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
In Pursuit of Cardenio - SKINNYFEST 1
Ken Campbell is in search of Cardenio, Shakespeare's lost play. A theatrical black hole, it has little foundation other than tenuous links to passages from D... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Imagine I Am Smiling - Skinnyfest 1
Imaginary Theatre Company are waiting. On a bench, deep in their cave venue, on a station platform somewhere, could be anywhere. Waiting for a train that mig... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Diary of a Nobody review - SkinnyFest1
Well, this is What Happened To The Likely Lad who didn't fall feet first into a primetime BBC1 cop drama. While James Bolam pays the bills by playing the sam... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Both sides of the bar. SKINNYFEST 1
Treat the unfolding ménage àtrios like a Ramsay Street love affair... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Patrick Monahan review - SkinnyFest 1
As with jazz, it sometimes seems that some comedians have made a pact with the devil that enables them to tell a joke like nobody else but renders them not r... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Luke Wright, Poet Laureate modified SKINNYFest 1
Before Justin, there was Robbie. And before the burgeoning performance poetry scene on this year's Fringe, there was Luke Wright. Previously of Aisle 16: Poe... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006
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Edinburgh Fringe
Food SKINNYFest 1
Ladies and Gentlemen: it is, most assuredly, time to rattle those pots and pans. Theatre company theimaginary body won plaudits, many stars and a Fringe Firs... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Particularly in the Heartland modified SKINNYFest 1
A gloriously shambolic play of epic proportions, Particularly in the Heartland is likely to relieve many fans of the TEAM and its director Rachel Chavkin. Re... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Into the Hoods SKINNYFest 1
Perfect for younger audiences Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Myosung: Streetdance SKINNYFest 1
Hip hop, break dance and bamboo form the beginning of this show, which woos its audience from the start. Bodies move as though pulled by forces outside them,... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Simon Says - SkinnyFest 1
There are so many geniuses in town at the moment; they should have a parade. This was Sean Lock's idea many moons ago: he imagined them lolloping down Prince... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Runaway Lovers review - SkinnyFest 1
Eloping to Edinburgh from the ubiquitous Avalon comedy stable, this London-based sketch troupe has high hopes for a successful festival. The enthusiastic (th... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Eggman review - SkinnyFest 1
Is there a more stereotyped comedy character than the Deep South preacher? Maybe the sportswear-clad chav, or the upper-middle-class snob? Well, they're all ... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Star Trip review - SkinnyFest 1
Playing in the Pleasance's large 'Beyond' theatre, Star Trip is a finely-oiled space machine: four men spoofing familiar sci-fi troupes with slapstick, dance... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Book Club review - SkinnyFest 1
Robin Ince is an extroverted yet autistic Morrissey who wears his frilly shirts with only a tinge of self-loathing. Robin Ince is also a man of the written w... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006