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 FringeWilliam Andrews: Nitwit
William Andrews is like a one-man comedy band. With a box. Taping the microphone to his head and launching into an impromptu mini-rave, strobe lights and all... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Dan Atkinson: Death By A Thouands Pricks
Atkinson tells his audience early into this year's show that he wants to reverse his previous tendency not to say what he feels. He certainly achieves this.... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeDylan Moran
He is, of course, wearing black. He is, needless to say, drinking. He is... both better and worse than he used to be. I'll explain. During the first half of ... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeColm O'Regan in Hindsight
Colm O'Regan is a likeable chap. His Fringe debut is ostensibly a retrospective on the softly-spoken Irishman's life, interspersed with some kooky observatio... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Bethany Black: Love and a Colt 45
“It just got a bit awkward”, announces Bethany Black, having inflicted on us yet another agonisingly earnest glimpse into her unhappy life. She i... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Bone House
There's a new serial killer on the block, says Eugene Crowley, a creepy "mind-hunter" from the "Southern United States". We should all watch out, he says. Re... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009
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Edinburgh Fringe
Why Do All Catherines Call Themselves Kate?
The obscurity of its title sets the tone for the rest of this new play. It is a hard piece of writing to work out, and the audience’s curiosity builds ... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeUnsupervised Detention
Leave four pupils in detention for an hour and what do you think they’re going to get up to? They’re going to mess about, pull faces, throw thing... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Burn
Loosely based upon Jean Paul Sartre’s No Exit, Burn is a play about sin, religion and man’s inhumane treatment of one another. "Hell is other pe... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Emma
Amid the cacophony of boundary pushing, risqué, and downright bizarre productions available at the Fringe, audiences can breathe a sigh of relief and ... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Diaspora
More than 200 million migrants exist around the world today, a number that is steadily rising by the year. Epic multi-media performance Diaspora intelligentl... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeThe Muffia: Tight Women
If the girls from The Muffia were your mates you would be pissing yourself. Their show is made up of the kind of skits, rants and songs that are bloody hyste... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Carl Donnelly: Relax Everyone, It's Carl Donnelly!
He’s tried edgy – that didn’t work. He’s tried topical – that didn’t work either. But in today’s incarnation, Carl ... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Andrew O'Neill: Occult Comedian
Entering the stage to the ominous sounds of Norwegian black metal, Andrew O'Neill looks rather outlandish in his denim skirt, tight 'Feminist'-emblazoned t-s... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
All That Gomez
Marga Gomez is an established American comedian with a very specific schtick – that of "America's most wanted Latina lesbian comic." She finds a lot of... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009