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 FringeWarren & Hanbury: All To Bare
Jennifer Warren and Charlotte Jo Hanbury describe themselves as "smalltown girls", but in neither of their home countries (Canada and Wales, respectively) co... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The School for Scandal
Comedians: just wind them up and let them go. Give them a restoration comedy and a dress-up box of wigs, bustles and stripy breeches and you’ve got you... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringePaddy Lennox
Earnest men are typically very likeable. Paddy Lennox is no exception to the rule - a grinning, sweet-faced gentleman whose Irish voice has a relaxing qualit... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Dead Cat Bounce... Wired
To tenuously paraphrase Shakespeare, this is a tale of two productions. On the one hand, we have a musical comedy of almost stellar proportions; on the other... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh FringeDavid Byrne
In a recent posting on his blog, David Byrne lambasted U2 for their ridiculously extravagant stage sets and for the silly money—upwards of £40m&m... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Wil Anderson: Wilosophy
Wil Anderson is like a comic snowball rolling down the side of a mountain, ironic considering his Antipodean heritage. Starting off slowly, with gentle gags ... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009
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Edinburgh FringeCops 'n' Robbers
What happens when you lock away a comedian hardened by prison with a stand-up who's also a serving policeman? There's only one way to find out, decided Jay Richardson Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Face the music
Loved by the masses but frequently snubbed by critics, musical theatre has consistently been positioned as the less artistically credible—if hugely more profitable—younger brother of 'serious' theatre. Yasmin Sulaiman finds out if the distinction really is that clear Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Words of Honour: The Mafia Exposed
Real Mafiosi don't call it the Mafia, apparently. They're not Mafiosi either, but rather "men of honour", or simply, "soldiers". The Mafia is the creation of... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Oxford Imps
The swathes of spotty students that run up and down the Royal Mile claiming to be this year’s most original improv group really make you wonder if anyo... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
Uk Festivals
Mike Wozniak: Clown Shoes
Józef Wozniak is 60 years of age. Seemingly inconsequential, but in the hands of Portsmouthian comic Mike Wozniak, it appears logical that his sexagen... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Auto-Da-Fe
There’s a nostalgic vision of the Fringe in Edinburgh’s grassroots consciousness in which shows are like tapas – small treats to be cherish... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The State We're In
In a festival where political discussion is so often dominated by stand-up comedy, it is a pleasure to discover a strong piece of political theatre that enga... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Almost 10
Nine-year-old Rachel is not your typical sweet-natured youngster. She despises her teacher, her nanny and even her own mother, and enjoys nothing quite as mu... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Matthew Sharp in... Finkelstein's Castle
The stone-walled chill of Pleasance Two is the perfect venue for this magical Gothic pastiche. Blending surreal humour with tone poems wrought from a gorgeou... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009