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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Uk Festivals
Why so Serious? Joker profile: Tom Stade
Canadian stand up, Tom Stade, is a laid back comic, but his jokes are in fighting form. Read more »| 12 Sep 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Braw or Naw: Dermot McMorrow
Dermot McMorrow takes a surreal yet critical look at what he thinks is braw or naw. Read more »| 09 Sep 2008 -
Uk Festivals
Hydro Connect 2008 @ Inveraray Castle, 29-31 Aug
The Connect Festival – this year renamed Hydro Connect thanks to a sponsorship hook-up with Scottish Hydro Electric – has got everything going fo... Read more »| 08 Sep 2008 -
Uk Festivals
Merchant City Festival 2008 @ Various venues, Glasgow, 25-28 Sep
Edinburgh has had its month, but Glasgow is the real Festival City. Gareth K Vile finds high art on the street corners. Read more »| 05 Sep 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Welcome to the Dark Ride
Gareth K Vile plunges himself into a deep depression of depravity, desire and death. Read more »| 01 Sep 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Mela's Hidden Secrets
The Edinburgh Mela Festival blossoms on the Waterfront this year, revealing its brightest colours to date. Junta Sekimori picks its petals. Read more »| 30 Aug 2008
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Edinburgh Fringe
Edinburgh Fringe Festival Director Resigns
In the wake of one of the biggest box office disasters in Fringe history, Director Jon Morgan steps down. Read more »| 28 Aug 2008 -
Uk Festivals
Digitalism @ The Liquid Room, 23 Aug
Most of the horde emerge from the venue sweat-soaked and grinning Read more »| 28 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Clarke's Column at Edinburgh Fringe 2008
In this final Fringe edition, stand up Des Clarke sums up his three weeks in the Edinburgh rain. Read more »| 26 Aug 2008 -
Uk Festivals
Susan Calman - Maybe It Is Your Fault
Stand regular, Susan Calman, brings her first solo show to the Merchant City Festival. Read more »| 26 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Fringe Round Up
Gareth K Vile refuses the systematic and explores three very different shows. Read more »| 25 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Big Quiz with Josie Long
In her latest show, Josie Long reveals her adoration of quizzes. Here, Fest grills her on some of her specialist subjects, including the Enlightenment, astronomy and Lidl Read more »| 22 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Dave McKean @ EIBF, 19 Aug
If the Book Festival ever became fatiguing due to its surplus of talented egos crammed into one concentrated space, Dave McKean would be the perfect antidote... Read more »| 22 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Clarke's Column: The Comedian's Day Off
Scottish comedian Des Clarke brings his unique perspective to all things Fringe in this second edition. This week: the comedian's day off. Read more »| 22 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Victims of Duty
Eugene Ionesco's Victims of Duty is one of the more light-hearted works in the French playwright's distinguished theatrical repertoire. A thoroughly post-mod... Read more »| 21 Aug 2008