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
Reading Between the Lines - SkinnyFest 03
Last year, Brendan Burns followed a long line of comics when he finally succumbed to years of drug abuse. But why do hedonism and hilarity so often graviate towards each other?
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Edinburgh Fringe
SkinnyFest 3 - Danny Bhoy
Danny Bhoy shimmies and bounds about the stage, possessed of enough natural charisma, enthusiasm, and energy to rival Alan Davies. He has none of Davies' sur... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Watson and Oliver - SkinnyFest 3
a dazzle of swift, silly, razorwire laughs Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
SkinnyFest 3 - Vladimir McTavish
Whether satirising or stereotyping, the man breathes foul-mouthed fire. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
SkinnyFest 3 - The Rise and Fall of Deon Vonniget
You looked really good up on stage and, even when a couple of your songs fell a bit flat, we were all still smiling. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
SkinnyFest 3 - The Future
set in a vaguely futuristic, vaguely corporate workplace, The Future's humour is weighted towards carefully wrought, fast-paced dialogue Read more »| 14 Aug 2006
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Edinburgh Fringe
SkinnyFest 3 - Scott Capurro
you won't look at poor Katie Holmes in the same light again Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Skinnyfest 3 - Richard Herring - Ménage àUn
Delivers the goods (and a large helping of monkey semen) Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
SKINNYFEST 3 - Godliman and Lane
A pair of female Sloanes eulogise working-class pastimes, a couple of dumb presenters sell increasingly useless products and bursts of radio urge the purchase of mundane items to the lowest common denominator: all performed with vigour but made wearisome by repetition. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Skinnyfest 3 - Glenn Wool
There is a common misconception among comedians who deal in satire that it means a largely miserable and depressing view of the world. Glenn knows this isn't so. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
SkinnyFest 3 - Emotional Midget
The characters exist in a netherworld of non-stop parties, binge drinking and paranoia. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
SkinnyFest 3 - Dwight Slade
Surely deserving of a personal file at the FBI Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Skinnyfest 3 - Carey Marx
Braving a spontaneous show, he reveals quick wit and confidence: he builds an easy rapport, supported by the crowd's enthusiasm.
Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
SkinnyFest 3 - Andy Parsons
moaning will never be the same again: it just got funny Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Skinnyfest 03 - Count Arthur Strong - The Musical?
The jumbling of the English language is a joy to hear. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006