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
Jason Byne: Cats Under Mats, Having Chats With Bats
Jason Byrne is one of the Fringe superstars who will sell out whichever expansive venue he chooses to grace with his show. Now in his sixth year at the Fring... Read more »| 16 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Danny Bhoy: By the Way
Homecomings are desperately important to artists on the make, and for a boy from Moffat it doesn’t get much bigger than coming home to headline at the ... Read more »| 16 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Andrew Maxwell: This Is Ten Years From Now
As anyone who has seen Andrew Maxwell in his 14 years at the Fringe can testify, the laidback Irishman can definitely do ‘funny’. Indeed, catch h... Read more »| 16 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh FringeJoan Rivers: Work in Progress by a Life in Progress
Hollywood's merciless obsession with youth is at the heart of Joan Rivers' autobiographical show, Work in Progress by a Life in Progress, in which she recoun... Read more »| 15 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Bite the Dust
This bleak and forceful study of warfare interrupts the jollity of the Fringe Read more »| 15 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Lichentongue
There are only so many things that can be reasonably done in an hour. Unfortunately no-one seems to have informed Pericles Snowdon, the playwright behind Li... Read more »| 15 Aug 2008
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Edinburgh Fringe
Christie in Love
Fans, if that really is the correct term, of Ludovic Kennedy’s 10 Rillington Place, or the subsequent film, will be familiar with the story of John Reg... Read more »| 15 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh FringeChunky Move
Most dancers expect to develop the odd blister during rehearsals, but few anticipate being knocked out cold by a violent blow to the head. Fewer still would ... Read more »| 14 Aug 2008 -
Uk Festivals5 Reasons to haul ass to Hydro Connect
Drink with an outstretched pinky at Connect and you could easily be mistaken for royalty, as Ally Brown reveals Read more »| 14 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Jim Rose – Shock and Bore
With his first Edinburgh appearance in 10 years, Jim Rose claims to preside over the "most risque show ever brought to the Fringe." But with yawning critics and small crowds, Chris Williams wonders if the world has just passed Rose by Read more »| 14 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Ursula Martinez Q&A
The famous stripping magician from La Clique bares all Read more »| 14 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Louis CK Preview
Described as the “greatest comic mind of the last quarter century” by Chris Rock and “the funniest stand up working in America” by Ri... Read more »| 14 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Preview: SR Gents
Good people of Edinburgh! Are you tired of hearing about young whippernsappers playing in bands who couldn't spot a tune if it slapped them in the face? Does... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Top 5 Scottish Talents
Keen to prove that Edinburgh’s UNESCO World City of Literature status is deserved by its present crop of literary talent as well as its rich heritage, ... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Steven Berkoff
One gets the impression that Stephen Berkoff is unused to the interview format. Either that, or entirely indifferent to it. His host began along fairly stand... Read more »| 13 Aug 2008