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 FringePlane Food Cafe
Downstairs, in the Freemason's Hall on George Street, lies a reconstructed segment of Boeing 747. There are, one suspects, odder artefacts in the basements o... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeGreg Behrendt
For years, Greg Behrendt was the only non-female, straight member of the writing team behind Sex and The City. Hired to bring a veneer of testosterone to a s... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeStand By Your Van
A sugar rush of excitement sweeps the room; there’s a gleaming pick-up truck centre-stage, and the last of 12 desperate contestants left touching it wi... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Helix Dance
Rebecca King sees new work from the near East Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Marcel Lucont: Sexual Metro
“I am a nihilist”, proclaims Marcel Lucont, when the can-can girls have disappeared and the accordion music has died down. Wearing a lounge suit ... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeFaking it
With so many comedians around in August, surely one more could sneak in unnoticed? Fest writer Fern Brady finds out if stand-up really is as tough as it looks Read more »| 19 Aug 2009
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Edinburgh Fringe
Rich Hall
Rich Hall grumbles into the microphone as if he’s just killing time. He's has been in the comedy business for over 20 years and it's apparent in the ea... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Bob Doolally: Straight in the Bawbag
Considering the state of Scottish football, it’s just as well ex-player, ex-manager and serial ex-husband Bob Doolally has a sense of humour. Paul Sned... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Shappi Khorsandi: The Distracted Activist
Shappi Khorsandi can’t win. Her critics slam her for relying too much on her Iranian heritage, yet the diversity-hungry press are desperate to pigeon-h... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Double 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 Fringe
Funny
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 Fringe
Barbershopera 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 Fringe
Beggars 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