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 FringeGingers! The Musical
In a festival programme that this year includes musicals about online messaging and the porn industry, Gingers! The Musical ran the risk of appearing almost ... Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Rent
The Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Rent has an admirable history. Based on Puccini’s opera, La Boheme, the off-Broadway production subverted the essent... Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Precious Little Talent
Last year’s Fringe success Eight pushed Ella Hickson into the front rank of young British playwrights, winning numerous awards including a Fringe First... Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeA Cry From Underground
Adapted from Dostoevsky’s novella Notes From Underground (1860), Thorston Manderlay’s intelligent and very well-performed play presents us with a... Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
One Man Lord of the Rings
It is, perhaps, a question reviewers ought to ask themselves more often. Namely, why does this show exist? Is it unreasonable to think the the whole of The L... Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeZoe Lyons: Miss Machismo
Zoe Lyons is understandably a little annoyed with Germaine Greer. Wading into the ‘are women funny?’ debate earlier this year with a typical nose... Read more »| 09 Aug 2009
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Edinburgh FringeKevin Bridges: Class act
In the increasingly genteel world of Fringe comedy, Glaswegian newcomer Kevin Bridges is breaking the mould. Tom Hackett meets him in his hometown Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Janeane Garofalo
Zealous is too weak an adjective to describe Janeane Garofalo’s left-leaning liberalism, and it would be logical to think that—in the era of our ... Read more »| 08 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Bourgeois & Maurice: Social Work
“One thing we’ve learned about sex,” the magnificently dressed Bourgeois purrs silkily, “is that it often leads to offspring.” ... Read more »| 08 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Hugh Hughes: 360
Hugh Hughes is a happy man. He maintains a kind of manic, childish enthusiasm throughout this show - his first straight stand-up outing after a string of wel... Read more »| 08 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Rhys Darby: Out of character
Seven years on from his first Fringe appearance, Rhys Darby has finally hit the big time. But there's no sign of a superstar ego, writes Tom Hackett Read more »| 08 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Amsterdam Underground Comedy Collective
As the group that spawned Hans Teeuwen, the Amsterdam Underground Comedy Collective (AUCC) has a lot to live up to. It’s a shame, then, that tonight th... Read more »| 08 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Jonny Sweet: Mostly About Arthur
“You’re definitely my favourite five people in here!”, gushes Jonny Sweet to groups of his audience entering his show Mostly About Arthur. ... Read more »| 08 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Fergus Craig Still Watches Neighbours
Apparently Fergus Craig still watches Neighbours. The Australian soap, that is, not anything of a more sinister nature. His show is less to do with voyeurism... Read more »| 08 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Dennis Kelly: Emotion before intelligence
With his new play, Orphans, director Dennis Kelly takes an unusual look at random violence which fans of BBC3's Pulling might find odd. But as he tells Lyle Brennan, it's as much about keeping himself on his toes as it is keeping his audience on theirs Read more »| 08 Aug 2009