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 FringeDouble Art History Review by Becca Pottinger
You can only sit in wonder at the late afternoon epiphany that made Will Gompertz, a director at the Tate Gallery, think this might be a good idea. Set deep ... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Bridget Christie: My Daily Mail Hell
Daily Mail Hell is a decisive rant about Christie’s time doing the admin for the paper’s gossip column. A great deal of the show’s delivery... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeFunny
Taking place in an intimate venue on Holyrood Road, Funny explores the use of humour as a weapon of the state. The idea of humour being used to break the det... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeBarbershopera II
The Barbershopera formula hasn't changed much since last year. And why not – it's the formula that bagged them two Musical Theatre Matters awards. More... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
One Up, One Down
The full-length mirrors and artificial lights of a shop fitting room set the scene for Gilmore Productions’ latest dance show One Up, One Down. A wry c... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeBeggars Belief
Student theatre has its ups and downs, and this production is predictably no different. Fortunately, the ups conquer the downs as we follow a night in the li... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009
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Edinburgh Fringe
The Event
“Stop me if you've heard this one before,” announces an unidentified man from the stage. The audience remains mute and, true to the script's... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
A Life in Three Acts
The format of Mark Ravenhill’s latest offering at the Edinburgh Fringe is more of an interview than a play; a three-part series of edited conversations... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
FBI: Fairy Tale Bureau of Investigation
Mother Goose has been kidnapped. We all know the police are ill-equipped to cope with such testing circumstances. This is a job for the FBI: the Fairy T... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeMatthew Sharp in... Johnny's Midnight Goggles
"It's just a bit of pre-show music; carry on chatting" says Matthew Sharp, as the audience files in. "Get to know each other – it'll help when I start ... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Normality
Normality, a South African one-man play starring Pedro Kruger, is ostensibly an exploration into living with physical disability. Yet the play also questions... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Gannet
The Gannet, from Fat Content Theatre Company, is a post-modern take on the Brothers Grimm classic Hansel and Gretel fairytale that began as an experiment in ... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Faith Healer
With the Fringe bulging obesely with single-performer shows, surely the Edinburgh International Festival could treat us to something a little less dour than ... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Yellow Wallpaper
A single sheet of hideously unattractive yellow wallpaper and a sterile-looking single bed of the type that should only ever be seen in a hospital ward set t... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Summer I Did the Leaving
A boy from a backward Irish village hits the road, and has all kinds of crazy drug experiences along the way – the basic plot of Aindrias De Staic&rsqu... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009