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 FringeEdward Aczel
There are several hundred comedians strutting their stuff at the Fringe this year, and most of them will be following more-or-less the same rulebook. Act nat... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Contest
Amanda and Karl are art students who find themselves both in love and competing for an art prize in college. To win means more then just a moment's glory &nd... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeDouble Art History
Think of the best teacher you’ve ever had. Most likely they were witty, passionate and eccentric, able to render the stuffiest of subjects riveting eve... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeA Grave Situation
They say war is Hell, but for the Wilberforce boys, it’s also Heaven and Huddersfield. Flippant and unwaveringly hammy, this WWII musical comedy is car... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Barry, 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
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Uk FestivalsThe 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 Fringe
Domestic 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 Fringe
Lotte'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 Fringe
Comedy 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 -
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