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
Foxdog Studios @ Underbelly Cowgate
Foxdog Studios offer an electrifying hour of jokes and interactive gaming during the world's most tangential game of bingo Read more »| 29 Aug 2023 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Audience Accountability at the Fringe
Two Asian-led Fringe shows create a dialogue between identity, accountability, and labour Read more »| 29 Aug 2023 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Anna Piper-Scott @ House of Oz
Such An Inspiration is a beautifully vulnerable show from established Aussie comic Anna Piper-Scott, making her Edinburgh Fringe debut Read more »| 29 Aug 2023 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Amy Matthews @ Monkey Barrel at the Tron
Amy Matthews goes from dissociation to comic delirium in her second Edinburgh Fringe hour Read more »| 29 Aug 2023 -
Film
EIFF 2023: Chuck Chuck Baby
Chuck Chuck Baby may not reinvent the romcom or the musical but it's brimming over with heart Read more »| 29 Aug 2023 -
Film
EIFF 2023: Orlando, My Political Biography
Philosopher Paul B. Preciado uses Virginia Woolf's novel Orlando as the jumping off point for this playful exploration of gender and identity Read more »| 29 Aug 2023
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Film
Showing Up
Kelly Reichardt reunites with her regular collaborator Michelle Williams for a melancholy comedy about the struggles of creativity Read more »| 29 Aug 2023 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Courtney Pauroso @ Pleasance Courtyard
Gorgeously precise physicality in sexy clown Courtney Pauroso’s return to the Fringe Read more »| 25 Aug 2023 -
Edinburgh Fringe
String V SPITTA @ Pleasance Courtyard
String V SPITTA takes us into the cutthroat world of children's party entertainers, featuring magic tricks, deceit, and freestyle rap Read more »| 25 Aug 2023 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Brilliance of Broken Glass @ Underbelly George Square
New York writer and poetry slam champion Brooke captivates with this personal journey through losing and finding yourself amid medical crisis Read more »| 25 Aug 2023 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Walking Home @ Gilded Balloon Teviot
Prickly Pear Productions delivers a powerful, emotionally-charged drama mapping the fall-out of sexual assault through a workplace Read more »| 25 Aug 2023 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Samira Banks wins So You Think You're Funny? 2023
Samira Banks is the winner of the 36th edition of So You Think You're Funny? – the annual competition at the Fringe for new comedians – following last night's final at Gilded Balloon Read more »| 25 Aug 2023 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Horizon Showcase: Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World @ Traverse
Javaad Alipoor's latest piece is a thought-inspiring and mind-boggling attempt to explore the murder of legendary Iranian popstar Fereydoun Farrokhzad Read more »| 24 Aug 2023 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Victorine: The Artist's Model @ Greenside, Riddles Court
Moon Rabbit's solo show dissects artistic representation, critique, and empowerment Read more »| 24 Aug 2023 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story @ Pleasance Dome
Liana Karp delivers a masterclass of parody in this mesmerisingly absurd take on the life and times of Lady Diana Read more »| 24 Aug 2023