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 FringeAsian Provocateurs: Rule Britannia!
Sajeela Kershi and Yasmeen Khan are the UK’s leading female British-Asian sketch duo. It’s possible they’re the only female British-Asian s... Read more »| 24 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh FringeTiernan Douieb vs The World
It's worth mentioning that Tiernan Douieb has a dose of Fringe Flu and this seems to drain the energy from his performance. A high-tempo delivery would help ... Read more »| 24 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Marcel Lucont Etc: A Chat Show
Brit-baiting French chat show host Marcel Lucont is one of the most compelling comic characters of this year's Fringe. Nursing a glass of red wine as he saun... Read more »| 24 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh FringeThe Big Value Comedy Show
As he takes the stage, Eric Lampaert is full of his trademark energy. Never once pausing for breath, he is a whirlwind of words. This, apparently, is not qui... Read more »| 24 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Three Englishmen: Optimists
It would be very easy to liken these Englishmen to those Monty Python boys. Easy, but true. Musical sketches, dressing like ladies, daft accents, and Tom Hen... Read more »| 24 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Guilt and Shame
This shows starts as a disaster and gets worse. Within five minutes, Gabriel Bisset-Smith and Robert Cawsey are apologising and advising how to claim a refun... Read more »| 24 Aug 2011
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Edinburgh Fringe
Dan Willis: Radiohead Redux
For some it’s cranking up the record player and whisking out the vinyl. For others it’s getting drunk in the company of Spotify, or taking turns ... Read more »| 24 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Peeling PVA in Happier Mache
What makes a sketch group really great is the sense that they’re all on the same page, each of them holding up their end, and that they’re comple... Read more »| 24 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Squirrel Party
Squirrel Party is nuts. If ever a show could go from tame to wild, nay, mad in 50 minutes, this one certainly does. Structured as a parody of an 80s kids' TV... Read more »| 24 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh FringeArmageddapocalypse: The Explosioning
Anyone who has seen their share of action films or TV series will have some inkling about the standard formula – the clichéd characters, stock s... Read more »| 24 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Movin’ On Up! With Politically Erect
Written by and starring Ben Anderson, Alex Kempton and Sam Jacobsen, sketch group Politically Erect have themselves a very clever, astute and funny group of ... Read more »| 24 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Matthew Highton: Shadowed Vagary
As the room darkens, the lights begin flashing and the War of the World’s soundtrack plays. This is weird. It goes on for what seems like ages, an... Read more »| 23 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Joe Bor: In Search Of The Six Pack
The mysteries of sexual attraction are notoriously difficult to pin down and define. In Search of the Six-Pack is set in motion by a video montage, casting J... Read more »| 23 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Which One's Fergal?
On stage, there is a man wearing an ostentatious hoodie and a baseball cap with ‘Skillz’ sharpied on, talking in a Brummie accent and claiming to... Read more »| 23 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Ester and Son: Happiness
Ester And Son. Esther Rantzen. That slightly lame joke is part of a cunning disguise, intended to make you think you're watching a shambles when you're actua... Read more »| 23 Aug 2011