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 FringeThe Sound of My Voice
In this incredibly resourceful adaptation of Ron Butlin’s 1987 novel, Glasgow’s Citizen’s Theatre group provide a beautiful yet unbearably ... Read more »| 25 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeFrisky and Mannish's School of Pop Erin McElhiney Review
How to describe Frisky and Mannish? Take some pop songs - the more commercially successful the better - and with your own not inconsiderable keyboard and voc... Read more »| 24 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Felicity Ward's Ugly As A Child Variety Show
Felicity Ward was ugly as a child. She was also intelligent and geeky, and now gives us an account of what it was like for her to be afflicted with all of th... Read more »| 24 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeAmazing Adventure Stories of Todd Womack
The bulk of Todd Womack’s material comes from his travels around South America. He has good stories and for the most part they are well told - I find m... Read more »| 24 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The invisible party
Six young comedians populate Tom Basden's brilliant new play, Party. But as Lyle Brennan finds out, they are part of a new comedy organisation, the Invisible Dot, which might just be as interesting, and ultimately elusive, as the fictional group Read more »| 23 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeAidan Bishop - No Sissy Stuff at Edinburgh Fringe: Review
Christmas 2007, and good boy Aidan Bishop has just received a present from Santa. It’s Fisher Price’s My First Stand-up Show. Inside, it’s ... Read more »| 23 Aug 2009
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Edinburgh Fringe
Charlotte Square: loitering within tents
Talks on the environment and the economy were depressing; a grumpy poet showed his sentimental side, and the ever first European Moth was bewildering - Fest casts its eye over the latest from the still-rainy Book Festival Read more »| 23 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Julian Clary: Lord of the Mince Review
Something terrible has happened. The erudite, witty, loquacious contestant on Radio 4's long-running Just a Minute has been kidnapped. It's surely not him pe... Read more »| 23 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
If That's All There Is
It’s her special day, but Frances’ new husband is ruining it. His wedding speech is just so boring. Who cares about the two different types of ca... Read more »| 23 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Trial
Lead up a dank, heat-damaged staircase—an eerie reminder of the of the fire which consumed the Gilded Balloon’s old address on the Cowgate—... Read more »| 23 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
David Sedaris: You don't know my sister!
Undisputed king of the New Yorker and America's campest literary idol, David Sedaris treated Charlotte Square to two unpublished stories. Here we publish some highlights from the riotous Q & A that followed Read more »| 23 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Amanda Palmer at Fringe Festival: Review
You can call Amanda Palmer many things; an extrovert, a talented pianist, a chronicler of female anguish and despair, a wise-cracking performer. She’s ... Read more »| 23 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Cabaret Whore
The Free Fringe: where performers can only dream of breaking even thanks to their reliance on donations from audiences. "At least it was free," they usually ... Read more »| 23 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Pappy's Fun Club's World Record Attempt: 200 Sketches in an Hour
It’s roughly 15 minutes into Pappy’s Fun Club’s World Record Attempt and something feels…wrong. The laughs are there, the performanc... Read more »| 23 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Retreat! marches forward
Edinburgh's folk music scene is flourishing, as the Retreat! Festival proves. Fergus Weir speaks to the artists involved and discovers a can-do attitude often forgotten in the commercialised world of the Fringe Read more »| 23 Aug 2009