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 FringeCraig Campbell: Thrilling Mic Hunt @ The Stand
The only thing gentle about Campbell's current show is its introduction. From there on in it's a hilarious, engaging and fantastically loud experience.T... Read more »| 27 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh FringeDave Callan: A Little Less Conversation @ Assembly Roxy
A Little Less Conversation may seem reminiscent of school dance shows, but it does come with with slightly more risqué moves, Beyoncé, sur... Read more »| 27 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh FringeCariad and Louise’s Character Hour @ The Counting House
It’s astonishing to think that this show was cobbled together by Cariad Lloyd in just a couple of days after her comedy partner Louise Ford was called ... Read more »| 26 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh FringeSara Pascoe vs History @ Assembly 2
Sara Pascoe's latest Edinburgh fringe show is engaging, entertaining and genuinely enlightening. But it is also an incredibly slow burner.It's important not ... Read more »| 26 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Josh Howie: AIDS: A Survivor’s Story @ Canon’s Gait
If you laugh at someone saying ‘AIDS’ over and over, you’ll be in for lots of it. Josh Howie’s stand up show for this year&rsquo... Read more »| 26 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Jasper Cromwell Jones: This is Not a Holiday (Joe Bor) @ Just the Tonic at the Caves
Jasper Cromwell Jones is not on holiday. Back from his mountain climbing misadventures, Jasper's next trip is of a more personal nature. He sets out to the A... Read more »| 25 Aug 2014
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Edinburgh Fringe
Spencer Jones is The Herbert @ Heroes at the Hive
It might be Spencer Jones, but there's a possibility that Herbert is a street performer who has stared into the abyss. The bustle of the Royal Mile is visibl... Read more »| 24 Aug 2014 -
Videos
Come Fringe Yourself with Tom Stade – Episode 7
Tom Stade hosts Episode 7 (The Horror episode) of Come Fringe Yourself, a chat show (are we still calling this a chat show?) filmed at the Edinburgh Fri... Read more »| 24 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Red Tap/Blue Tiger @ Assembly Roxy
Albion Company’s Red Tap/Blue Tiger begins baldly, with main character Norton just having beaten his mother into a coma and seething over the news that... Read more »| 23 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Divallusion with Christina Bianco and Velma Celli @ Assembly Checkpoint
Christina Bianco and Velma Celli star in an hour-long thrilling tribute to the grandes dames of pop, jazz and soul. In Divallusion, you can expect countless ... Read more »| 23 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh FringeSymphony @ Assembly George Square Gardens
Soho Theatre and nabokov’s musical piece Symphony has a lot going on. It features guitars, a juvenile story about a boy with asthma trying to pass his ... Read more »| 23 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Foil, Arms and Hog: Loch'd @ Underbelly
Firstly, kudos to the Underbelly worker organising the queue. After shouting Foil, Arms and Hog in the wrong order for some time he took his mistake with suc... Read more »| 22 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
B.J. Novak: One More Thing @ Assembly George Square
Looking every inch the stereotypical university arts lecturer, with the blazer, shirt and jeans combination donned in that nonchalant way, B.J. Novak ta... Read more »| 22 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Ursula Burns: Get Divorced and Join the Circus @ The Stand
In the quiet Fringe venue of The Stand V early last Saturday afternoon, Ursula Burns takes the stage and launches into a gorgeous folk song complete with har... Read more »| 22 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Sameena Zehra: Homicidal Pacifist @ The Stand
Describing herself as a pacifist trying to suppress her homicidal side, Sameena Zehra returns to the Fringe this year with a show based around her desire to ... Read more »| 22 Aug 2014