Edinburgh Festivals
The Skinny guide to art, book and film festivals in Edinburgh. The latest previews, reviews and features.
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FilmThe Road Dance
The Road Dance has ambitions to explore the devastating impact of war on isolated communities. It doesn't quite succeed, but it's a handsomely mounted period piece nonetheless Read more »| 25 Apr 2022 -
InternationalEdinburgh International Festival announces 2022 programme
EIF is back! Leith Theatre will host a stacked bill of artists, including Arab Strap, Son of Kemet, Princess Nokia, Kae Tempest and Squarepusher; Alan Cumming is Robert Burns in Burn; there's intriguing site-specific piece Muster Station: Leith and more Read more »| 30 Mar 2022 -
MusicHidden Door reveals new venue for its 2022 festival
After staging a festival at Granton Gasworks in 2021, Hidden Door returns to transform another abandoned Edinburgh location – this time the former Royal High School on Calton Hill Read more »| 17 Jan 2022 -
MusicLaura Mvula @ Edinburgh Park, EIF, 29 Aug
Laura Mvula's first Scottish performance since her deep dive into 80s electro is an evening of neon-splashed joy Read more »| 31 Aug 2021 -
BooksEdinburgh International Book Festival: Week two recap
As the Edinburgh International Book Festival draws to a close for 2021, we recap a handful of highlights from their second week of hybrid literary entertainment Read more »| 31 Aug 2021 -
MusicCaribou @ Edinburgh Park, EIF, 28 Aug
Perfectly curated between classics and new material, Caribou tilts towards breezy pop but truly excels with big beats Read more »| 31 Aug 2021
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FilmEIFF 2021: The Man Who Sold His Skin
Rarely has the West's wilful exploitation of the Middle East been so audaciously represented, or so deliciously mocked, as in Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania’s new film Read more »| 27 Aug 2021 -
MusicDamon Albarn @ Edinburgh Park, EIF, 24 Aug
Ex-Blur frontman Damon Albarn plays two shows at this year's EIF, treating the audience to a couple of classic singalongs in amongst his new material Read more »| 26 Aug 2021 -
InternationalFalstaff @ Festival Theatre
This exuberant production of Falstaff is a celebration of a return to the stage, a return to the festival and a return to what makes Scottish Opera so unique Read more »| 25 Aug 2021 -
FilmEIFF 2021: Ballad of a White Cow
Maryam Moghaddam stars in and co-directs this existentially rich drama concerned with Iran’s capital penal system and centred on a woman whose husband is wrongly executed Read more »| 24 Aug 2021 -
FilmEIFF 2021: Europa
An Iraqi refugee finds himself the target of armed migrant hunters in this powerful survival thriller Read more »| 24 Aug 2021 -
FilmEIFF 2021: The Justice of Bunny King
This Kiwi drama about an ex-convict mother trying to reconnect with her children is best when focused on the actors and not its platitude-filled script Read more »| 24 Aug 2021 -
FilmEIFF 2021: Annette
Leos Carax's bizarre, bombastic rock opera musical Annette is a frustrating film but its chaotic playfulness is contagious Read more »| 24 Aug 2021 -
FilmEIFF 2021: Prince of Muck
Cindy Jansen's Prince of Muck is a compassionate portrait of Lawrence MacEwen, the laird of the small Scottish island of the title, whose advanced age has pushed him out of his role as the island's chief custodian Read more »| 23 Aug 2021 -
MusicAnna Meredith @ Edinburgh Park, EIF, 20 Aug
Anna Meredith returns to the Edinburgh International Festival in triumphant style, celebrating her exceptional second studio album, FIBS Read more »| 23 Aug 2021