Edinburgh Festivals
The Skinny guide to art, book and film festivals in Edinburgh. The latest previews, reviews and features.
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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 FestivalsEdinburgh 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 -
InternationalBallett Zürich @ Edinburgh Playhouse, 27 Aug
Kairos and Sonett form a Ballet Zurich double bill at the Edinburgh International Festival. Read more »| 01 Sep 2015
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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 -
Books
Hyeonseo Lee @ Edinburgh Book Festival, 30 Aug
Hyeonseo Lee, North Korean Defector and author of The Girl With Seven Names, at the Book Festival. Read more »| 31 Aug 2015 -
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George the Poet @ Edinburgh Book Festival, 21 Aug
George the Poet on spoken word, traditional poetry and his personal history at the Book Festival. Read more »| 31 Aug 2015 -
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Edinburgh Book Festival: Yuri Herrera & Julia Rochester
First Book Award nominees Yuri Herrera and Julia Rochester come to the Edinburgh Book Festival. Read more »| 31 Aug 2015 -
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A L Kennedy @ Edinburgh Book Festival, 18 Aug
Author A L Kennedy discusses her new novel Serious Sweet, and contributing to the Doctor Who canon with The Droston's Curse Read more »| 31 Aug 2015 -
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Hermione Lee @ Edinburgh Book Festival, 20 Aug
Hermione Lee discusses archivists, Virginia Woolf and Penelope Fitzgerald at the Book Festival. Read more »| 28 Aug 2015 -
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Edinburgh Book Festival: Sean Michaels & Anna Smaill
The Us Conductors and The Chimes authors discuss their latest novels at the Edinburgh Book Festival. Read more »| 28 Aug 2015 -
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Limmy @ Edinburgh Book Festival, 22 Aug
Glasgow comedian Limmy appears at the Book Festival to read from his first book Daft Wee Stories. Read more »| 28 Aug 2015 -
InternationalSeven: Ballet am Rhein @ Edinburgh Playhouse, 20 Aug
Ballet am Rhein perform an interpretation of Mahler's Seventh at the Edinburgh International Festival. Read more »| 28 Aug 2015