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
Andy Warhol: A Celebration of Life… and Death
It’s the blockbuster show of the Arts Festival. Warhol is in town and with his iconic Campbell’s soup cans towering over Princes Street Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Playing Burton
In the age of Heat and Popbitch, an endearing portrayal of Richard Burton reminds us it was always so Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Uk Festivals
T In The Park @ Balado
Thank you Glasgow, utters a poker faced Brian Wilson. And just so we know he's not joking, he says it again. Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
International Festivals
Roskilde, Denmark, 5-8 Jul
With images of a mud-filled Glastonbury fresh in our mind and with weather reports suggesting similar fare at our southern Scandinavian destination, the Skinny was perhaps rightfully fretful... Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Fringe preview
Yellow Moon is certain to become a jewel in the Fringe crown this year Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
How to Survive the Festival by Craig Hill
It's unavoidable, no matter where you go, you will be inundated with people throwing flyers in your face. Read more »| 09 Aug 2007
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Edinburgh Fringe
Follow Me
Against a black stage and a black curtain, one executioner and one victim face one another Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Into the Hoods
In Zoonation's modern fairy tale, street dance is successfully adapted for the stage Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Richard Herring
He's a bit late to 'come of age,' but Herring makes a good stab at it anyway Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Young and the Damned @ C Central
It’s funny how little you get for your entry fee these days Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Top 5 Books Events
If you want to be ahead of the game, book these while you still can! Toby Litt (with Neil Bartlett)18/08 19:00Steven Hall (with Jenny Turner)16/08 18:00Scarl... Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Big Pitch: The Tail of Rampant Rabbit
The formula is flawless, adhering as it does to the the following proof: wordplay is inherently sexy. Subsuming the disciplines of innuendo and double entend... Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Fat Tongue
Fat Tongue return to Edinburgh, and provide a lot of laughs, but don't do justice to their huge talent Read more »| 08 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Sammy J
A quick visual survey of the audience at Sammy J's first festival appearance seems to suggest that skinny, self depricating one-man-and-a-piano comedy-Au... Read more »| 08 Aug 2007 -
Edinburgh Fringe
A Light in the North
A bit of a mixed bag but there is still much to recommend it Read more »| 08 Aug 2007