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
What is... Belly Dancing? SKINNYFest 1
Bellydancing is an oasis of classic femininity and self-indulgence for women who face increasingly absurd paradigms of feminine perfection. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh FringeCarrie Quinlan review - Skinnyfest 1
This is Carrie Quinlan's first year at the Fringe and Fear Of A Beige Planet must surely be a strong contender for Best Newcomer. Despairing at the direction... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
A Blog for All Seasons: exploring the joys and challenges of ""blog plays"". (SKINNYFEST)
The thing that drives a lot of people to reach out to each other by blogging is theatrical and if you can find a way to keep the 'blog on stage' active and immediate, the blog play really works. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Uk Festivals
Edinburgh International Entertainment Festival
The two-day festival will showcase the latest games, the annual Edge award ceremony and conferences Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Festivals
The Man With the Silver Tongue
People did not take machetes and start cutting other people into pieces overnight. There's a kind of hatred between Hutus and Tutsis that has been developed through our history. The international community does not want to see it that way, even now. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Tony Benn
At a sprightly 81 years of age, still bouncing around healthily and wagging his lefty political tail with some force, Tony Benn is probably the best advert f... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006
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Edinburgh Fringe
Sam Leith and Hufo Rifkind SKINNYFEST4
They appear far more comfortable as journalists than novelists: their awkward readings do not suggest that their prose is suited to extended descriptions. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
SkinnyFest 3 -Terry Alderton
God knows, life is full of awkward silences. The one after you've just mistaken a large woman for a pregnant one remains a personal favourite. But Terry Alde... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
SkinnyFest 3 - Jim Jeffries - The Second Coming
he has a gift for being extremely offensive and getting away with it Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
SkinnyFest 3 - Simon Says
One critic described my show as the closest comedy gets to a modern art form, which made me despair a little. The barrier between comedy and art is huge. No-... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Janey Godley's 'Point of Yes' SKINNYFEST 3
After receiving widespread plaudits for "The Point of Yes", Glaswegian comic Janey Godley has now brought her one woman, two-character play to the fringe. Ch... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
IMMORTAL (dance section) skinnyfest 2
If you've grown out of jumping on your bed, swining from tree brances and hurtling yourself around the lampost of every streetlight in sheer abandonment, ImM... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Bert Jansch Interview (SKINNYFEST2)
I don't really think about a legacy. It just never really occurs in my head. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Richard Thompson, the Queens Hall, Aug 9 (skinnyfest2)
burned with the ache and fury of a man for whom the weight of the world still weighs heavy Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Nomad: DNA Strings (SkinnyFest 2)
The gentle charisma of their leader Adriaan and Dani's fiendish violin captivates the mature audience Read more »| 14 Aug 2006