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
Floating SKINNYFEST 3
Hugh Hughes is all about 'connection'. This may have something to do with the fact that his entire story is about 'disconnection', both literally and figurat... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
And Even My Goldfish' - SKINNYFEST 3
Leed's based Chotto Ookii's (Japanese for "just a little bit bigger")first foray into the Fringe is a darkly funny look at one man's neuroticrampage through ... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
SKINNyFEST 3 Transposition
Teamwork, one of India's leading dance companies, almost didn't get to perform Transposition this year. With their sets held up at customs due to the Heathro... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
SKINNYFEST 3 Telesquat
19 minutes into Telesquat's accompanying piece, 'From Popping to Pop or vice-versa', unrest in the audience is apparent. One man laughs uncomfortably, others... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
SKINNYFEST 3 Dreamers
From humble beginnings in Argentina to New York jazz joints and run-ins with Immigration, identical twins, Facundo and Martin Lombard, take us through the tu... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
SkinnyFest 3 - Spank!
women, in comedy, nude. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006
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Edinburgh Fringe
Dance Base Show 4... Rosie Kay's Wild Party (skinnyfest 2) dance
The Wild Party is more than Rosie Kay's full-length choreographic debut; it is a remarkably intelligent and confident integration of different genres. Dance... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Dance Base Show 3... Norman Douglas, Jem Treays & Janis Claxton (skinnyfest 2) dance
Powerful and gripping, this programme has moments that will grab you by the throat. From the moment Jem Treays enters the stage he dictates both pace and sus... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Dance Base Show 2... Freshmess, X Factor & Samudra (skinnyfest 2) dance
This is a thoroughly likeable triple bill that can't help but charm. The opening piece by Samudra leaves the audience buzzing. Their work – a fusion of... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
SKINNYFEST WASP
Steve Martin's one-act parody of American culture and religious life contains some zingy one-liners that are noticeably attributable to the author's acute se... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
What I Heard About Iraq review - SkinnyFest 2
The Iraq war, it is now generally accepted, was a shambles. However, objective fact has taken a back seat in the popular imagination to a mythology, strung l... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
SKINNYFEST: Unprotected
Although it can be hard to bear in parts, its true stories deserve to be heard Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
SKINNYFEST 2: ""Bloggers: Real Internet Diaries"" at the Underbelly
Just because someone puts something on the internet doesn't mean it's worth reading. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451@ The Gilded Balloon (SKINNYFEST)
stays true to the disturbing tone of the original work Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
SKINNYFEST - 'Twilight Los Angeles: 1992'
This is a worthwhile play that deals with a largely overlooked topic... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006