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 FringeSimon Munnery's AGM 2008
Simon Munnery has established himself over the past few years as one of the most delightfully esoteric acts on the Fringe. He’s a real comic’s co... Read more »| 11 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh FringeBraw or Naw: Diet of Worms
Irish sketch group Diet of Worms cast their critical eye over what's braw and what's naw at this year's Fringe. Read more »| 11 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
A wonderfully breezy, champagne cocktail of an old-fashioned comedy, that fizzes away with all the madcap, feel-good fun of a 1930s screwball classic, Miss P... Read more »| 11 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Out and about with... Enda Walsh
Enda Walsh, the writer and director of the Fringe-first winning play, New Electric Ballroom, tells us which shows he's looking forward to seeing this August Read more »| 10 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Wilders
Country music, guys ‘n’ gals, is alive and well and living in Kansas City, Missouri. While such a revelation might not come as an complete surpri... Read more »| 10 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh FringeLoud is Always Better
The Twilight Sad might just be Scotland's most exciting band. Front man James Graham thinks so at least, as Chris McCall finds out. Read more »| 10 Aug 2008
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Edinburgh Fringe
Dada Noir
Will you enter the dark, surreal world of the Dada Noir? Chris McCall thinks you should. Read more »| 10 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Preview: Kirsten Hersh
Kristen Hersh is a respected solo artist in her own right, but she's still most widely known as one of the founding members of cult US college rock heroes Th... Read more »| 10 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh FringeThe Judgment of Paris
It's difficult to frame an evening of exceptional enjoyment in worthy terms, so to say that it is a challenge to find any basis on which to criticise The... Read more »| 10 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Top 5 International Authors
The Edinburgh International Book Festival is, as the name suggests, strong on foreign authors published in English. This year, the festival is running severa... Read more »| 10 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Captain Corelli's Albatross
Louis de Bernières' past successes overshadow a Q&A on his latest work Read more »| 10 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Bournemouth to Mars
Ex-Blur bassist Alex James fails to convince his audience that he really prefers cheesemaking to rock and roll depravity Read more »| 10 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Tales from the Frontline
The best BBC correspondents of the last 30 years will talk about their time in front of the camera Read more »| 10 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Louis de Bernières - A Partisan's Daughter
From the outset, it’s clear that whatever anyone thought this was going to be, it isn’t. Award-winning author of Captain Corelli’s Mandoli... Read more »| 10 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Balls and Double Points: K
Think dance is for the weak? Gareth K Vile checks out the toughest gangs in town. Read more »| 10 Aug 2008