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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Uk FestivalsDavid Heffron: Don't Think Because I Understand, I Care
‘Random bullshit’ (his own words) proved to be quite an accurate synopsis of David Heffron's Glasgow show. After a late start and disappointing w... Read more »| 30 Mar 2010 -
Uk FestivalsBratchy: Fear, Loathing and Lost Wages
Tonight’s offering from Glaswegian Bratchy was a joyous outing for the entire family; well the Bratchpiece family anyway. Introduced by his Dad Mark, a... Read more »| 30 Mar 2010 -
Uk FestivalsSean Lock: Lockipedia
In 1993 David Baddiel and Rob Newman made history when they became the first comedy act to play Wembley. However, technically, the actual first act to perfor... Read more »| 29 Mar 2010 -
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Weird Science
The Edinburgh International Science Festival raises the city's IQ for two weeks of nerd awesomeness Read more »| 26 Mar 2010 -
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The Tony Law Show
It's immediately apparent from Tony Law's loosely structured hour long set that he's a performer of entirely left-field sensibilities. Though he frequently s... Read more »| 25 Mar 2010 -
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Laura Solon: Rabbit Faced Story Soup
Solon’s 2010 show Rabbit Faced Story Soup is an exhaustively inventive one-woman play set in a publishing house. She breaks and rebuilds the fourth wal... Read more »| 25 Mar 2010
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David Kay Gets Dynamic
Self-proclaimed ‘fireball’ David Kay meekly witters on in the conversational style of an old lady for just over an hour. Dynamic it certainly is ... Read more »| 25 Mar 2010 -
Uk FestivalsPappy's: Pappy's' World Record Attempt: 200 Sketches in an Hour
Pappy's current tour finds the if.comedy-nominated sketch troupe performing a reconfigured version of last year's Edinburgh Fringe show; the four man Fun Clu... Read more »| 22 Mar 2010 -
Uk FestivalsIn profile: Miles Jupp
Miles Jupp is a bit of a polymath, with a sizable CV of television and radio appearances as a stand up, an actor and part of sketch team The Lost and Lonely ... Read more »| 18 Mar 2010 -
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Alex Horne: Wordwatching
Having once written to the Oxford English dictionary to remark on the absence of the word 'karmically', I was very much looking forward to Alex Horne's tales... Read more »| 18 Mar 2010 -
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Brendon Burns: 2010 AD
These days, Brendon Burns is known as one of the most established performers on the UK circuit – and he isn't afraid to acknowledge it. Since his Perri... Read more »| 17 Mar 2010 -
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Keir McAllister: Inadequate
Strutting out onto the stage sporting glasses, converse trainers and a casual suit, Keir McAllister could be mistaken for a university lecturer. For his firs... Read more »| 17 Mar 2010 -
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Marcus Brigstocke - God Collar
Marcus Brigstocke plays to a packed-out audience in the Merchant City’s Old Fruitmarket, many of whom are expecting an hour of bite-sized satirical set... Read more »| 16 Mar 2010 -
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German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn
The title of Henning Wehn's show is reflective of a certain amount of gimmickry in the way he markets himself, as is his decision to stage it in the raucous ... Read more »| 16 Mar 2010 -
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Maxwell's Fullmooners
If the mark of a worthy comedian is how expertly they can cope with a persistent heckler, then Glasgow must be one the most testing cities in the world. Toni... Read more »| 16 Mar 2010