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 Fringe
The British Ambassador's Belly Dancer
The scandalous love affair between Craig Murray, the disgraced British Ambassador to Uzbekistan, and Nadira Alieva, an Uzbek belly dancer who returned with h... Read more »| 12 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Dance Base Presents - Enclosure 44
A human enclosure makes a fun addition to Edinburgh Zoo, and an excuse for a fine day out Read more »| 12 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Heckle Off - Isy Suttie and Danielle Ward
Two top female comics at the Fringe get their claws out and prepare for battle Read more »| 12 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Clarke's Column at Edinburgh Fringe: Review
Scottish comedian Des Clarke brings his unique perspective to all things Fringe in this first of three columns Read more »| 12 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Simon Munnery's AGM 2008
Simon Munnery has established himself over the past few years as one of the most delightfully esoteric acts on the Fringe. He’s a real comic’s co... Read more »| 11 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Braw or Naw: Diet of Worms
Irish sketch group Diet of Worms cast their critical eye over what's braw and what's naw at this year's Fringe. Read more »| 11 Aug 2008
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Edinburgh Festivals
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
A wonderfully breezy, champagne cocktail of an old-fashioned comedy, that fizzes away with all the madcap, feel-good fun of a 1930s screwball classic, Miss P... Read more »| 11 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Out and about with... Enda Walsh
Enda Walsh, the writer and director of the Fringe-first winning play, New Electric Ballroom, tells us which shows he's looking forward to seeing this August Read more »| 10 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Wilders
Country music, guys ‘n’ gals, is alive and well and living in Kansas City, Missouri. While such a revelation might not come as an complete surpri... Read more »| 10 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Loud is Always Better
The Twilight Sad might just be Scotland's most exciting band. Front man James Graham thinks so at least, as Chris McCall finds out. Read more »| 10 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Dada Noir
Will you enter the dark, surreal world of the Dada Noir? Chris McCall thinks you should. Read more »| 10 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Preview: Kirsten Hersh
Kristen Hersh is a respected solo artist in her own right, but she's still most widely known as one of the founding members of cult US college rock heroes Th... Read more »| 10 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Judgment of Paris
It's difficult to frame an evening of exceptional enjoyment in worthy terms, so to say that it is a challenge to find any basis on which to criticise The... Read more »| 10 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Top 5 International Authors
The Edinburgh International Book Festival is, as the name suggests, strong on foreign authors published in English. This year, the festival is running severa... Read more »| 10 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Captain Corelli's Albatross
Louis de Bernières' past successes overshadow a Q&A on his latest work Read more »| 10 Aug 2008