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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Uk FestivalsGlasgow Jazz Festival: Zu @ Platform, 1 July
If there’s one thing Glasgow does well, it’s throwing festival curveballs. Last month we had a screening of Night of the Living Dead as part of t... Read more »| 04 Jul 2011 -
Edinburgh FestivalsThe Ways of Richard Wiseman
Richard Wiseman is Professor of the Public Understanding of Psychology at University of Hertfordshire. But before that, he was a professional magician. He describes this transition as “pretty straightforward” Read more »| 01 Jul 2011 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Des Dillon Goes Eclectic
Novels, Poetry, Theatre, Television, Screenplays... what else can Des Dillon do? Stand-up comedy, that's what! Read more »| 30 Jun 2011 -
Edinburgh FestivalsThe Paris Review, Interviewed
The Paris Review is perhaps the best of all literary journals, and almost certainly the most reader-friendly (yes Granta, even including you) due to its emph... Read more »| 30 Jun 2011 -
Edinburgh FestivalsLove's Rebellious Joy – A Tribute to Paul Reekie
Irvine Welsh and the Subway Sect's Vic Godard pay tribute to the memory of Paul Reekie, while Gordon Legge shares a new piece of writing in honour of Scotland's most maverick man of letters Read more »| 30 Jun 2011 -
Uk Festivals
T Break: United Fruit
We’ve already noted in these pages the musical kinship that Glasgow's United Fruit share with Texan rockers Trail of Dead. Heck, the excellent Go Away, Don’t Leave Me Alone sounds more like Trail of Dead than Trail of Dead do these days. Read more »| 30 Jun 2011
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Uk Festivals
T Break: The Contenders
Concluding the annual hunt for the best unsigned talent that Scotland has to offer, just a handful of bands made the cut from over a thousand entrants to play the T Break stage at Balado this July. Here we present the final sixteen Read more »| 30 Jun 2011 -
Uk Festivals
Edinburgh International Magic Festival
Artists from all around the world and the UK will perform at MagicFest 2011, including star of BBC show The Real Hustle Paul Wilson. Kevin McMahon, founder a... Read more »| 30 Jun 2011 -
Uk Festivals
Leftfield: "There’s nothing wrong with being massive, as long as it’s ‘good massive’"
Dance culture pioneers Leftfield show the young 'uns how it's done at the top of this year's Slam Tent lineup Read more »| 29 Jun 2011 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand secures Edinburgh's Assembly Rooms as Fringe venue
Salt ‘n’ Sauce Promotions, the company behind The Stand comedy clubs in Edinburgh and Glasgow, were yesterday confirmed as preferred bidders on a... Read more »| 29 Jun 2011 -
International Festivals
Sonar 2011 – A Diary
El Raval is littered with fauna typical of June. Wet cans of Estrella Damm exchange hands in the clandestine passageways of Carrer de L'Hostpital. Ears ring ... Read more »| 27 Jun 2011 -
Edinburgh Festivals
EIFF 2011: Ghosted
Prison drama Ghosted sees sinister head-honcho jailbird Clay (Craig Parkinson) and quiet, just-want-to-do-my-time-guv con Jack (John Lynch) vie for t... Read more »| 24 Jun 2011 -
Edinburgh Festivals
EIFF 2011: Polyester - in Odorama
The Skinny's Deviance editor, Ana Hine, previews a special Odorama presentation of Polyester, the 1981 comedy from the biggest deviant of all, John Walters, which is screening in all its fetid glory at the 2011 Edinburgh International Film Festival Read more »| 20 Jun 2011 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Lucy Walker Interview or: How I Learned to Start Worrying and Fear the Bomb
Countdown to Zero is a chilling documentary tracing mankind's precocious relationship to the atom bomb. The film's director, Lucy Walker, talks to The Skinny about the ever-present nuclear threat Read more »| 14 Jun 2011 -
Art
Venice Biennale: Karla Black & Mike Nelson
For those who don’t know, the Venice Biennale is a massive international contemporary art exhibition that takes place every two years in the city of Ve... Read more »| 13 Jun 2011