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 FringeBorderline
There's an awful lot of mixed messages flying around in Borderline. What is billed as a “One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest for the ecstasy generation&rdq... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh FringeSideshow: The Weirdest Show on Earth
Watching this the show on a Monday, it is hard to get a good sense of the atmosphere it might generate on peak nights, but with ten well-behaved people in th... Read more »| 12 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh FringeThe Adventures of Pink Peter
Oh dear. When a former children’s television presenter resorts to dressing up as a woman—worse still four women—for the sake of a cheap lau... Read more »| 12 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh FringeBad Dog Variety
The variety show is a lost art. Gone are the days of Sunday Night at the London Palladium, and few mourn their passing. Mawkish comperes, cheesy acts, toot... Read more »| 12 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Tom Wrigglesworth: I'm Struggling to See How That's Helping
In Birkenstocks and tweed trousers, Tom Wrigglesworth is “as left wing as he looks.” In the first five minutes of his set, the audience are hit w... Read more »| 12 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Maeve Higgins: Kitten Brides
Since her appearance on Irish hit reality show Naked Camera—a sort of Trigger Happy TV affair—Maeve Higgins has become something of a celebrity i... Read more »| 12 Aug 2008
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Edinburgh Fringe
Jonathan Mills Q&A
What is your earliest childhood memory?Playing in the garden of a friend’s farm in South West of Sydney and encountering a tiger snake. What is the wo... Read more »| 12 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
For the TEAM
From our overseas vantage point, there's an image of America many of us share. It's one of polarisation; a nation fundamentally divided in terms of political... Read more »| 12 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Matt Kirshen - Keep Smiling, Matt. Just Keep Smiling.
Fast-paced short-arse comes back from America without losing his touch Read more »| 12 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Faking it with the Ladyboys
On the way to my first ever Lady Boys show I’m looking forward to witnessing something wayward and grotesque. Rumour has it they're disconcertingly bea... Read more »| 12 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Another Side of The Mirror
75-year old Fringe veteran Lynn Ruth Miller relates stories of her life and the lessons she has learned over the years in this heartwarming monologue. She t... Read more »| 12 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The British Ambassador's Belly Dancer
The scandalous love affair between Craig Murray, the disgraced British Ambassador to Uzbekistan, and Nadira Alieva, an Uzbek belly dancer who returned with h... Read more »| 12 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Dance Base Presents - Enclosure 44
A human enclosure makes a fun addition to Edinburgh Zoo, and an excuse for a fine day out Read more »| 12 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Heckle Off - Isy Suttie and Danielle Ward
Two top female comics at the Fringe get their claws out and prepare for battle Read more »| 12 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Clarke's Column at Edinburgh Fringe: Review
Scottish comedian Des Clarke brings his unique perspective to all things Fringe in this first of three columns Read more »| 12 Aug 2008