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 FringeRobin Ince: Happiness Through Science
Robin Ince, staunch supporter of the PBH Free Fringe, brings his Happiness through Science show to the Jam House. This show allows him to celebrate his ... Read more »| 15 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh FringeSean Hughes: Life Becomes Noises
Blue illuminates him as he holds aloft a loaf of bread, and Snow Patrol plays overhead. In a moment he’s sitting at a bedside, ruminating on his father... Read more »| 15 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh FringeChris Martin: Spot The Difference
There is comedy for all types at this festival and many will definitely love Chris Martin - he’s young, confident, charming and quite good-looking... Read more »| 15 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh FringeRichard Tyrone Jones's Big Heart
Richard Tyrone Jones – gym-goer, man about town, sperm donor, performance poet – got heart failure for his 30th birthday. This hour-long show cha... Read more »| 15 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Damien Crow: The World According to Damien Crow
This is not Damien Crow’s audience. Mid-afternoon, shiny happy people – their mistake at having arrived here is openly noted in some moments of a... Read more »| 15 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Return of The Lumberjacks (Back By Poplar Demand)
An hour and a half of three incredible comedians each at the top of their game, and a surprise special guest who turns out to be Mick Foley; what more could ... Read more »| 15 Aug 2012
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Edinburgh FringeAppointment With The Wicker Man
Still Game fans may have noticed Greg Hemphill, or Victor McDade, on posters around town. Well, if you like that, you’ll love this – that same de... Read more »| 15 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Phil Nichol: RANTS!
For a man who is apparently furious about pretty much everything, Phil Nichol sure is a lovely bloke. This is his first sell-out night and he’s thrille... Read more »| 15 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
One Hour Only @ Underbelly
Marly is studying forensic biology and to pay her way she has started a new job at an ‘upmarket’ brothel. Her first client is AJ who is twenty-on... Read more »| 15 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Caesarean Section. Essays on Suicide @ Summerhall
Cheerful Stuff Read more »| 15 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Pain of Desire @ Summerhall
The show does not begin in the performance space but in the foyer as the audience waits to enter. We are greeted by Wendy Bevan's (the vocalist in Temper Tem... Read more »| 15 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Folken Britain
When Susan Harrison takes on a new persona she does so with her whole body – she seems to shrink and stretch before our eyes – transforming and t... Read more »| 15 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Genevieve Swallow is Sharing
Swallow’s entire routine is based on her flatmate and house sharing tales – like a less funny version of the Australian autobiographical novel He... Read more »| 15 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Benny Boot: Def-Con 4
Tall and gangly, Benny Boot wraps himself around the mic stand like an awkward teenager, nervously laughs after many of his silly and weird one-liners and le... Read more »| 15 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
And No More Shall We Part @ Traverse
It is difficult to say what is most remarkable about Tom Holloway's new play. There is the writing, which manages to articulately address a topical soci... Read more »| 15 Aug 2012