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 GuideImaginate Festival, Edinburgh and Scotland, 24 May- 10 Jun
Walking through the jungle what do I see... Remember the days when children's entertainment was all about nursery rhymes and hide-and-seek? Doll's houses, t... Read more »| 25 Apr 2008 -
Festival GuideArches Theatre Festival: Event Review
It is always best to take the Arches Theatre Festival as a bundle: visiting the odd piece runs the risk of missing something crucial, or ending up seeing all... Read more »| 24 Apr 2008 -
Festival GuideLadyfest
Celebrating women in the arts, culture, and society, Edinburgh’s first ever Ladyfest takes place throughout May. Highlights include Get Racy!!, an even... Read more »| 17 Apr 2008 -
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Arches Theatre Festival - 8-19 April
All the companies have some kind of edge to them, something challenging and courageous. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
Festival GuideAye Write! A Most Succesful Festival.
Audiences were agreeably mixed, with a number of different age groups in evidence at virtually every event I attended. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
Festival GuideBeltane Festival: Ready to Burn
Off with the extra pair of socks: Spring is slowly seeping in. These last few weeks have seen daylight lingering for longer, signs of blossom sprinkl... Read more »| 01 Apr 2008
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Festival Guide
Arches Theatre Festival
All the companies have some kind of edge to them, something challenging and courageous. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
FilmFrench Film Festival
Breaking rules and pushing boundaries is what French cinema is all about. Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Music
Burnsong Festival @ Queen's Hall
Ziggy Campbell emerges as the curator of some of the evening's finest moments Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Film
Glasgow Film Festival
The perfect excuse to get square eyes in the name of culture Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Music
Winter's Love Mini Festival, SPK Polish Club, Falkirk, 14 Dec
The inaugural Winter's Love Mini-Festival could be your last chance to spend a few quid wisely in 2007. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
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Reality and Stick it in My Party Hole, Q Gallery
Ranging from sardonic humour to eerie menace, O'Connor brings his characters to vivid, sympathetic life. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Film
Africa In Motion Film Festival Preview: 2007
Africa is no longer the poor cousin. Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
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Glasgay! 2007 Preview
As another season of Glasgay! approaches, Gareth K Vile looks at the evolution of queer arts in its programme. Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Music
T In The Park @ Balado
Thank you Glasgow, utters a poker faced Brian Wilson. And just so we know he's not joking, he says it again. Read more »| 09 Aug 2007