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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ComedyCross-Examined: Keith Farnan
Keith Farnan tells us why he isn't a man with a plan Read more »| 03 Mar 2011 -
FilmRendez-vous with French Cinema
The Lumière Brothers have plenty to answer for*, but birthing French Cinema is not something they should regret. France’s cinematic output ... Read more »| 01 Mar 2011 -
Festival GuideJerk @ Traverse
Puppets are violent things, as any British audience must surely be aware, having been raised on the slapstick of Punch and Judy and the domestic dramas of So... Read more »| 09 Feb 2011 -
ComedyComedy Fetishist
In honour of Valentine's Day, our comedy editor explains what it is she loves about comedy Read more »| 08 Feb 2011 -
Festival GuideFestival Column: Fort William Mountain Festival 2011
With the winters we’ve been having, who hasn’t plodded and stumbled along in the vast tranches of the white stuff and thought “I could real... Read more »| 04 Feb 2011 -
Film90 minutes of Static
Teaming up with the Glasgow Film Festival, 65daysofstatic will be performing their very own live soundtrack to environmental sci-fi folk fable Silent Running. Paul Wolinski gives us the low-down on this challenging endeavour Read more »| 03 Feb 2011
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ComedyIn Profile: Stuart Murphy
Improv veteran Stuart Murphy talks dirty fumbles and curing cancer Read more »| 03 Feb 2011 -
FilmStarter For Eleven: 65daysofstatic
Due to take on a live reworking of cult sci-fi film Silent Running at the Glasgow Film Festival, Paul Wolinski of 65daysofstatic tests his nerd mettle for that first prize haggis supper Read more »| 02 Feb 2011 -
ComedyNew Act of the Month: Stephen Callaghan
We check in with Stephen Callaghan, co-host of alternative comedy night The Stockholm Syndrome. Read more »| 01 Feb 2011 -
MusicGlasgow Film Festival 2011: The Music Strand
Gigs are conducted on stages in music venues; films are shown in cinemas. In its third year, the Glasgow Music and Film Festival takes such received wisdom a... Read more »| 31 Jan 2011 -
MusicCeltic Connections: Trembling Bells @ Òran Mór, 21 Jan
“We’re going to start with an a cappella number... so if everyone could...” As Trembling Bells’ Alex Nielson silently mouths “s... Read more »| 24 Jan 2011 -
MusicCeltic Connections: Ani DiFranco @ O2 ABC, 20 Jan
Folk revivalist Jim Moray proves a wonderfully apt choice for kicking off this evening, his mostly traditional compositions tending towards the darker side o... Read more »| 24 Jan 2011 -
MusicCeltic Connections: Alasdair Roberts and Muntu Valdo @ Tron Theatre, 19 Jan
Pairing Cameroonian sawa-blues with traditional Scottish folk, Celtic Connections again takes roots music and unearths its global interlinks. Muntu Valdo&rsq... Read more »| 21 Jan 2011 -
MusicCeltic Connections: The Walkmen @ Òran Mór, 19 Jan
Even if you are only lucky enough to catch five minutes of Laki Mera’s set, it’s still plenty of time to know that you’re watching somethin... Read more »| 21 Jan 2011 -
MusicCeltic Connections: Giant Sand @ ABC2, 15 Jan
For a band formed in 1985, Howe Gelb’s Giant Sand manage to sound fresher and more unique tonight than most of the acts who have come and gone like the... Read more »| 21 Jan 2011