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 FringeThe Economist @ C Nova
Haunting, captivating, thought-provoking, this is a play not to be missed Read more »| 23 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh FringeShirtwaist @ Summerhall
A tragic story brilliantly told Read more »| 23 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh FringeA Multimedia Thing (Era Schaeffera) @ Tom Fleming Centre (Summerhall)
A Multimedia Thing is a rare and unique piece of theatre and feels like a true avant-garde experiment. Read more »| 23 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
White Rabbit Red Rabbit @ Summerhall
A critic meets his match Read more »| 23 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Bitch Boxer @ Underbelly
A highly personal theatre performance following a determined athlete as she fights her way into the boxing ring Read more »| 23 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Ro Campbell: Midnight Meltdown
An undeservedly small audience files into Ro Campbell’s midnight show in Stand II, and half of it seems Fringe-weary, and wary of this stubby-holding A... Read more »| 23 Aug 2012
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Edinburgh FringeMark Restuccia: How to Succeed at Internet Dating
Mark Restuccia’s at his best when he chats to the crowd, hinting that he’ll win us over in this little basement venue. Few initially admit ... Read more »| 22 Aug 2012 -
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Uninvited @ Bedlam Theatre
Fat Git Theatre specialise in adaptations of contemporary stories and with Uninvited they hit the mark Read more »| 22 Aug 2012 -
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Miriam Margolyes: Dickens' Women @ Pleasance Courtyard
How to rescue Dickens from dry academia Read more »| 22 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Cleansed @ theSpace on North Bridge
Rummage Theatre – a LEAP theatre project – make a Fringe debut with Cleansed. Read more »| 22 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Flash Mob @ Assembly Hall
Flash Mob's reality dance show formula makes for easy entertainment Read more »| 22 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Fresh Fringe's 24-Hour Challenge!
Starting at 10am on Wednesday 22 August, an intrepid broadcasting duo of Christian Illingworth and Finlay Niven will be hosting a 24 hour radio marathon live... Read more »| 21 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh FestivalsEdinburgh International Book Festival: Luke Harding
Luke Harding had been working as the Guardian’s Moscow correspondent for four years when Russia refused to renew his press credentials. Stopped at Mo... Read more »| 21 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Aaron Twitchen: Quarter Life Crisis
Can you be too talented? Aaron Twitchen seems to have this extremely rare condition and the main symptom is a show that consists of lots of great bits that c... Read more »| 21 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Rachel Stubbings: Stubbing out Problems
It's always a brave move to incorporate a period of total silence into your comedy act, but Stubbings carries this off beautifully; and the quiet in the... Read more »| 21 Aug 2012