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 FringeKristan Schaal & Kurt Braunohler: Double Down Hearts
Kurt Braunohler and Kristen Schall (the second of whom convention requires be described as either “kooky” or “quirky”) hit this year'... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeJason Cook
In 2008, the prodigious talent of Jason Cook seemed to burst out of nowhere. Although his debut the previous year had received a number of glowing reviews, ... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeJon Richardson at Fringe Preview
While hosting the second-best mid-morning weekend comedy programme on the not-hugely-successful BBC6Music digital radio station has not brought Jon Richardso... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Internal
The multi-award winning Ontroerend Goed returns to the Fringe after last year’s sell-out production with yet another innovative exercise in audience-in... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Icarus 2.0 Fringe Preview
Sebastian Lawson and Jamie Wood won a Fringe First in 2008 for their bleakly humorous office drama Paperweight. This year, the pair are back with Icarus 2.0,... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeShi's Electric
Enter Shikari are the band that nobody can pin down, seemingly evading both description and record companies. But behind the myths, Gillian Loney finds band members who just want a cup of tea and some appreciation Read more »| 05 Aug 2009
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Edinburgh Fringe
George Ryegold
If ever there were a year for the Fringe to act as the launching pad for a gaggle of fresh, new (and rather youthful) talent, 2009 would appear to be it. Fr... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Hans Teeuwen Preview
Introduced to the Fringe in 2007 with the delectably bizarre Amsterdam Comedy Collective, Hans Teeuwen returns to Edinburgh again this summer with new and re... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Hopkinson Smith - Lute and Baroque Guitar
Hailed as one of the most important lute players of modern times, Harvard Graduate Hopkinson Smith brings a program that balances various contrasting musical... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Fucked
As ill-advised titles go, Fucked has got to be up there with the worst of them. But whilst a pointlessly offensive title can often be what breaks rather than... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Elis James: The Most Cautious Little Boy in Wales
Elis James is such a cautious little boy that this year will be the first solo offering from this cheeky and irreverent bilingual Welsh comic. Appearing as ... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeEdwyn Collins
If there were any sort of civic pride amongst Scotland’s music community, a statue of Edywn Collins would stand proud in every town. His first band, O... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
David Simon
For fans of The Wire—which, after the ceaseless praise that’s rained on the edgy cop show in the last couple of years, seems to be almost everyon... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
David O'Doherty at Fringe Fest Preview
David O’Doherty has come a long way since his days spent hosing the insides of shipping containers at a German supermarket distributor. Fresh from tou... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Crush returns to Edinburgh Fringe
It's been six years since Paul Charlton's Edinburgh debut, Love, Sex and Cider, won a Fringe First. Now the playwright and actor is back with Crush, a play t... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009