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
Preview: Silent Disco
Silent Disco is surely the most intriguing innovation on the clubbing circuit Read more »| 03 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Night Time
Fails to deliver any new insights on either fantasy or domestic violence and plays safe with theatrical convention Read more »| 03 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Human Computer
The opening salvo of observation gags, aimed at both the dreaded contraption and his own technological inadequacies, are delivered with wonderfully muddled rage Read more »| 03 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Tap Olé
Tap Ole creates something spectacular: a passionate, innovative fusion of sounds, rhythms and styles Read more »| 03 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Preview: Orkestra del Sol
During the festival, it can be easy to lose sight of the raucous energy that gave birth to street theatre amongst all the commercialisation and frantic flyer... Read more »| 03 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Inside Private Lives
Skepticism and fear must be brushed aside to enjoy this curious and challenging interactive performance. Read more »| 03 Aug 2007
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Edinburgh Fringe
All Fall; All Falling
Written by Scottish playwright Edward Nammi and inspired by Pinter, Beckett, Mamet, Chekhov, Isben, Kane, Kellman, and Shakespeare, these eight plays perform in rep as part of their Scottish Tour Read more »| 03 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Preview: Lau
The list of awards and accolades that have come the way of Lau's three component members; fiddler, Aiden O'Rourke; guitarist, Kris Drever; and accord... Read more »| 03 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Preview: Emma Pollack
Following the amicable split of The Delgados in 2005, it was suggested that the spectre of the influential Hamiltonians would hang over their front woman, Emma Pollack, as she set along her own path. Read more »| 03 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
T on the Fringe
More than enough nuances and curveballs to keep most contingencies happy Read more »| 03 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Coffee?
A toxic brew of witless one-liners and misguided social commentary Read more »| 02 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Adam Bloom: Look at me, Anybody!
Bloom, following a two year break, is back in Edinburgh with the eighth reincarnation of his infamously mutating festival act Read more »| 02 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Luke Wright, Poet & Man
In spite of his ""big gay face"", Luke Wright is a blinding talent. Read more »| 02 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Toporland
For the vast majority who are unfamiliar with Topor, the show fails to introduce his work or any significant themes Read more »| 02 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Stephen Grant
Grant's set is old-fashioned stand up at its best: he bounces around stage with a youthful jauntiness and a real excitement rarely matched by circuit veterans. Read more »| 02 Aug 2007