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 Girls of Slender Means
This stage adaption of Muriel Spark's novel brings the Edinburgh writer's focus away from the capital's cobbled streets and sandstone facades. Set in West Lo... Read more »| 10 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
A British Subject Review
In 1988, a young British man named Mirza Tahir Hussein was sentenced to death by the Pakistani courts. For 18 years, Tahir languished on death row for a crim... Read more »| 10 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeKilling Me Softly
Last year, Richard Fry came to Edinburgh on a tentative mission to try out a new career. Now aged thirty-something, Fry’s life consisted of a rough chi... Read more »| 10 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeChris Cox: Mind Over Patter
We love Cox. Or so the opportunely named ‘mind reader’ guffaws, along with a sprinkling of double entendres perhaps provided to justify the 18+ r... Read more »| 10 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeStephen K Amos: The Feelgood Factor
The Pleasance Grand is the perfect venue for Stephen K Amos, who eschews the deep and meaningful in favour of just giving us a great night. The venue is larg... Read more »| 10 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Best of So You Think You're Funny?
‘Best Of’ shows make for PR child’s play. They also make for unnaturally high expectations and, in some cases, potentially disappointing an... Read more »| 10 Aug 2009
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Edinburgh Fringe
Wild Colonial Boys
You know that rule about things coming along in threes? These guys are a prime example. Just when you’ve been waiting for a decent Australian comedian ... Read more »| 10 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Pig With The Face Of A Boy
Come in off the crowded streets and escape the unending raucous cries of flyer-bearing promoters and overheated children – the Free Edinburgh Fringe Fe... Read more »| 10 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church by Daniel Kitson
In early 2007, Daniel Kitson was looking for a new house. His friends had all largely abandoned London in search of “somewhere nice to live” and,... Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Stranglers
Dubious efforts to produce new hits fail to take the sheen off an inspired classics set by one of British punk's greatest acts Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Raising the tone
As The Bluetones prepare for a one-night appearance at the HMV Picturehouse, Rod MacNeil finds a band whose enthusiasm hasn't dampened a bit since their 90s heyday Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Lighter Than Air
Leave your worries in the Pleasance Courtyard and enter into Lighter Than Air's deliciously whimsical world of balloons and make-believe. A family show that ... Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Paul Sinha
Whilst the alpha-male fraternity of comedy big-hitters have been busy prostituting themselves on endless TV quiz shows, gay Asian comic Paul Sinha has been q... Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
My Name Is Sue
There’s been a fair amount of buzz, well… buzzing around My Name Is Sue, the absurd musical comedy debuting at the Pleasance. Already, it has be... Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Rhod Gilbert and the Cat That Looked Like Nicholas Lyndhurst
You’d think that it would have been a happy year for Rhod Gilbert, who has graced every major stage TV stand-up has to offer following the immense succ... Read more »| 09 Aug 2009