Edinburgh Festivals
The Skinny guide to art, book and film festivals in Edinburgh. The latest previews, reviews and features.
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FilmThe Green Inferno
The Green Inferno, Eli Roth’s gleefully grim cannibal tribe exploitation movie, is fun... up to a point While The Green Inferno is unlikely to co... Read more »| 08 Feb 2016 -
ArtEdinburgh Art Festival calls for 2016 proposals
Edinburgh Art Festival has launched an open call for submissions from emerging artists to appear at this year's festival in August Read more »| 22 Jan 2016 -
ArtEdinburgh Art Festival unveils Dazzle Ship project
A dramatic overhaul of the historic former lighthouse boat MV Fingal by Turner Prize nominee Ciara Phillips has been announced today by Edinburgh Art Festiva... Read more »| 20 Jan 2016 -
International
Mogwai set for Edinburgh International Festival 2016
Mogwai will perform their score for Mark Cousins' documentary Atomic, Living in Dread and Promise at next year's Edinburgh International Festival, ... Read more »| 04 Nov 2015 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Scot:Lands Hogmanay line-up announced
Miaoux Miaoux, Idlewild's Roddy Woomble and C Duncan will all feature at the Scot:Lands pop-up festival at Edinburgh's Hogmanay celebrations. Read more »| 02 Nov 2015 -
Art
Hidden Door calls for 2016 proposals
Edinburgh’s Hidden Door arts festival will return in 2016, with organisers launching an open call for work for next year's festival. Read more »| 29 Oct 2015
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TravelEdinburgh Fireworks - Where to watch them
Time to crane your necks skywards and gawp at colours and loud noises – here’s The Skinny’s guide to the best places to see fireworks in Edinburgh this Bonfire Night Read more »| 28 Oct 2015 -
Books
Colin MacIntyre wins Edinburgh Book Festival award
Colin MacIntyre has won the Edinburgh Book Festival's First Book Award for his debut novel, The Letters of Ivor Punch. Read more »| 27 Oct 2015 -
BooksChigozie Obioma: A wake-up call to Nigeria
Chigozie Obioma is less interested in the Booker Prize trophy he might have won than the lifeblood the shortlist offered his novel The Fishermen – inciting interest in his literary work, but also questions on the state of a nation: Nigeria Read more »| 21 Oct 2015 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Edinburgh Hogmanay Street Party line-up announced
Maximo Park and WHITE are among the names confirmed today for Edinburgh’s annual Hogmanay Street Party. Read more »| 07 Oct 2015 -
Film
Document Human Rights Film Festival 2015: Preview
An international documentary festival, Document Human Rights comes to Glasgow's CCA in October 2015. Read more »| 07 Oct 2015 -
International
The Magic Flute @ Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, 28 Aug
Mozart's opera The Magic Flute gets the Barrie Kosky treatment at Edinburgh International Festival. Read more »| 08 Sep 2015 -
International
En Avant, Marche! @ King's Theatre, Edinburgh, 25 Aug
Belgian dance ensemble Les Ballets C de la B present En Avant Marche! at the Edinburgh Fringe. Read more »| 08 Sep 2015 -
International
Ballett Zürich @ Edinburgh Playhouse, 27 Aug
Kairos and Sonett form a Ballet Zurich double bill at the Edinburgh International Festival. Read more »| 01 Sep 2015 -
International
Confessions of a Justified Sinner @ Queen's Hall, 21 Aug
Paul Bright’s Confessions of a Justified Sinner comes to The Queen's Hall, starring George Anton. Read more »| 31 Aug 2015