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
66A Church Road: A Lament, Made of Memories and Kept In Suitcases, by Daniel Kitson
It’s increasingly difficult to describe Daniel Kitson simply as a comedian. His stand-up work has beco more philosophical and emotional in recent years... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Cousins Rivals Queens
The imprisonment and execution of Mary, Queen of Scots by her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I, was one of the defining moments in Tudor history, and has fascinated... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Slick
Slick is produced by Vox Motus, a Glasgow based arts company which mingles theatre with visual exhibitionism such as multi-media, magic and puppetry. This ye... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Call Me If You Feel Too Happy
A small closet is the hunting ground habitually designated to actors who wish to furnish the Fringe with a monologue. Whilst some of these dank quarters can ... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Dan March: My Myspace Baby
Dan March has brought to the Fringe another true story to add to the surprising weight of autobiographical comedy invading the venues of Edinburgh. This tear... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Wendy Wason: Things I Didn't Know I Didn't Know
When a stand-up comic has uttered the words “I’m a single mother of two” within the first five minutes of her set, you have a fair notion i... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008
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Edinburgh Fringe
Mark Watson 2008 Review
Mark Watson, at the reasonably sprightly age of 28, is already a Fringe legend.Winner of the inaugural if.comedy panel prize and nominated for the 2005 Perri... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Mick Sergeant: Ah Shit! It's Mick Sergeant
Mick Sergeant used to build ships. Vocationally and spiritually, Mick is a ship-builder throughout every fibre of his lanky, moustachioed frame. Unfortunatel... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Josie Long: All of the Planet's Wonders (Shown in Detail)
I’ve been an admirer of Josie Long’s comedy for some time. She provides a real challenge to the laziness and negativity of much of modern stand-u... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Clever Peter at Edinburgh Fringe: Review
For the eagle-eyed, Clever Peter poses a mysterious question: what happened to the green girl? In the Fringe programme, four comedians line up cheerily in br... Read more »| 16 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Phil Kay 2008
Phil Kay’s comic mojo is a notoriously elusive beast. He has built up something of a cult following over his twenty-year career, but even his most arde... Read more »| 16 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh FringePhil Nichol: 8 Nights Only
“So we walked past the midget Hitler into the Cock Ring,” begins one of Phil Nichol’s more outlandish anecdotes. This is clearly a man who ... Read more »| 16 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Caesar Twins Q&A
Do you think alike? Pierre: Every single human thinks in different ways. We think what we want to think, and we do what we want to do. But somewhere in the ... Read more »| 16 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh FringeSusan Calman - Maybe It's Your Fault
Measuring in at 4' 11'' tall, Susan Calman is exactly the same height as Kylie Minogue. This is, by her own admission, as far as the resemblance goes; an ab... Read more »| 16 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Nina Conti: Evolution
The history of showbiz is littered with the evidence of a simple fact: one trick ponies don’t last. Bernie Clifton and Oswald, Ken Dodd and Charlie Bro... Read more »| 16 Aug 2008