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 Fringe
German Humour Goes Global
It should surprise no-one that a show based around German humour will refer frequently to sausages. But if you take away this gimmick from German Humou... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeStephen Hill and Jessica Fostekew
As many Fringe stand-up gigs generally range between ill-informed wannabes and undiscovered gems, when Stephen Hill and Jessica Fostekew bound in to deliver ... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeSimon Munnery's AGM 09
An early joke in Simon Munnery's set ends with the single word punchline, 'hypnosis' – curiously fitting for a comedian who loves to lead his audience ... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeLewis Schaffer - Bigger and Blacker
Perhaps opening by listing one’s shortfalls in comparison to more established comedians could have been drily amusing, but then I’m sure Lewis Sc... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
"And Then He Said..."
Small-time theatre company In A Pickle are asking audiences not to judge a book by its cover. “And Then He Said…”, their series of vignett... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
E for Apple/Something Blue
Cancer is no picnic. In fact, it is very, very hard. It hurts and it makes you die, and dying is lonely – and hard. This is about as much as you could... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009
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Edinburgh Fringe
Bob's Date
It is the internal workings of the male mind which Bob’s Date takes as its subject. Anxious about a rendezvous with a woman—his first for over tw... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Girls of Slender Means
This stage adaption of Muriel Spark's novel brings the Edinburgh writer's focus away from the capital's cobbled streets and sandstone facades. Set in West Lo... Read more »| 10 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
A British Subject Review
In 1988, a young British man named Mirza Tahir Hussein was sentenced to death by the Pakistani courts. For 18 years, Tahir languished on death row for a crim... Read more »| 10 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeKilling Me Softly
Last year, Richard Fry came to Edinburgh on a tentative mission to try out a new career. Now aged thirty-something, Fry’s life consisted of a rough chi... Read more »| 10 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeChris Cox: Mind Over Patter
We love Cox. Or so the opportunely named ‘mind reader’ guffaws, along with a sprinkling of double entendres perhaps provided to justify the 18+ r... Read more »| 10 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Stephen K Amos: The Feelgood Factor
The Pleasance Grand is the perfect venue for Stephen K Amos, who eschews the deep and meaningful in favour of just giving us a great night. The venue is larg... Read more »| 10 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Best of So You Think You're Funny?
‘Best Of’ shows make for PR child’s play. They also make for unnaturally high expectations and, in some cases, potentially disappointing an... Read more »| 10 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Wild Colonial Boys
You know that rule about things coming along in threes? These guys are a prime example. Just when you’ve been waiting for a decent Australian comedian ... Read more »| 10 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Pig With The Face Of A Boy
Come in off the crowded streets and escape the unending raucous cries of flyer-bearing promoters and overheated children – the Free Edinburgh Fringe Fe... Read more »| 10 Aug 2009