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 FringeAmsterdam 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 FringeJonny 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 FringeFergus 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 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Die Roten Punkte
“Does humour belong in music?” asked Frank Zappa. Die Roten Punkte deliver a resounding “yes”. Basically a parody of The White Strip... Read more »| 08 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeDan Antopolski Fringe Review 2009
Dan Antopolski is a pretty edgy comic, or so he tells us tonight. So edgy, in fact, that a reviewer once remarked that he had "more edge than a hexagonal Tab... Read more »| 08 Aug 2009
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Edinburgh Fringe
Shane Langan: Not Also But Only
If bad writing is an art, Shane Langan is well on his way to mastering it. An intense literary reading in the cramped Gilded Balloon Turret could only be a r... Read more »| 08 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Carey Marx: The Doom Gloom Boom at Fringe Fest Review
Carey Marx is the dark heart of the ‘Stand Pack’, that band of Fringe comedians whose names have become synonymous with Edinburgh’s only pe... Read more »| 08 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Cardinal Burns at Fringe Fest: Review
If Cardinal Burns as a show doesn't really work, it cannot be put down to lack of effort on the part of Seb Cardinal and Dustin Demri-Burns. They arrive on s... Read more »| 08 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Brian Gittins: Roadside Cafe Owner
“Knock knock! Who’s there? Linford Christie. Ooh, that’s a nice surprise!” As jokes go, it’s not the punchiest, but then David... Read more »| 08 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Axis of Awesome
The Axis of Awesome is an Australian troupe of musical comedians. Self-aware and post-modern, their songs are as ironic as their T-shirts. Rather typically, ... Read more »| 08 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Adams and Rea: Blissfully Unaware
One undeniable asset of musical comedy acts is that their tunes can usefully fill any nasty gaps left by the absence of laughter. It’s an uneasy minute... Read more »| 08 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Anna & Katy at Edinburgh Fringe: Review
The duo's gorgeous daftness has only lost a little of its shine Read more »| 08 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Origin of Species...
In trying to appeal to too broad a church, this appraisal of Charles Darwin's life and times falls a little short of its potential Read more »| 08 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
East 10th Street: Self Portrait With Empty House
Brought to the UK by the multi award-winning Richard Jordan Productions, East 10th Street is the autobiographical piece from the former poster-boy of New Yor... Read more »| 08 Aug 2009