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
Allegience - SKINNYFEST 2
Just before the second performance of "Allegiance" begins an announcement is made over the Assembly speakers; "We would like to remind that you that smoking ... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Marlon Brando's Corset' = SKINNYFEST 2
To put it like an affable midwife, Guy Jones' script is a tad silly... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Best of Irish Comedy - SkinnyFest 2
Headliner Owen O'Neill saves the show Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Mickey Dwyer's Festival Fumble - SkinnyFest 2
Everyone has had that one night of madness, right?The one that people keep for reference when you're about to make an arse of yourself again. They'll give yo... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Phil Kay review - SkinnyFest 2
Phil Kay is one shaggy dog of a comedian. Clad in ill-fitting corduroy and a big woolly jumper, he uses the same entrance to his set as the audience. Later, ... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Wil Anderson review - SkinnyFest
It's quite possible Wil Anderson is the most famous comedian at the Fringe that you've never heard of. A TV star and newspaper columnist in his native Austra... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006
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Edinburgh Fringe
Pulp Boy review - (SkinnyFest 2)
Terry Saunders hates Jenson Button – but then again, don't we all? Despite his recent success on the track, Button's annoyingly smug demeanour and his p... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Wil Hodgson review - SkinnyFest 2
One Best Newcomer nomination and a bundle of five-star reviews later, Wil Hodgson is still, inexplicably, playing to half-empty crowds. Tucked away in an odd... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Dance Base Show 1...Iskander, Curve Foundation, Karl Jay-Lewin & Michael Popper (skinnyfest 2) dance
In this diverse program of four, it is the charged atmosphere, the delicate use of pace and pause found in 'It's About Time', that captures your attention. ... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Aeneas Faversham review - SkinnyFest 2
The absurd logic of the Victorian psyche is superbly sourced in this bright sketch show by the players of The Penny Dreadfuls. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Rich Hall review - SkinnyFest 2
Nobody with a soul can claim to dislike re-heated pizza, but on the other hand only a paltry few will claim that it tastes better than one that's straight fr... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Reginald D. Hunter review - SkinnyFest 2
Reginald D. Hunter may now be a contented resident of London, but he, and his show, continue to be well and truly American. Neither 'well' nor 'truly' is ina... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Tim Minchin review - SkinnyFest 2
I'll never read Prufrock without fondly thinking of my nether regions again! Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Dutch Elm Conservatoire review - SkinnyFest 2
Prison has never really appealed to me. Bad food, soap, S&M, yeech. Yet, being in prison with last year's Perrier-nominated quintet, the Dutch Elm Conservato... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Adam Hills review - SkinnyFest 2
Anyone who can sit through an hour of Adam Hills and not come out with renewed sense of optimism and joy is not worth knowing. This is because Adam is a fund... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006