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FilmListen to The Cineskinny podcast!
The Cineskinny is the film review podcast from The Skinny – this week we preview three films from the Edinburgh International Film Festival; The Education of Jane Cumming, Goodbye Cruel World and Peril at Pincer Point Read more »| 03 Feb 2022 -
FestivalsThe Best Theatre at Edinburgh Fringe 2026
The 2026 Edinburgh Fringe has kicked off – check this page for our favourite theatre shows from this year's festival Read more »| 07 Aug 2026 -
FestivalsThe Best Comedy at Edinburgh Fringe 2026
The 2026 Edinburgh Fringe is past the halfway mark – check this page for our favourite comedy shows from this year's festival Read more »| 07 Aug 2026 -
MusicL'Rain – fata morgana
On fata morgana, L’Rain continues to move in a lane all her own Read more »| 18 Aug 2026 -
MusicOpen Mike Eagle & Kenny Segal – DOOMED!
On DOOMED!, Open Mike Eagle and Kenny Segal have found a pocket that keeps you coming back – this is easily up there with one of the best hip-hop releases of the year Read more »| 18 Aug 2026 -
Things To DoGet The August 2026 Issue of The Skinny!
Looking for a copy of our August 2026 magazine? Here's where to find one in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee Read more »| 04 Aug 2026
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ArtInternationalism Strains at the Venice Biennale
Scotland + Venice Emerging Writer Samuel Riddy considers the pitfalls of the Venice Biennale's logic of global impartiality through the controversies surrounding the Russian and Israeli pavilions Read more »| 18 Aug 2026 -
FestivalsAfter Party @ Traverse Theatre
Entertaining and empathetic, Morna Young’s new play is a celebration of life – and a view of how Western cultures handle death Read more »| 18 Aug 2026 -
FestivalsRory Cargill @ Assembly George Square
Rory Cargill's technical prowess and love of TV shine through in his new show, but its high-quality tech-heavy approach acts as both a springboard and a hurdle Read more »| 18 Aug 2026 -
FestivalsLawrence Dodd @ Gilded Balloon Teviot
Lawrence Dodd finds the tension between the grand and the mundane in an exciting hour Read more »| 18 Aug 2026 -
FestivalsFrankie McNair @ Gilded Balloon Teviot
Frankie McNair unpicks shame and silence in this high-energy Fringe debut Read more »| 18 Aug 2026 -
FestivalsOtto & Astrid @ Assembly Roxy
Musical comedy duo Otto & Astrid return to the Fringe with instruments in tow, but it's everything outside of their music that makes them such dynamic viewing Read more »| 18 Aug 2026
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FestivalsSami Abu Wardeh @ Pleasance Courtyard
Sami Abu Wardeh returns to the Fringe with an hour of clown-inflected, high-energy storytelling standup Read more »| 18 Aug 2026 -
FestivalsHarriet Richardson @ Pleasance Courtyard
Harriet Richardson's debut Fringe hour Creep is an engrossing account of parasocial obsession Read more »| 18 Aug 2026 -
FestivalsJoseph Morpurgo @ Pleasance Courtyard
Highlander 70 is a wildly inventive, wholly original show from cult Fringe favourite Joseph Morpurgo Read more »| 18 Aug 2026 -
FestivalsBunny! @ Summerhall
Bunny!, Craig Manson's takedown of Scotland's art scene, is a slice of cabaret at its bleeding edge Read more »| 18 Aug 2026