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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 underway – check this page for our favourite comedy shows from this year's festival Read more »| 07 Aug 2026 -
BooksShorelines by Alycia Pirmohamed
Poet Alycia Pirmohamed turns to prose in her debut nonfiction book, an exquisite memoir that resists the demands of the genre Read more »| 11 Aug 2026 -
BooksBury Your Dead by Ana Paula Maia
Ana Paula Maia's follow up to Of Cattle and Men is another taut and grotesque investigation of violence Read more »| 11 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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FestivalsThe Man Who Thought He Knew Too Much @ Pleasance Courtyard
Voloz Collective’s convoluted spy thriller is at its best when it gives in to the anarchic possibilities of physical theatre Read more »| 11 Aug 2026 -
FilmSunny Dancer
This mildly raunchy teen comedy about cancer survivors having a lovely time at summer camp has an excellent young cast led by Bella Ramsey, but too often it slips into cancer movie clichés Read more »| 11 Aug 2026 -
ArtReclaiming Censored Queer Art in EAF26
Rare solo exhibitions dedicated to the queer photographer Del LaGrace Volcano and the late fetish artist Sadao Hasegawa challenge the cultural devaluation of LGBTQ+ erotic art Read more »| 11 Aug 2026 -
MusicGetdown Services – Massive Champion
Getdown Services' second full-length album is infectious, proving that the Minehead-raised duo are no joke – they’re one of the UK's most exciting new bands Read more »| 11 Aug 2026 -
FestivalsBlackbox @ Underbelly Cowgate
Blackbox brings Henry ‘Box’ Brown’s story to the stage through spoken word, gospel, hip-hop and magic, but struggles to fully cohere Read more »| 11 Aug 2026 -
FestivalsA Trial – After an Enemy of the People @ Lyceum
Wagner Moura brings magnetic intensity to this timely reworking of Ibsen at the Edinburgh International Festival Read more »| 11 Aug 2026
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FestivalsROLEPLAY @ Summerhall
ROLEPLAY is a slick, sharply funny exploration of sexual empowerment in the digital age Read more »| 11 Aug 2026 -
FestivalsPink Rabbit @ Underbelly Bristo Square
Farah Ashraf’s Pink Rabbit is a funny, frank exploration of sexuality, cultural expectation and complicated freedoms Read more »| 11 Aug 2026 -
FestivalsTether 인연 @ Summerhall
Music, dance, companionship and community lay at the heart of Tether 인연, a new collaboration from Wonder Fools and Theatre SAN Read more »| 10 Aug 2026 -
FestivalsDee Allum @ Pleasance Courtyard
Dee Allum's Raumdeuter gets slightly lost around its middle, but overall it's a thoroughly entertaining show with hilarious one-liners Read more »| 10 Aug 2026