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 FringeBarry, Pull Your Finger Out!
Good guy Barry fancies generic girl Suzie, but she's going out with try-hard Gary, much to her own confusion. As the narrator asks, with the babbling urgency... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Acute Psychotic Episode
An exploration into the process of mental breakdown recalled from first-hand experience certainly has the potential to make fascinating and educational mater... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
Uk Festivals
The Birds and The Bees
Take a situation everyone has had to face and then squeeze every last drop of brilliantly excruciating awkwardness from it. This is what Mark Butler achieves... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeDomestic Goddi 2: How to Cope
At times, you’ve got to really question the true intentions of female sketch comedy duos, especially when you see Wilkinson and co-star Helen O’B... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeLotte's Gift
When classical guitarist Karin Schaupp and playwright David Williamson joined forces to create a play that blended drama and musical performance, they strugg... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeComedy Bitch
‘Comedy Bitch’ is something of a peculiar name for this six piece sketch troupe. Consisting of three men and three women, all with a background i... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009
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Edinburgh Fringe
Colin Hoult's Carnival of Monsters
Carnival of Monsters is already drawing comparisons to The League of Gentlemen, and with Colin Hoult’s characters summoning an equally twisted breed of... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Britain's Best Mates
The repetitive clip of music which plays over and over ad nauseam as the house lights dim for this show bodes ill, and accurately, for what is to follow. Bri... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Nick Mohammed in Apollo 21
It’s been forty years since man first walked on the moon, surely the glossiest emblem of human achievement to date. Over that time the journey made by ... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Alun Cochrane is a Daydreamer (at night) at Edinburgh Fringe: Review
With its bizarre determination to actually pay its acts for performing on its well-trodden boards, The Stand has become a popular choice for the more seasone... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Alistair McGowan and Charlotte Page: Cocktails With Coward
Alistair McGowan visibly has one eye on the audience as we filter in. He sits, newspaper in hand and wearing a three-piece suit, accompanied by a similarly s... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Stephen Carlin Blows The Lid Off The Whole Filthy Business
Stephen Carlin's Big Thing is that he is apparently one of Stewart Lee's all-time top ten stand-up comedians, a fact that brings with it the surprising impli... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Umbrella Birds: Sketches In A Shop Changing Room
All-female comedy foursome The Umbrella Birds are keen to confront and riff on women's various insecurities about their appearance and self-image. In p... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Dark Party
This latest offering from The Dirty Brothers is a genre-defying mix of physical comedy, daring exploits and macabre theatre. Costumed as tramps and armed wit... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Adam Hills: Inflatable at Edinburgh Fringe Review
Tonight, Adam Hills is accompanied by a British Sign Language interpreter. The first half hour consists of a riotous back-and-forth exchange with and through... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009