Reviews
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Reviews
Midnight Cowboy
Joe Buck is a spectacular contradiction àbright-eyed, wholesome and trusting by nature, but a gigolo by trade, and at no point is it suggested that this should be an impossible combination. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Dance Base Show 1...Iskander, Curve Foundation, Karl Jay-Lewin & Michael Popper (skinnyfest 2) dance
In this diverse program of four, it is the charged atmosphere, the delicate use of pace and pause found in 'It's About Time', that captures your attention. ... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Marijke van Warmerdam: First drop skinnyfest1
Somewhat radically in the world of contemporary art, Marijke van Warmerdam's First drop exhibition does not have an agenda. It appears to make no political s... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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The Interview - SKINNYFEST 1
It's the future (or is it?) and the work-life balance has gone seriously wonky. Loving relationships are giving way to contracts drawn up by the state at a v... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Talk Radio SKINNYFest 1
Nestled snugly in the steamy intestinal tract of the festival's newly inflated purple bovine, talk show host Barry Champlain (Phil Nichols) has a sweaty, ove... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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SKINNYFEST 1 Pumpgirl
A great production of Abbie Spallen's new play, replete with country music, thick Northern Irish accents, car grease and fucking, this story is set in Armagh... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006
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Radio - skinnyfest 1
Radio is a story of the birth, life and death of one young man's American dream, all told in a perfectly manageable 45 minutes. As anti-Americanism is second... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Petrol Jesus Nightmare #5 (In the Time of the Messiah) SKINNYFEST 1
The small amount of violence we see àshocking in its brevity and intensity àstems from religion, corruption and greed, which inside the house feel oddly disconnected from the war raging in the streets. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Past Half Remembered SKINNYFEST 1
Romantic comedy isn't generally a genre associated with early 20th centuryRussian history, but the company of NiE manage it beautifully. Therelationship betw... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Blackwatch skinnyfest1
Superbly captures the essence of Scottish soldiers through the acting, accents, dialogue and humour. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Blackwatch 1
Superbly captures the essence of Scottish soldiers through the acting, accents, dialogue and humour. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Janey Godley's 'Point of Yes' SKINNYFEST 1
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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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