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 FringeJon Richardson: this guy's the limit
Jon Richardson is a perfectionist. Or, rather, as he tells Lyle Brennan on a trip to the Edinburgh's Farmers' Market, a grumpy bastard. Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeDoing it for the kids
Brendon Burns loves it, Adam Hills is doing it and there's a dedicated show at the Fringe. Stand-up comedy for children is now serious stuff. It might even be more exciting than its grown-up counterpart, finds Tom Hackett Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Last Night Things Happened...
This year as any other, Edinburgh is abuzz with new writers hoping that 2009 will see them break into the big time. Moreover, punters are willing to take the... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeMatinee
An entertaining piece of dramatic performance presented exactly at midday, Matinee more than lives up to its name. For just over an hour five performers brin... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeLotte's Gift
Gareth K Vile talks to a concert guitarist who has turned to acting with a very personal story. Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Manolibera
Gareth K Vile gets down with the kids. Read more »| 16 Aug 2009
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Edinburgh Fringe
You Bastards
Margaret Kirk asks how many feminists it takes to change a light bulb. Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Desmorphia
Gareth K Vile shares some shite wine with Des O'Connor Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Austen's Women
Gareth K Vile unwillingly enjoys an old fashioned solo show. Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Memento Mori
Leicester University Theatre invites us to contemplate our mortality with a production of David Campton’s punchy black comedy Memento Mori, a very Brit... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Daniel Sloss - Teenage Kicks Comedy Review
When Daniel Sloss wanders onstage all smooth-faced and lank-haired, it’s hard to envisage the elfin lad having anything of the comic clout needed to im... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Bodega Brothers: Afternoon Delight
One of the Bodega Brothers' songs, 'I Don't Want No Cubs', is about how they've got no time for guys who wear badges on their shirt and neckerchiefs fastened... Read more »| 15 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Ashley Hames: Confessions of a Sex Reporter
When a certain Robert Birkett led Ofcom into an anti-obscenity witch-hunt, he could not have envisioned where it would leave his enemy, Sin Cities documentar... Read more »| 15 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Aspidistras
It’s really difficult to pinpoint what it is about The Aspidistras that makes you grieve for the comedy gold that has somehow got lost along the way. L... Read more »| 15 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Sammy J: 1999
After storming last year's Fringe 2008 with smutty puppet show Forest of Dreams, Sammy J returns with another musical comedy of a more autobiographical natur... Read more »| 15 Aug 2009