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
Alyssa Kyria
As far as Fringe comedy experiences go, this is the pits. In fact, the very word “comedy" is utterly misleading, implying at least a glimmer of jo... Read more »| 22 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Victor
With superb audience interaction, the best satirical character since Garth Marenghi, bloody violence and the possibility of scoring a free Yakult yoghurt drink, Victor should have been one of the most talked about tickets this year Read more »| 22 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
St. George's Medics Revue
The numerous wank jokes and the lesson on the size of Henry VIII’s balls mean this isn’t the cuddly kind of revue you might expect from students Read more »| 21 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Life In a Marital Institution
Braly's story is testament to the necessity of humour, particularly its ability to help people through life's darkest moments Read more »| 21 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
La French Touch
La French Touch opens with a spectacular, enigmatic sequence that introduces the all singing, all dancing Isabelle Georges like a spark of Broadway extravaga... Read more »| 21 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Faro: Goddess of the Waters
Shot on HD film at a sumptuous 24 frames a second, Faro: Goddess of the Waters beats down on you in the darkness of the cinema like the hot Malian sun in the... Read more »| 21 Aug 2007
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Edinburgh Fringe
The Ethics of Progress
Cast you minds back to science lessons in school, where, bored out of your minds, you were taught about the molecular differences between solids, liquids and... Read more »| 21 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Tom Allen ... And other short stories
Don't go expecting a laugh a minute but it is about the friendliest show you will find Read more »| 21 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Wish I Had a Sylvia Plath
This play pitches itself just right; the jokes peppering the script make the experience all the more affecting Read more »| 21 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Best of the Fest 24/08 (For Issue 6)
The Top Five works from this year's Festival Exhibtions. Read more »| 21 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Wasted (Y)ears
In this moving autobiographical monologue, an actor recounts a tale of triumph over adversity. Born hard of hearing, Tim Barlow was rendered stone deaf by th... Read more »| 21 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Longwave
Longwave is a rough-cut gem that incites wonder without twinkling opulently. Tune in and marvel Read more »| 21 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Long Walks
Jenny Richards maps the traces Land Artist Richard Long leaves in Edinburgh’s Modern Art Gallery. Read more »| 21 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
John Hegley
You won’t have seen any of Hegley's posters up this year or, come to think of it, last year, but that's only because his popularity and talent transcend the need for any publicity Read more »| 21 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Songs About Vaginas
Jessica Delfino shows that she is much better at using computers to come up with some nifty graphics than she is at writing lyrics Read more »| 21 Aug 2007