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 FringeFringe Benefits
Radical Theatre that pushes the format without frightening the audience? The Microfestival is something new under the arches Read more »| 23 Apr 2010 -
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Mark Nelson: Offending the Senses
From his black-hearted humour and his no-holds-barred topicality to his stiff-jawed, narrow-eyed demeanour and distinctly Scottish sardonic style, it’s... Read more »| 12 Apr 2010 -
International FestivalsSonar 2010: LuckyThem
Scotland's visionary collective LuckyMe are taking over one of the night-time stages at Sonar in Barcelona this year. Lynchpin Dominic Flannigan tells The Skinny how did the ballers' dream became a reality Read more »| 07 Apr 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Microfestival
The Forest Fringe begins to plant the seeds of new theatre, as they move from Edinburgh towards fertile ground on the West Coast Read more »| 05 Apr 2010 -
Uk FestivalsNeil Innes: A People's Guide to World Domination
It's apparent that Neil Innes is performing his current show before an established fanbase. When he asks if the audience remembers The Rutles, his query is m... Read more »| 03 Apr 2010 -
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How Do I Get Up There?: Avant Garde
As audience members take to their seats for How Do I Get Up There?'s inaccurately titled Avant Garde show, they are treated to pre-recorded video footage of ... Read more »| 02 Apr 2010
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Uk FestivalsJohn Gavin: A-Z of Parenting
Standing in a sold-out, bustling Glaswegian pub, listening to the parenting alphabet according to tormented father of three John Gavin, it is easy to see why... Read more »| 31 Mar 2010 -
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Dave Gorman's Sit Down, Pedal, Pedal, Stop and Stand Up Tour
Unusually for a Dave Gorman show the Sit Down, Pedal, Pedal, Stop and Stand Up tour has no particular theme – even the cycling aspect is dispensed with... Read more »| 30 Mar 2010 -
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David Heffron: Don't Think Because I Understand, I Care
‘Random bullshit’ (his own words) proved to be quite an accurate synopsis of David Heffron's Glasgow show. After a late start and disappointing w... Read more »| 30 Mar 2010 -
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Bratchy: Fear, Loathing and Lost Wages
Tonight’s offering from Glaswegian Bratchy was a joyous outing for the entire family; well the Bratchpiece family anyway. Introduced by his Dad Mark, a... Read more »| 30 Mar 2010 -
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Sean Lock: Lockipedia
In 1993 David Baddiel and Rob Newman made history when they became the first comedy act to play Wembley. However, technically, the actual first act to perfor... Read more »| 29 Mar 2010 -
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Weird Science
The Edinburgh International Science Festival raises the city's IQ for two weeks of nerd awesomeness Read more »| 26 Mar 2010 -
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The Tony Law Show
It's immediately apparent from Tony Law's loosely structured hour long set that he's a performer of entirely left-field sensibilities. Though he frequently s... Read more »| 25 Mar 2010 -
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Laura Solon: Rabbit Faced Story Soup
Solon’s 2010 show Rabbit Faced Story Soup is an exhaustively inventive one-woman play set in a publishing house. She breaks and rebuilds the fourth wal... Read more »| 25 Mar 2010 -
Uk FestivalsDavid Kay Gets Dynamic
Self-proclaimed ‘fireball’ David Kay meekly witters on in the conversational style of an old lady for just over an hour. Dynamic it certainly is ... Read more »| 25 Mar 2010