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 FringeAndrew Maxwell - The Lamp
Striding out in front of a packed, sweltering house, Andrew Maxwell cuts an endearing figure. Dressed in a white, sleeveless vest and the very shortest of sh... Read more »| 15 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Gravediggers
There is something very English about mixing the humour of day-to-day rural life with the morbidity of burying the dead, and it provides pretty solid materia... Read more »| 15 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeSchool for comedians
With two plays and and a compere slot at this year's Fringe, Phil Nichol still enjoys being as busy as ever Read more »| 15 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Unthinkable
The Unthinkable's bleak style and basic premise bring to mind dystopian visions of the future rooted in popular culture, from Orwell's genre-defining 1984 to... Read more »| 15 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Inua Ellams: Voice of progress
Now one of Britain's leading performance poets, Inua Ellams has had an eventful journey from his beginnings as a mischievous schoolboy in Nigeria, he tells Simon Mundy Read more »| 15 Aug 2009 -
Uk Festivals
Bad Behaviour
Margaret Kirk heads underground to enjoy the experiment Read more »| 15 Aug 2009
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Edinburgh FringeKevin Bridges: An Hour to Sing for Your Soul
“I've played big venues, but fuck me!” says Bridges as he steps into a tiny performance space in front of a mere 60 giggling and expectant punter... Read more »| 15 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeThe Lamplighter's Lament
There’s an Italian expression that often features in long descriptions of certain Renaissance paintings: chiaroscuro, or literally, light-dark. The the... Read more »| 15 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
F**ked
Things aren’t going well for F. It’s New Year’s Day, she’s penniless and “coated in the greasy film of regret” following ... Read more »| 14 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Shappi Khorsandi: The Distracted Activist
Shappi Khorsandi comes out bright and cheery, beaming with joy and immediately begins chatting up the front row. She has an easy, charming stage presence whi... Read more »| 14 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Phil Kay - Oh Edinburgh by Becca Pottinger
Phil Kay loves Edinburgh. A lot. Touting two solo shows at this year’s Fringe; one about Auld Reekie and one about London, it’s a pretty safe ass... Read more »| 14 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeRhys Darby: It's Rhys Darby Night
There’s a palpable air of dismay amongst the audience when Rhys Darby announces the end of his gig, testimony to the joy-inducing powers of the comic&r... Read more »| 14 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Assassination of Paris Hilton
Although site-specific theatre is increasingly fashionable among self-professed ‘boundary-pushing’ theatre groups, setting a production in a toil... Read more »| 13 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Devoured
“Run from the beast, run from the beast, run from the beast…” As the audience enters the room, Badac Theatre Company’s Steve Lamber... Read more »| 13 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Broken Holmes
"I can solve this case, and what's more, I can do it zonked off my tits on opium because that's how good I am" proclaims Sherlock Holmes. The more astute am... Read more »| 13 Aug 2009