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Rock a Bye B-Boy (dance) SKINNYFest 2
An exploration through the dreamworld of four break dancers, Rock a Bye B-Boy is a charmingly energetic offering from Random Aspekts, Scotland's top breakdan... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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SKINNYFEST 3: Finer Noble Gases
Reality blurs as they choose between their pink, blue and yellow pills Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Realism SKINNYFEST 3
Realism is Anthony Neilson's follow-up to the 2004 International Festival hit, The Wonderful World of Dissocia. It is also Neilson's way of snubbing his crit... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Parasites
Stock characters, bad pacing and a weak plot make this little more than an excuse to deliver obscene insults and snappy one-liners Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Cooking with Puccini - SkinnyFest 4
Less loveable rogue than creepy weirdo, his performance will appeal only to people who think the word breast is hilarious Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Animal Farm SKINNYFest 3
Confused, irrelevant and misleading Read more »| 14 Aug 2006
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My Polish Roots (and other vegetables)
Karola Gajda, born in Yorkshire to Polish parents, undoubtedly had high ambitions when conceiving this piece. Her heart is certainly in the right place; what... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Gizmo Love
Attempting to reveal the difficulty and drama behind the scenes of creating a Hollywood hit with only four actors is tricky to say the least, but this story ... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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