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 FringeIsy Suttie: Pearl & Dave
It’s not often necessary to manage expectations during the Fringe, but there are a few exceptions, and this is one of them. Let's be clear that this is... Read more »| 09 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh FringeSusan Murray's Photo Booth
This thoughtful, energetic show fuses affectionate memories of friends and family with chilling, turbulent tales of stalkers and riots. Stragglers shuffle in... Read more »| 09 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh FringeCariad Lloyd: Lady Cariad's Characters
The Fringe can be challenging to the most experienced of performers, so it's always breathtaking when a newbie nails it on their first attempt. Cariad Lloyd ... Read more »| 09 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh FringePiff the Magic Dragon
Piff the magic dragon is a magician. However, he’s also a fully grown (if tiny) man who turns up to work in a flammable-looking velour dragon suit, and... Read more »| 09 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Tiffany Stevenson: Cavewoman
Some people will know Tiffany Stevenson as the blonde one off ITV's Show Me The Funny. If so, you've probably only seen her do 30 seconds of stand-up each we... Read more »| 09 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh FringeSimon Donald's Dirty Great Fringepiece
Stand up comedians with a previous career in the arts are often harder to take seriously. But then again, Simon Donald was never worried about being taken se... Read more »| 09 Aug 2011
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Edinburgh Fringe
2 Comedians 1 Bucket
Crowds at Free Fringe shows are growing every year and it's because of shows like this. Big, fresh Dublin lad Marcus O'Laoire seems genuinely taken aback by ... Read more »| 09 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Iain Stirling and Sean McLoughlin
I felt a bit guilty laughing at Sean McLoughlin’s penile erectile dysfunction, but it is entirely his own fault for writing such a good set based aroun... Read more »| 09 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Alistair Greaves Mixed Grill
Introducing Alistair Greaves from North Yorkshire: vegetarian, boxer and your new best friend. Greaves has come to Edinburgh to test some new ideas on Fring... Read more »| 09 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Carey Marx: Laziness and Stuff
Opening this sweltering late night slot with some incisive, linguistically astute material concerning the shortcomings of a Dubai hotel, Carey Marx's latest ... Read more »| 08 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Martin Mor: The Call of the Golden Frog
Cocoa is the new cocaine; just ask bright-eyed and bushy-bearded behemoth Martin Mor. After every show the Northern Irish comic either treats himself to or d... Read more »| 08 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Sam Simmons – Meanwhile
The twisted imaginative visions of Sam Simmons really deserve better than to be undercut by a drunken stag do. His performance tonight is to be commended for... Read more »| 08 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Nathan Phillips: Sex You (I'm Gonna)
New York pick-up artist Nathan Phillips is going to seduce his audience. And then have sex with them. On stage. Except of course he's totally not. Phillips ... Read more »| 08 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Jerry Sadowitz: Comedian. Magician. Psychopath.
How do you solve a problem like Jerry Sadowitz? 26 years on he's still calling everything and everyone a fucking cunt. Political correctness has passed him b... Read more »| 08 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Who is Jean? Go the Distance
It's always a bad sign when a trendy young sketch troupe is unable to fill its own free, hand-drawn zine, handed out to the audience upon entry. Certainly, i... Read more »| 08 Aug 2011