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 FringeGary Little: The Thing Is @ The Stand
Never has a name been so ill-fitting. Gary Little looms over his audience, ten feet tall and buff as hell, skinhead gleaming, deep voice booming. Little&rsqu... Read more »| 11 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh FringeMae Martin’s Workshop @ Cowgatehead
Mae Martin starts off immediately shedding her skin into her deadpan mother’s – who is thinking about changing her name to Winter. She reads us a... Read more »| 11 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Paul Currie: Release the Baboons @ Heroes at The Hive
The term 'Puppet sexually assaults pineapple' gets thrown around a lot during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, but in this case it's absolutely accurate. ... Read more »| 11 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Jo Caulfield: Cancel My Subscription @ The Stand
As Caulfield takes to the stage, she is excited about performing in front of the Stand crowd, especially in her adopted home of Edinburgh. She flows straight... Read more »| 11 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh FringeOliver Meech: When Magic And Science Collide 2.0 @ Just the Tonic at the Caves
Of all the collisions to see, one involving magic and science must rank right up there; throw in a liberal sprinkling of time travel and it’s all syste... Read more »| 11 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh FringeChris Coltrane: There’s No Heroes Left Except All of Us @ Banshee Labyrinth
Chris Coltrane does for socialism what Caitlin Moran does for feminism, using jaunty humour and rousing optimism to expose society’s wrongs. In Th... Read more »| 11 Aug 2014
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Edinburgh Fringe
Luisa Omielan… Am I Right Ladies?! @ The Counting House
Luisa Omielan makes no bones about it: she wants to be FAMOUS. With the packed-out Am I Right Ladies?! looking set to become as big a hit as her co... Read more »| 11 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Joseph Morpurgo: Odessa @ Pleasance Dome
This is a show that quickly spirals into madness. A multimedia performance, it opens with a series of obscure 1980s commercials and news clips from an Odessa... Read more »| 11 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Lucy Beaumont: We Can Twerk It Out @ Pleasance
It’s a balmy Thursday night and there’s a mixed crowd packed into one of the smaller Pleasance Courtyard venues. Something’s needed to take... Read more »| 11 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Cal Wilson: It Should Have Been Me @ Gilded Balloon
In an early sketch, Cal Wilson tells her younger self that she never goes to drama school despite lots of applications. This was a loss to drama because Wils... Read more »| 11 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Caimh McDonnell: Southbound and Down @ Cabaret Voltaire
Caimh McDonnell knows that laughing at other people’s misfortunes is a wicked pleasure (Boris Johnson stuck on a zip wire springs happily to mind)... Read more »| 11 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Trial of Jane Fonda @ The Assembly Rooms
The Music Hall at the Assembly Rooms darkens: the play is about to begin. Rather than the typical spotlight, the unique touch of a projection is used to brin... Read more »| 11 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
John Robertson: The Dark Room @ Underbelly
“Find light switch” “You can’t just find the light switch. You’re in a dark room. You need the light switch to see. Do you see... Read more »| 11 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh FringeJohn-Luke Roberts: Stnad-Up @ Voodoo Rooms
Plastic dinosaurs, glasses of water, drawing pads, produce, pants and more bric-a-brac than your gran’s house strewn across the stage welcome the sligh... Read more »| 11 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Gráinne Maguire: What Has the News Ever Done For Me? @ Viva Mexico
Call Sandi Toksvig and tell her the truth. You were tempted by a topical news tryst at the Fringe. Ask forgiveness, but do not be so base as to blame the se... Read more »| 11 Aug 2014