buried the corpse under the Eleanor Cross,” spills Greenstick Boy’s ebullient heroine as her reminiscences drift toward... Read more »| 03 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh FringeFelix Dexter - Not Just Another White Guy Lost In The Shuffle
Given the frightening levels of nutjob Fringe-liberalism on display in Edinburgh come festival season, it’s ironic that I have the Conservative Party t... Read more »| 03 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Isy Suttie - The Suttie Show
As she bounces on to the stage with the sunny enthusiasm of a wet-behind-the-ears primary schoolteacher, there’s little sign that Isy Suttie is sufferi... Read more »| 03 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Jason Cook - "Joy"
An emotional experience second to none in Fringe stand-up. Read more »| 03 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Jeff Kreisler 08
Political satire doesn’t often travel too well, even when it comes from so familiar a country as the U.S. Anyone who’s watched Jon Stewart’... Read more »| 03 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Damian Callinan in "mmm... they're small"
National stereotypes are something that people seldom believe to be true when applied to themselves. However, Australian comedian Damian Callinan has proven... Read more »| 03 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Seymour Mace in Testamental - Bible Stories Told By an Idiot
Anyone who’s walked the streets of the Toon on a Saturday night would be forgiven for greeting with scepticism a bible lesson from a Geordie. It’... Read more »| 03 Aug 2008