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 Fringe
Becoming Marilyn
“Goodbye, Norma Jeane...” sang Elton John, before another blonde 'Queen of Hearts' with an obsessive cult following replaced her. If we are to be... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Bane
Since the turn of the decade, style gurus have been adamant that the eighties are coming back with a bang. But, after the briefest of flirtations with leg-wa... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Princess Cabaret
Anything involving several singing Australian women is apt to remind one of a Sheila’s Wheels advert. However with songs like: ‘I&rsq... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Rich Hall's Campfire Stories
If you’ve ever seen a Rich Hall show, you’ll appreciate how hard it is to respond with anything other than hero worship. And with this maundering... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Craig Hill: 40 Love...?
If you ever find yourself wandering into a Craig Hill show, here’s a tip: don’t bother avoiding the front row. Nobody is safe from the ultra-camp... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Robin Ince: Bleeding-Heart Liberal
The angry, lefty, very pre-97 politics that pour forth in Robin Ince’s meandering show make it hard to believe that this bitter cynic has only just hit... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009
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Edinburgh Fringe
Lady Garden 2009 Review
Looking through the back-catalogue of press for Ladygarden, it becomes clear that this all-female sketch comedy troupe demand, for once, an unpatronising, un... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Jason Byrne: The Byrne Supremacy
Credit where it's due: Jason Byrne has a massive queue. 840 people long, to be precise. He also has one of the most ill-conceived, out of place, shoddily per... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Paul Zerdin
From Terry Hall and Lenny the Lion to Keith Harris and Orville the Duck, the British have always had a curious fascination with ventriloquism. There is, it s... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Des Bishop: Desfunctional
It's useful being from two places at once. Des Bishop was born in America, so he gets away with being sentimental in a way other comics can't. And he's lived... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Rich Hall
Best known on these shores as a deadpan and mostly taciturn presence on a million and one British panel shows, Rich Hall has been coming to the Fringe for ye... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Simon Amstell: Do Nothing
Amstell’s live show is a far cry from the taunting wit that pervades his television persona. A self-deprecating, intimate set mines the human condition... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Reginald D Hunter: The Only Apple in the Garden of Eden and Niggas
Another year and another tenacious title. Not one to shy from controversy, Reginald D Hunter rather courts it, woos it and tries to stick his finger up its b... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
A-Team - the musical
A-Team the Musical is better than you think it’s going to be. You’ve got all your classic A-Team elements in glorious cartoon extravagance. Cue ... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Durang/Durang
Consisting of three one act plays by Christopher Durang, this show might be best considered a sketch show instead of theatre in any sense – that is, if... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009