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 FringeA Slow Air @ The Traverse
Across the East-West Divide Read more »| 11 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Alfie Brown: The Love You Take
Walking out onto the stage, Alfie Brown bears all the typical hallmarks of a modern poet comedian; skinny jeans, quirky blazer, bejewelled hands, and wild ha... Read more »| 11 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh FringeTony Law – Go Mr Tony Go!
Any attempt to contain the incessantly buoyant antics of Tony Law within the parameters of a review is redundant. What appears to be midday on a Monday migh... Read more »| 11 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Mitch Benn
Mitch Benn's show opens with a song explaining what his show is not about. It's a theme throughout the show, as he tells us what he's not going to talk about... Read more »| 11 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh FringeBridget Christie – Housewife Surrealist
Tensions between the messy spaces we inhabit and the dogmas and abstractions of Catholicism course through Bridget Christie's Fringe offering at the Stand th... Read more »| 11 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh FestivalsEasy Riders, Raging Cinephiles: An Interview with Matthew Lloyd
How The Movie Brats Took Over Edinburgh looks at the years when Edinburgh Film Festival punched above its weight on the world festival circuit. We speak to Matthew Lloyd, the book's author Read more »| 11 Aug 2011
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Edinburgh Fringe
Colm O'Regan – Dislike! A Facebook Guide to Crisis
No doubt many of this year's visitors to Edinburgh would endorse Colm O'Regan's criticisms of Facebook, Twitter and text-language. Of course, these topics ha... Read more »| 11 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh Fringe
James Galea - I Hate Rabbits
Turning a few tricks Read more »| 11 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Sunday in the Park with George @ C
"Work is what you do for others, art is what you do for yourself" Read more »| 11 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Spring Awakening@ C
Getting young and dirty Read more »| 11 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Chris Martin: No, Not That One
Chris Martin is, as you probably guessed from the title of this show, not the lead singer of Coldplay. He is a comedian. A good-looking, charming, chatty, co... Read more »| 11 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Ivor Dembina: Free Jewish Comedy
Walking into Ivor Dembina’s Free Jewish Comedy show in The Counting House is like walking into a discombobulated synagogue: in one corner, below a larg... Read more »| 10 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Wondrous Flitting @ The Traverse
Crashing onto the Traverse stage with the Royal Lyceum Theatre Company. Read more »| 10 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh FringeJessica Fostekew: Luxury Tramp
Liberally handing out paper fans to the audience as they filter in (it can get rather stuffy in here), Jessica Fostekew leads in to her main subject by way o... Read more »| 10 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Craig Campbell
I have to admit to a certain amount of trepidation as I made my way into Craig Campbell’s show. The sold-out audience were crabby from waiting in the rain an... Read more »| 10 Aug 2011