Edinburgh Festivals
The Skinny guide to art, book and film festivals in Edinburgh. The latest previews, reviews and features.
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ArtHazy Dream of Translucence: Lynsey MacKenzie
Isla Valentine Wade reflects on Lynsey MacKenzie's paintings, in a piece commissioned as part of Edinburgh Art Festival's Emerging Writers programme Read more »| 01 Sep 2022 -
FilmEIFF 2022: Kung Fu Zohra
Kung Fu Zohra sheds some much-needed light on womxn’s self-defence but too often the film uses comedy to diverge from the actualities of abusive relationships Read more »| 01 Sep 2022 -
FilmEIFF 2022: Three Times Nothing
Three homeless men win big on the lottery in this French comedy taking on the country's administration systems. The film's message gets lost, though, as the story descends into sentimentality Read more »| 01 Sep 2022 -
ArtCommunity Care as a Creative Practice in Wester Hailes
Sofia Cotrona reflects on Community Wellbeing Collective's commission in Wester Hailes, in a piece commissioned as part of Edinburgh Art Festival's Emerging Writers programme Read more »| 31 Aug 2022 -
FilmEIFF 2022: My Small Land
Coming-of-age drama My Small Land explores the struggles of a Kurdish girl attending high school in Japan Read more »| 31 Aug 2022 -
BooksEdinburgh International Book Festival: Week two recap
As another August comes to an end, we look back on highlights of the final week of Edinburgh International Book Festival Read more »| 30 Aug 2022
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FilmEIFF 2022: Black Mambas
Lena Karbe’s documentary explores issues of race, gender and class in South Africa’s all-female anti-poaching unit Read more »| 29 Aug 2022 -
InternationalWalking with Ghosts @ King's Theatre
Gabriel Byrne's adaptation of his own best-selling memoir is a tribute to the small moments that never leave us, and to the Irish diaspora experience of displacement and exile Read more »| 29 Aug 2022 -
ArtCéline Condorelli: Thinking through Skin
Isla Valentine Wade unpacks Céline Condorelli's first survey exhibition at Talbot Rice, in a piece commissioned as part of Edinburgh Art Festival's Emerging Writers programme Read more »| 26 Aug 2022 -
ArtAshanti Harris on the importance of Carnival
Hazel Peters speaks to Ashanti Harris about her exhibition Dancing a Peripheral Quadrille. This article was commissioned as part of Edinburgh Art Festival's Emerging Writers programme Read more »| 26 Aug 2022 -
BooksEdinburgh International Book Festival: Week one recap
Now the first week of Edinburgh International Book Festival 2022 has been and gone, members of The Skinny team look back at some of the highlights Read more »| 23 Aug 2022 -
BooksHarry Josephine Giles on a golden age of trans fiction
Ahead of an Edinburgh Book Festival event with Shola van Reinhold and Torrey Peters, Harry Josephine Giles discusses the ever-changing world of trans literature Read more »| 22 Aug 2022 -
MusicIbeyi @ Leith Theatre (EIF), Edinburgh, 18 Aug
The true magic of Ibeyi’s music lies in the unique and sublime symbiosis between sisters Naomi and Lisa-Kaindé Diaz. There is no greater evidence of this than tonight at the Leith Theatre Read more »| 22 Aug 2022 -
MusicPrincess Nokia @ Leith Theatre (EIF), Edinburgh, 17 Aug
Princess Nokia is superb tonight at Leith Theatre for Edinburgh International Festival, but only in fits and starts Read more »| 19 Aug 2022 -
InternationalMedea @ The Hub
Liz Lochhead's adaptation of Medea returns to Edinburgh International Festival, with a shining performance by Adura Onashile Read more »| 17 Aug 2022