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
Sista She and the House of the Holy Bootay
Sista She's high-energy, booty shaking hip-hop comedy is rather good fun Read more »| 14 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Solitary Fragments
Loss, lonliness and the little things in life are deftly handled in Solitary Fragments, the second outing for Spanish director Jaime Rosales, whose 2003 debu... Read more »| 14 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Big Pitch: Tom Tom Club
G'day mates, we're the crazy gang from Tom Tom Club, the urban beatboxing extravaganza straight outta the suburbs of Melbourne. Now you Pommies might... Read more »| 14 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Andrew Maxwell
Giggling throughout, his stand-up so effortless, candid and fun, this is Maxwell at his finest - the consummate comic headliner Read more »| 14 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Andy Zaltzman
Although often tinged with some giggle-inducing humour and competent improvisation, Zaltzman's set largely falls flat Read more »| 14 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Mark Dolan - I'm Here To Help!
Although a bum batch of audience members could stunt the entire affair, I'm Here to Help! is definitely not one to miss Read more »| 14 Aug 2007
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Edinburgh Fringe
Hit List 17/08
These suggestions are so good, you'll need to be careful not to have an 'art attack! Read more »| 14 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Traders' Dreams
An investigative probe into the lives of self-made entrepreneurs reveals an entertaining exposition of the relationship between the alluring world of virtual... Read more »| 14 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Rick Shapiro – Of Xbox and Ass
A frail figure who is, by his own admission, fighting an addiction to prescription downers so powerful they have him walking into walls Read more »| 14 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Nik Coppin - Half Blak
Even regurgitating common trivia has a little potential to be entertaining, but Coppin's conclusions are rarely clever and never worth the build-up Read more »| 14 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Pete Firman - Hokum
Firman's charming persona and ability to poke fun at not only himself but at some of magic's sillier pretensions make him something out of the ordinary Read more »| 14 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Tony Lee
There remains a constant fear of accidentally falling under his spell that keeps the audience visibly on edge throughout Read more »| 14 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Girl and Dean
It is hard not to smile at the thought of two young girls playing ""Zimbabwean Farm"" Read more »| 14 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Jerry Sadowitz
Sadowitz's sharp-tongued lacerations don't cover up tiresome vitriol Read more »| 14 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Blood Confession
Despite being described as a ""Hitchcockian no-holds-based thriller,"" Nick Awde's creation lacks the all-important element of suspense Read more »| 14 Aug 2007