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 FestivalsJonathan Bate and Kathleen Jamie: Poetry and Landscape @ EIBF
The two writers here were each qualified to talk about poetry and landscape in a different way. The poet Kathleen Jamie is, of course, a very accompl... Read more »| 27 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh FringeTim Vine @ The Pleasance
To be clear: Tim Vine isn't cool and he isn't cutting-edge. But his show is so much the better for not even trying. Despite the Fringe's reputation for break... Read more »| 26 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Greg Davies @ The Pleasance
Rather than a mediocre student joke, the title of this show is a beautifully philosophical moment in Greg Davies' life, and the basis for his first solo ende... Read more »| 26 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Susan Calman @ Underbelly
As the gathering crowd winds through the Underbelly's stairways and passages, you can't help noticing the eclectic mix of people here to see Susan Calman. He... Read more »| 26 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh FringeStorm Large @ Underbelly
This is a strange one: the show title, its genre, attitude and my own response all being rather difficult to pin down. Storm Large is the (real) name, Crazy ... Read more »| 26 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
It Is Rocket Science V2 @ The Gilded Balloon
Helen Keen's one-woman show about the history of rockets has already been commissioned by the BBC. It's easy to see why. The show is fascinating and hil... Read more »| 26 Aug 2010
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Edinburgh FestivalsAlan Moore @ EIBF
Alan Moore was interviewed by the Guardian’s political cartoonist Steve Bell, who said that he’d interviewed the master of the graphic st... Read more »| 26 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Keith Farnan @ Underbelly
Keith Farnan approaches feminism from the humble perspective of a man who loves women. It's a risky thing to do; after all, who is he, a man, to talk about t... Read more »| 26 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Seamus Heaney @ EIBF
Have you ever been spellbound? It was only when I emerged from the Book Festival tent after listening to Seamus Heaney read poems from his latest col... Read more »| 26 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Nat Luurtsema @ The Pleasance
Nat Luurtsema’s solo Fringe debut is a show of two halves, but boy is the second half worth it. In My Head, I'm A Hero is about being ready for any di... Read more »| 26 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Nina Conti @ The Pleasance
This year's show from ventriloquist Nina Conti sees her with a handful of puppets, which start out simply until they evolve into her finest creation - Gran. ... Read more »| 26 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Oedipus Wrecks
"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead ... Read more »| 25 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Lydia Davis @ EIBF
Lydia Davis made her Charlotte Square debut on a particularly inclement Edinburgh evening, the rain pattering on the marquee roof as though it wanted... Read more »| 25 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Ivor Dembina @ The City Cafe
Here's the thing about Ivor Dembina's new show: it doesn’t exist yet. After spending five years writing his last show, he decided that he’d ask t... Read more »| 25 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Sara Wheeler @ EIBF
What’s the difference between the Antarctic and the Arctic, aside from their opposing polar locations? For Sara Wheeler, it’s life. The f... Read more »| 25 Aug 2010