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
Dance Base Show 4... Rosie Kay's Wild Party (skinnyfest 2) dance
The Wild Party is more than Rosie Kay's full-length choreographic debut; it is a remarkably intelligent and confident integration of different genres. Dance... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Dance Base Show 3... Norman Douglas, Jem Treays & Janis Claxton (skinnyfest 2) dance
Powerful and gripping, this programme has moments that will grab you by the throat. From the moment Jem Treays enters the stage he dictates both pace and sus... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Dance Base Show 2... Freshmess, X Factor & Samudra (skinnyfest 2) dance
This is a thoroughly likeable triple bill that can't help but charm. The opening piece by Samudra leaves the audience buzzing. Their work – a fusion of... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
SKINNYFEST WASP
Steve Martin's one-act parody of American culture and religious life contains some zingy one-liners that are noticeably attributable to the author's acute se... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
What I Heard About Iraq review - SkinnyFest 2
The Iraq war, it is now generally accepted, was a shambles. However, objective fact has taken a back seat in the popular imagination to a mythology, strung l... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
SKINNYFEST: Unprotected
Although it can be hard to bear in parts, its true stories deserve to be heard Read more »| 14 Aug 2006
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Edinburgh Fringe
SKINNYFEST 2: ""Bloggers: Real Internet Diaries"" at the Underbelly
Just because someone puts something on the internet doesn't mean it's worth reading. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451@ The Gilded Balloon (SKINNYFEST)
stays true to the disturbing tone of the original work Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
SKINNYFEST - 'Twilight Los Angeles: 1992'
This is a worthwhile play that deals with a largely overlooked topic... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
END OF THE RAINBOW SKINNYFEST 2
It's unlikely a mere review will persuade the cool cats of the Festival to rouse themselves for a two-hour, midday, musical biopic of Judy Garland, but here ... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
SKINNYFEST - ""Iliad, Fall of Troy"" (Live Wire Theatre)
roaring curses and hissing promises, tender moments and scenes of exceptional swordplay Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Dr Ledbetter's Experiment (skinnyfest 2)
In this Fringe debut from award-winning Irish company The Performance Corporation, it is easy to overlook the story of the play in favour of the subtle grand... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
How to Explain the History of Communism to Mental Patients SKINNYFEST 2
This flashily-titled absurdist play contains many striking elements: a beautifully simple and at times commanding set, compelling costumes and make-up, and s... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
My Name is Rachel Corrie (skinnyfest 2)
The image of Rachel Corrie is a potent one: a 23-year old young woman from Olympia, Washington, killed while trying to obstruct the path of an Israeli bulldo... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
C90 review - SkinnyFest 2
Daniel Kitson is not an easy man to get to know. Far happier in the shadows than in the mainstream, he refuses all offers of interviews and television. But t... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006