UK Festivals
Welcome to The Skinny UK festival guide. We bring you previews, reviews, and line-up information for arts, film, music and comedy festivals around the UK.
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Festival GuideStAnza 2014: Q&A with Eleanor Livingstone, Festival Director
As the 2014 festival of poetry begins, StAnza director Eleanor Livingstone talks exclusively to The Skinny about the festivals themes, its future, and the debate over 'page versus stage' Read more »| 05 Mar 2014 -
ComedyTom Wrigglesworth: Utterly at Odds with the Universe
Tom Wrigglesworth tells us about about his granddad and his experience of doing a personal comedy show Read more »| 05 Mar 2014 -
Film
¡Viva! at 20
As the festival celebrates its 20th year, a look at some of the film highlights Read more »| 04 Mar 2014 -
Comedy
Doug Segal: I Can Make You a Mentalist
Britain's top comedy mind reader talks about quitting the 9–5, using his 'powers' and the challenges of audience interaction Read more »| 04 Mar 2014 -
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StAnza Poetry Festival: Where Page Meets Stage
As StAnza Poetry Festival welcomes Louis de Bernières, Paul Muldoon and other leading lights, we speak to Festival Director Eleanor Livingstone about where page meets stage, and ask Michael Pedersen, Ross Sutherland and others to preview their shows Read more »| 03 Mar 2014 -
FilmScotland Film Events Highlights – March 2014
The Italian Film Festival is coming to both the GFT in Glasgow (7-12 Mar) and the Filmhouse in Edinburgh (7-20 Mar), bringing a great selection of both old a... Read more »| 03 Mar 2014
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FilmNorthwest Film Event Highlights – March 2014
We celebrate Spanish-language cinema with Cornerhouse, revel in Wes Anderson’s fastidiously-framed comedy at FACT and get down and dirty with a night of Grindhouse at The Dancehouse Read more »| 03 Mar 2014 -
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Behaviour 2014: Let's Misbehave
Curated by the Arches Glasgow, Behaviour Festival 2014 returns with more live performance to stun, engage, and entertain Read more »| 27 Feb 2014 -
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Festival Watch: T in the Park revealed, Secret Garden Party, Standon Calling and more
The lineup announcement for Scotland's biggest and longest-running music festival, T in the Park (11-13 Jul), was made yesterday, with already-revealed ... Read more »| 26 Feb 2014 -
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Festival Watch: East India Youth and Honeyblood for Stag & Dagger, plus additions to Field Day and The Great Escape
A round-up of the latest Summer festival lineup additions, including East India Youth, Honeyblood and Forest Swords for Stag & Dagger, Neneh Cherry for Field Day, Casual Sex and RM Hubbert for The Great Escape, and more Read more »| 25 Feb 2014 -
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Festival Watch: MELT!, Way Out West, Electric Elephant, T in the Park, Isle of Wight, Hop Farm
A round-up of lineup additions for this Summer's music festivals, including MELT!, T in the Park, Way Out West and Electric Elephant Read more »| 24 Feb 2014 -
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Festival Watch: The latest on SxSW, Field Trip and MUTEK, plus Flaming Lips and Wild Beasts for End of the Road
Highlights from a few international festivals including Barcelona's MUTEK and Arts & Craft's Canadian shindig Field Trip, plus lineup additions for SXSW and End of the Road Festival Read more »| 19 Feb 2014 -
Film
Berlinale: The Good, the Bad and the Infuriatingly Opaque
We report the highs and lows from this year’s Berlin International Film Festival, featuring films from Wes Anderson, Rachid Bouchareb, Lou Ye and others Read more »| 18 Feb 2014 -
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Festival Watch: Pixies and James to headline new Manchester event Summer in the City
Manchester's new Summer in the City Festival announces its headliners, plus the latest on Liverpool Sound City, Bilbao BBK and the return of Eastern Electrics Read more »| 18 Feb 2014 -
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Festival Watch: Pitchfork, ATP and Primavera team up for London's Jabberwocky
A round-up of the latest Summer festival lineup additions, including a look at Jabberwocky, a new London-based festival from promoters Pitchfork, ATP and Primavera, featuring Deafheaven, Hookworms and more Read more »| 17 Feb 2014