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 FringeAlex Horne @ The Pleasance
Comedians making wacky bets are old hat these days, so congratulations to Alex Horne for injecting some new life into this idea. His bet is quite simple: on ... Read more »| 25 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh FringePaul Sinha @ The Stand
Who on earth would consider the eloquent, intelligent ex-GP Paul Sinha vitriolic? The answer turns out to be the BNP – its deputy leader accused h... Read more »| 25 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh FringeFlamenco Speaks
Bubblebursting flamenco Read more »| 25 Aug 2010 -
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Best of European Fiction 2010 @ EIBF
This event was based around one book, with multiple authors, The Best of European Fiction 2010. The book is a fantastic idea – it has contribut... Read more »| 24 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Damion Larkin @ Just the Tonic
The title of the show may already have enticed you into it (particularly the more motherly amongst us) but you like Damion Larkin from the start. The show is... Read more »| 24 Aug 2010 -
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James Shapiro @ EIBF
James Shapiro is a Professor of English Literature at Columbia University in New York, and a Shakespeare scholar. His book 1599: A Year in the Life o... Read more »| 24 Aug 2010
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Edinburgh Fringe
The Not-So-Fatal Death of Grandpa Fredo @ Traverse
Rhyming couplets aplenty, Vox Motus introduces the little American town of Reliance Falls. Strumming guitars and singing with a country twang, we meet four o... Read more »| 24 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh FringeLife of Si @ The GRV, 14 Aug
Ever wondered what it would feel like to be in a live studio audience? Well, you may just find out with this comic double-act who have been wowing audiences ... Read more »| 24 Aug 2010 -
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Silence of the Trams II @ The Stand
Committees, eh? We have two skits tonight about the committee-think behind Edinburgh's barking mad tram project. Sadly, neither of them caused the Silence of... Read more »| 24 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
La Locandiera Review
Good food, bad sex Read more »| 24 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Sarah Bennetto @ Pleasance Dome
Antipodean comics are ten a penny at the Fringe so coming up with original material devoid of clichés can’t be easy. Sarah Bennetto's show is al... Read more »| 23 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh FringeObama Mia! @ The Caves
It's three days before the 2008 US presidential elections and Barack Obama has fallen into a hope-induced coma. Can his hapless team keep the campaign on tra... Read more »| 23 Aug 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Ian D Montfort @ Pleasance Courtyard
After the huge success of hospital DJ Ivan Brackenbury, Tom Binns returns to the Fringe to unveil his new character, Ian D Montfort the Sunderland Psychic. ... Read more »| 23 Aug 2010 -
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Andi Osho @ The Stand
Andi Osho quickly establishes herself as a safe pair of hands, effortlessly chatting to the audience and cultivating a natural stage presence. AfroBlighty f... Read more »| 23 Aug 2010 -
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Andrea Levy @ EIBF
Andrea Levy came across as a very pleasant, very normal person in her event, which was largely concerned with her (Booker longlisted) novel The Long ... Read more »| 23 Aug 2010