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
Polaris
A white owl cocks its head and caws at the audience. A walrus drags its barking body across stage. This is the Czech Adriatik company, rendering the lonely w... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Fooligan
“There was once a great story-teller...” and his name is Al Seed. Dressed in a fatsuit thrice his usual boney size, tattered coattails and breech... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Anna the Slut and the (almost) Chosen One
Much in the same vein as Global Warming is Gay, this ridiculously unappealing title betrays an earnest endeavour. But unlike its reasonably well put together... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Accidental Death of an Accordionist
International Fringe tourists behold: here lies the quintessential Scottish experience you’ve been questing for. There’s tartan, there’s ce... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Dream-Maker
The study of dreams has fascinated artists for centuries, but Temenos Theatre’s The Dream-Maker, whose self-professed aim is to invoke "heightened stat... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Exquisite Corpse
Surrealists invented “le cadavre exquis”, more commonly known as Consequences or Heads, Bodies and Legs. The Exquisite Corpse is a dramatic versi... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008
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Edinburgh Fringe
Be My Baby
Thanks to films such as Vera Drake, we no longer think of the 1950s and '60s simply as the era of "sex, drugs and Rock 'n’ Roll." We now know of the da... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Cannibal! The Musical
Whoever came up with the idea that cannibalism would make a good subject for a musical? It seems an absurd idea – until you discover that this is the c... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Scottish Dance Theatre
Famous for creating work that is personally engaging, choreographer Liv Lorent continues to find and express an "emotional commonplace" through dance. In the... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Dance Base Presents ... Rosie Kay Dance Company & Odd Johan Fritzoe
All the way from Norway to open up this boisterous bill come contemporary dance piece, 'Balls'. Choreographed in collaboration with visual artist Torild Ber... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Duchess
Experimental theatre has a bad reputation among the general public, and rightly so. Few would risk committing themselves to experimental thespian efforts, b... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Black Stuff
Topicality is one of those elusive qualities that can make, but never break Fringe productions. The problem is that, while Black Stuff is topical and relevan... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Time Step
This far-fetched yet entirely uninspired piece of family-centric drama is baffling in almost every way. Ageing sweet shop owner Cid and her daughter Ginger ... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Transient
A filthy network of cavernous rooms grabs the audience, sucking them into the shattered world of 1945 Germany. It's a frightening and gutted land where fami... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Year That I Got Younger
The Apex City Hotel on Edinburgh's Grassmarket is a very upmarket affair, and completely at odds with the show that it's hosting – The Year That I Got ... Read more »| 17 Aug 2008