Edinburgh Festivals
The Skinny guide to art, book and film festivals in Edinburgh. The latest previews, reviews and features.
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InternationalThe Glass Menagerie @ King's Theatre
A new version of a Tennessee Williams classic comes to the Edinburgh International Festival Read more »| 15 Aug 2016 -
MusicGodspeed You! Black Emperor @ Playhouse, 10 Aug
The drone has been playing quietly in the background long before anyone realises it’s part of the show. Indeed, two of Godspeed’s eight-strong co... Read more »| 12 Aug 2016 -
FestivalsEdinburgh Festivals 2016: Our Top 5s
Our section editors narrow down their Edinburgh Festival picks to an tick-'em-off-as-you-go top five; here are their music, books, comedy, art and theatre selections Read more »| 03 Aug 2016 -
Film
Edinburgh Digital Entertainment Festival preview
Edinburgh has a new festival in town in the form of the Edinburgh Digital Entertainment Festival, and it's taking us into the brave new world of virtual reality Read more »| 02 Aug 2016 -
Art
Hearing Voices: Siân Robinson Davies Interview
We talk to Siân Robinson Davies about combining art and comedy and Conversations, her upcoming show of scripted conversations between inanimate objects... Read more »| 29 Jul 2016 -
Art
Sally Hackett on The Fountain of Youth
Sally Hackett discusses her latest ceramic sculptural commission Fountain of Youth for Edinburgh Art Festival, and collaborating with pupils from Tollcross P... Read more »| 29 Jul 2016
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Art
Platform 2016 at Edinburgh Art Festival
Edinburgh Art Festival sets up Platform, its emerging artist set of exhibitions at the very centre of its map in the Kiosk. This year marks another diverse g... Read more »| 29 Jul 2016 -
Books
Edinburgh International Book Festival: A guide
Our Books Editor struggles to work logically through a recommended list for Edinburgh International Book Festival – such is the volume and quality of events on offer. Finally, through the power of cheap and ambiguous links, there forms a path Read more »| 29 Jul 2016 -
Music
Edinburgh Festivals 2016: A Map of the Music
The Skinny ploughs through the Fringe programme so you don't have to. Our guide to August's musical happenings, with commentary from some of the players Read more »| 26 Jul 2016 -
ArtThis Week in Scottish Art: 26 July - 1 August
This week Edinburgh Art Festival officially begins, and it's packed with talks, performance and previews. Read more »| 26 Jul 2016 -
Books
Immigrant Song: James Kelman on Dirt Road
James Kelman's important new novel plays a soundtrack to America's immigrant heritage, pulsing to a Zydeco rhythm and a Scottish beat. While being termed as among his most accessible works, it's nice to find that the great author has not yet mellowed Read more »| 22 Jul 2016 -
FilmRegrouping: Re-evaluating a Lost Feminist Classic
At this year's Edinburgh Film Festival, Lizzie Borden presented her 1976 debut Regrouping for just its fifth screening; the visionary director was ... Read more »| 01 Jul 2016 -
Film
EIFF 2016: Suntan
Suntan, the new film from director Argyris Papadimitropoulos, is firmly in the same mode of disturbing content and discomfort as other works from the so-call... Read more »| 01 Jul 2016 -
Books
Unbound 2016: Highlight Arts Pakistan
Highlight Arts focuses on Pakistan in this year's Unbound – the result of a period of collaboration between artists from Glasgow and Lahore, swapping stories across continents through translation and empathy. There will be words and music and celebration Read more »| 28 Jun 2016 -
Books
Unbound 2016: Oh, Canada
Canada's history is intrinsically linked with Scotland's, and as the whole world keeps on shrinking, all our futures are tied together. So let’s cram into the Spiegeltent, perhaps pour a whisky/whiskey and let four amazing writers educate and entertain us Read more »| 28 Jun 2016