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
Nina Conti
Nina Conti's bubbly sweetness neatly contrasts with the often unbelievable filth that streams from the mouths of her cuddly friends Read more »| 18 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Greg Fleet with Mick Moriarty
An ingenious song spreads its humour like a Chinese whisper, creating a room full of well whetted comic appetites Read more »| 18 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Ian stone
To spend an hour listening to his jokes is a guilty pleasure: he’s like a higher brow version of Roy Chubby Brown, in the best possible sense Read more »| 17 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Cherry Smoke
The visceral account of a fighter haunted by his past and heavy-handed temper Read more »| 17 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Waiting Room
British writer-director Roger Goldby’s first feature is an intriguing exploration of the promises, pleasures and pitfalls of long-term relationship... Read more »| 17 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Knocked Up
Rather too often in film journalism, it is claimed that a single movie is an example of an entirely new genre. This tendency was comically embraced two y... Read more »| 17 Aug 2007
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Edinburgh Fringe
Yella
In Gus Van Sant's remake of Psycho, the detective Arbogast is visited by split-second images of a sheep and a dour-looking woman as he falls to his death... Read more »| 17 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Sarah Kendall - My Very First Kidnapping
The sharp comic performances of Kendall and her supporting cast of fellow Perrier nominees Joanna Neary and Justin Edwards are what really drive this well-paced and sharply written show Read more »| 17 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Toulson and harvey
Just try not to sit in the front row or you may find yourself transformed into someone entirely different Read more »| 17 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Frank Skinner
Skinner's show relies upon the power to shock and without this, it's a tame, unintelligent and largely unfunny affair Read more »| 17 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Craig Hill
Hill's very shrewd selection of material for a very specific audience make this a very niche show Read more »| 17 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Lovely By Surprise
Kirt Gunn's latest offering is a quirky, upbeat indie flick with a satisfyingly paranoid edge. Three stories, which started life on the internet as two s... Read more »| 17 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Stenclmusic
Stenclmusic has a hint of charm and nostalgia which makes it difficult to dislike Read more »| 17 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Orpheus Ex Machina
A woman whose weblog inspires a nation faces inner darkness to bring back her dead husband Read more »| 17 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Murder, obesity and happy chickens
This panel had a shared goal of wanting to improve the quality of people’s diet, their knowledge about food and to raise awareness of consumer power. ... Read more »| 17 Aug 2007