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 FringeChris Neill's Got a Bun in the Oven
Cookery is currently plastered across the television screens and celebrity chefs are ripe for having the piss taken out of them. Unfortunately, Chris Neill f... Read more »| 10 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
DanceBase Presents...Irish Cream
For the uninitiated, contemporary dance can appear a frustratingly inaccessible art form – at times almost intentionally "high-art". However, such prec... Read more »| 10 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh FringeThe Six Wives of Timothy Leary
The high priest of the counter-culture is examined from the perspective of his ladies. Read more »| 10 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
After Liverpool
After Liverpool is to theatre what chick-flicks are to cinema. In a light-hearted way it might be enjoyable but it ultimately provides little if any insight ... Read more »| 10 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh FringeLucy Porter: The Bare Necessities
Lucy Porter performs most of her new show, The Bare Necessities, in front of a huge slide projection of a kitten and two small ducks sitting on a bench. The ... Read more »| 09 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
One Night Stand: An Improvised Musical
The cast of One Night Stand resemble the kind of people who become cub-scout leaders in later life. Pink faced and ebullient, they kick things off with a ser... Read more »| 09 Aug 2008
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Edinburgh Fringe
Jollie: John & Ollie Stuck Together
Jollie does not start well. There’s some woeful singing, an accordion, and a couple of crass jokes about Myra Hindley. And, of course, there’s th... Read more »| 09 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Te POOka
The charm of this production is its simplicity; its ability to stay true to its Bohemian values and carefree spirit, while at the same time entertaining a demanding Fringe audience Read more »| 09 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Tapestry of Fear
A chilling, philosophical play set outside of reality Read more »| 09 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
I Kissed A Frog And It Gave Me Herpes
Dark humour is mixed with rhyme in this entertaining show Read more »| 09 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Dance without Movement
Zuleikha, the solo character in Dance without Movement, bounds onto the tiny stage in tears, a shining, elastic band of snot gently dripping from her nose. I... Read more »| 09 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Married to the Sea
In spite of the production’s remarkable polish, underlying it is a lacklustre plot with insufferably slow tempo Read more »| 09 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh FringeGeorge Orwell's Coming Up For Air
A sophisticated little number, but it would probably be best just to read the book, which isn’t too long itself Read more »| 09 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Dance Base Presents...Parallel/Parallels
Initially baffling and more than a little silly, Parallel/Parallels ceases to be an opaque, confusing spectacle once the underlying concept is grasped. That ... Read more »| 09 Aug 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Shoppers Without Borders
A comedian dealing with the topic of co-habitation does a brilliant job of demonstrating why living in the same room as her might well be a strain. Read more »| 09 Aug 2008