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
Ava Vidal: Remember, Remember the 4th of November
Carving out a niche for oneself as a minority voice in stand-up can't be an easy task. Ava Vidal is one of the scene's very, very few black women and as such... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
JoJo Sutherland Stands Up For Herself
JoJo Sutherland has more than a few tales to tell in her stand-up routine. She grew up in a castle, her father was a WWII veteran and a celebrate... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Barry & Stuart: Powered By Demons
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Edinburgh Fringe
Four Quarters
Contemporary dance is often seen as a murky art form, dense with pretensions and grand but clandestine themes. In the opening moments of Four Quarters, Isobe... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Ed: The Musical
A stockbroker in need of a heart transplant and a rock star who needs a liver transplant meet in hospital. “Sounds like the start of a fabulous joke,&r... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Art House
Art House tells the tale of a superlative artist who, in true maverick fashion, fakes her own death so that she may reap the posthumous acclaim guaranteed by... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009
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Edinburgh Fringe
Sound and Fury's Sherlock Holmes and The Saline Solution
Sound and Fury is a troupe of comedic thespians, hailing from Los Angeles. Breaking from their tried and tested ‘fakespearian’ style of performa... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Jerry Springer: The Opera
Cult Fringe hero Stewart Lee was almost bankrupted by the immense volumes of vitriol thrown by the religious right at his multi-award winning musical. Thankf... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Doubtful Guest
If there was a time, before Mamet and Pinter, Berkoff and Brecht, before Ibsen even, when theatre was simple, then this production of The Doubtful Guest lays... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Jason John Whitehead: Emotional Whitemale
It's always nice to see a comedian push outside their comfort zone. Despite his puppyish persona, Canadian Jason John Whitehead is a seasoned comic who's bee... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Fall of Man
Since the early 1980s, Red Shift has gained a reputation for innovative theatre and this latest piece comes as no exception. Initially, the premise seems str... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Danielle Ward Lies
Danielle Ward is not a very good liar. This can be a problem in comedy, as many of the best comic anecdotes are utterly believable, but utterly false. For al... Read more »| 21 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
John Robins: Skinny Love
John Robins belongs to a comedy age in which it’s okay not to do drugs, and to profess not to be that great at sex. That is, he belongs to the post-roc... Read more »| 20 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Pete Firman: The Pete Firman Magic Show
"Jokes and tricks!" is Pete Firman's catchphrase, and also an accurate description of his show. The quality of both elements varies wildly, and that's really... Read more »| 20 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Lloyd Langford: Every Day I Have the Blues
Set in the intimate space of the Pleasance Below, Lloyd Langford’s comedy routine is all about reasons to be blue. Reasons like having big ... Read more »| 20 Aug 2009