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 FringeBanger @ Dance Base
Once upon a studded leather wristband, it was all too easy. Lads formed in a circle at the school disco, shaking their greasy hair and headbanging to Whole L... Read more »| 07 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh FringeA Corpo Libero / The Woman Who Wants To Be Funny @ Dance Base
Italian ''lady of a certain age'' Sylvia Gribaudi must be one of the most unlikely sex goddesses you will see at the Fringe this year. A single spotligh... Read more »| 07 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Sameena Zehra: Tea With Terrorists @ Captain Taylor's Coffee House
The premise of Sameena Zehra’s second Edinburgh show comes loaded with the promise of unique insight, as she recounts how her family came to share afte... Read more »| 07 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Adam Larter: Happy New Year
Forget sitting in front of the telly with a cuppa watching Jools Holland. Boring! It’s the chaotic, wild and adventurous New Year celebrations which yo... Read more »| 07 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Red, Like Our Room Used To Feel @ Summerhall
Red, Like Our Room Used To Feel is an intimate performance by poet Ryan Van Winkle. Part installation, part one to one poetry reading, the audience is t... Read more »| 07 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh FringeTam O'Shanter @ Assembly Hall
The acclaimed company Communicado is back at full throttle: reminiscent of the legendary 7:84 company, many of the cast can sing, dance and play a tune on tr... Read more »| 07 Aug 2012
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Edinburgh FringeJem Brookes: Thumbs Up
The affable, and often a bit awkward, Jem Brookes invites you to join him for a pint or two, while he chats up the audience and dishes out one-liners. Having... Read more »| 07 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh FringeCamille Claudel @ The Pleasance Courtyard
This is a play about love, genius, abandonment and madness, the bittersweet but ultimately tragic story of Rodin's model and mistress, a sculptor in her own ... Read more »| 07 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Colour Ham: The Colour Ham
On paper, a show promising a mix of magic, mind reading and “silliness” sounds like a really bad day at a really lame circus, but the trio of Kev... Read more »| 07 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Prize @ Underbelly
I can't lie, I did expect The Prize to be full of the now perfectly over familiar London 2012 babble in the newspapers and across the TV. Fortunately The Pri... Read more »| 07 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Michael Neto - UPCLOSE @ The Vault
Beginning his show as a bumbling and unhinged scientist, Michael Neto wanders on stage and with the help of two audience members and a vial of ominous fluid,... Read more »| 07 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Matthew J Dowden - Magic of the Movies @ The Scottish Storytelling Centre
Chronicling the magic of the movies, Matthew guides us through his favourite moments from Charlie Chaplin, ET and the Rat Pack to the Godfather and James Bon... Read more »| 07 Aug 2012 -
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Helen Arney: Voice Of An Angle
Helen Arney's solo show Voice of an Angle is a warm, witty and charming blend of comedy, music and science. The title is no typo, but a maths pun that set... Read more »| 07 Aug 2012 -
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Naomi Paul: Reshape While Damp
In 2011 Naomi Paul brought an earlier incarnation of Reshape While Damp to the Fringe, but at that time it was a dual monologue with Jenny Stokes performing ... Read more »| 07 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Jack Barry & Patrick Turpin: Your New Mild Friends
An uneven double bill of stand up. First up is young Jack Barry. Cursed with two first names, Barry is as affable as his show’s title would suggest. Be... Read more »| 07 Aug 2012