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 FestivalsSusan Calman - Maybe It Is Your Fault
Stand regular, Susan Calman, brings her first solo show to the Merchant City Festival. Read more »| 26 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh FringeFringe Round Up
Gareth K Vile refuses the systematic and explores three very different shows. Read more »| 25 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh FringeThe Big Quiz with Josie Long
In her latest show, Josie Long reveals her adoration of quizzes. Here, Fest grills her on some of her specialist subjects, including the Enlightenment, astronomy and Lidl Read more »| 22 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Dave McKean @ EIBF, 19 Aug
If the Book Festival ever became fatiguing due to its surplus of talented egos crammed into one concentrated space, Dave McKean would be the perfect antidote... Read more »| 22 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Clarke's Column: The Comedian's Day Off
Scottish comedian Des Clarke brings his unique perspective to all things Fringe in this second edition. This week: the comedian's day off. Read more »| 22 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Victims of Duty
Eugene Ionesco's Victims of Duty is one of the more light-hearted works in the French playwright's distinguished theatrical repertoire. A thoroughly post-mod... Read more »| 21 Aug 2008
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Edinburgh Fringe
HappyLand
The only way this show could be saved is if the writers, midway through, had decided in a moment of pure artistic genius to metamorphose it into a kind of Or... Read more »| 21 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Sir Barrington Ganch: My Life Is Art
The funniest thing about Sir Barrington Ganch: My Life is Art is the promtional poster. As far as advertisements go, however it is not an accurate one as the... Read more »| 21 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Eco-Friendly Jihad
Looking every inch the former student politician, Adie Philbin Bowman—the creator of Jesus: The Guantanamo years—returns to Edinburgh this year w... Read more »| 21 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
JL Roberts and Nadia Kamil Present: Wisecrackin' Mindsqueezin' Behemoth
As a double act Roberts and Kamil are slick and engaging. They combine zany but fiercely intelligent material with endearing stage personas in a potent come... Read more »| 20 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Space Between My Head And My Body
While not quite site-specific theatre, the clammy confines of the Baby Belly venue maintains the bland claustrophobia of air travel effectively. The characte... Read more »| 20 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Footsbarn's A Midsummer Night's Dream
The clue is in the title: this production of The Dream may be Footsbarn’s, but it’s not Shakespeare’s. The show will divide those who would... Read more »| 20 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Out and about with... Christine Hamilton
11am “I always start the day with a cup of peppermint tea and a banana – how pathetic is that?! We only get one day off during the run so I'm go... Read more »| 19 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
'Crave' by Sarah Kane
Cackling and grinning manically, four actors crawl across the room and onto the stage to a distorted recording of “Over the Rainbow.” And so Crav... Read more »| 19 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Dancing Screen
Edinburgh's famous Cameo Cinema has found a new lease of life - as a live music venue. Hamish Ferguson skipped popcorn and went to check out the action. Read more »| 19 Aug 2008