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
The Oxford Revue: Etch A Sketch
So, will the Oxford Revue of 2009 go on to match the success of previous alumni such as Al Murray and Michael Palin? The short answer is no. The performers ... Read more »| 26 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Phil Nichol: A Deadpan Poet Sings Quiet Songs Quietly
Phil Nichol’s latest Fringe offering is anything but quiet, his deranged mixture of quickfire puns and soft songs leaving some members of the audience ... Read more »| 26 Aug 2009 -
Uk FestivalsEdenFest @ AE Forest, Dumfries & Galloway, 4-6 Sep
The family-friendly Eden festival taking place in the picturesque meadows of Ae Forest in Dumfries and Galloway will be a welcome change from the money-grabb... Read more »| 26 Aug 2009 -
Uk FestivalsBiffy Clyro @ Corn Exchange, 21 Aug
Mancunian quintet Oceansize and their self-proclaimed progressive death indie live up to their name. It takes a good four songs of predominantly new material... Read more »| 26 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeAn Evening With Psychosis
Part Star Trek spoof, part verbatim theatre—using extracts from interviews with real people affected in some way by mental illness—and quite unsu... Read more »| 25 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Festivals
EIBF: David Sedaris
The first of The Skinny’s events, and a good one at that. Chairman Al Senter started things off by saying his role would be mostly redundant, and so it... Read more »| 25 Aug 2009
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Edinburgh Fringe
Wil Hodgson: Punk Folk Tales
Will Hodgson introduces himself as a man of contradictions: a straight bloke who wears nail polish, a former skinhead with Care Bear tattoos. He’s also... Read more »| 25 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeSusan Calman, The Last Woman on Earth
"It’s not that I don’t like men," bellows Susan Calman in the opening five minutes of this show, "it’s just that I find them all utterly re... Read more »| 25 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre Goes to Hollywood
Only at the Fringe could you go and watch a show where two sock puppets sing and swear at each other and love every second of the experience. Superbly silly,... Read more »| 25 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Idiots of Ants: This Is War
If you’ve been paying attention to the torrent of print surrounding this year’s Festival, no doubt you’ll have come across the declaration ... Read more »| 25 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Barry Cryer and Ronnie Golden at their Pique
They’ve been threatening to die for some years now so it’s surely nothing short of a miracle that Barry Cryer and Ronnie Golden have returned to ... Read more »| 25 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Marcus Brigstocke: God Collar
Brigstocke’s material comes from the big questions about god and religion – and his irritation merrily pokes fun at the hypocrisies and misogynis... Read more »| 25 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
David O'Doherty: David O'Doh-Party
When David O’ Doherty, armed with his Yamaha Portatone 260, begs the anticipant audience to ‘lower their expectations’, he knows all too we... Read more »| 25 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
After the Bomb
Impressively energetic, this hotchpotch of a play written and directed by Nicholas Moran is too ambitious; styles clash and weaken an already ambiguous plot.... Read more »| 25 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Shadow Within
The promotional materials for Alan Ferrett's new play would have audiences believe that it “explores the dark ambiguities of belief and exposes the sha... Read more »| 25 Aug 2009