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 FringeLiam Williams: Just The Tonic
Although there have been plenty of morose, eloquent comics down through the years, like Dylan Moran and Andrew Lawrence, there's always room for one more. In... Read more »| 14 Aug 2013 -
Edinburgh FringeSimon Munnery: Fylm
Simon Munnery’s brand of alternative comedy has always been distinctly left-field, but his latest experiments are more unique than ever. Similar to 201... Read more »| 14 Aug 2013 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Measure For Measure @ Zoo Southside
Shakespeare at the Fringe is inevitable, a key part of the festival's make up. It is also tricky. Everything has to be edited and cut down, often into only a... Read more »| 14 Aug 2013 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Jamie Demetriou: People Day
People Day is unlike anything I’ve seen this year. The incongruous props littering the stage, and manic chatter between a cluster of lamps set a suitab... Read more »| 14 Aug 2013 -
Edinburgh FringeMark Thomas: 100 Acts of Minor Dissent
Mark Thomas works for the forces of good. Few people can consider the activist-comedian’s political work over the last 20 years to be anything but righ... Read more »| 14 Aug 2013 -
Edinburgh Fringe
David Alnwick: Totally Ninja
I've hated magicians ever since my parents were killed by flamboyant razzamatazz; there is something about a man who can't button his shirt and whose pockets... Read more »| 14 Aug 2013
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Edinburgh Festivals
Edinburgh International Book Festival: Mukesh Kapila
In recent years efforts have been made to bring to light the ongoing ethnic cleansing that has ravaged Sudan. Dave Eggers’ biographical novel of Valent... Read more »| 14 Aug 2013 -
Edinburgh FringeFred MacAulay: 25 Years on the Fringe
Scottish comedian Fred MacAulay is a household name through his work on TV and radio. He's also achieved the rare feat of appearing at the Fringe for 25 years on the trot – he takes a look back at his stand-up career Read more »| 14 Aug 2013 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Edinburgh International Book Festival: Patrick Flanery & Philipp Meyer
The cult of Philipp Meyer has not quite made it across the pond yet at tonight’s two-thirds full Peppers Theatre. In the US Meyer has been making waves... Read more »| 14 Aug 2013 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Patrick Morris: Standing Up and Saying Things
It's not every day you find a comedian you see yourself in, and in this case it's the cynical 21 year old Patrick Morris. With his initial material leaning h... Read more »| 13 Aug 2013 -
Edinburgh FringeCarl Donnelly: Now That's What I Carl Donnelly! Volume V
Carl Donnelly is pretty unrecognisable; he’s come a long way since I saw him do an open spot in 2005 Fringe. He’s Gok’d himself, amassed a ... Read more »| 13 Aug 2013 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Hot Dub Time Machine
If movies like Bill & Ted, Back to the Future and Twelve Monkeys have taught us anything, it’s that time-travel is wacky, comical fun. Hot Dub Time... Read more »| 13 Aug 2013 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Michael J Dolan: Nothing Will Ever Be Alright Again, Ever
A small crowd gathers to watch Michael J Dolan on what is supposedly “Black Wednesday,” the least attended day of the Fringe. Two out of the seve... Read more »| 13 Aug 2013 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Oresteia @ C
Adapting and updating Greek tragedy is always a tough task, especially when it comes to Aeschylus’s trilogy of a fractured family’s bloodbath of ... Read more »| 13 Aug 2013 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Pigeon English @ Underbelly Cowgate
Eleven year old Harri (David C. Johnson) lives in a deprived inner city council estate with his mother and sister having recently moved from Ghana. Faced wit... Read more »| 13 Aug 2013