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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ArtIn Pictures: Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art 2012
Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art 2012 Some highlights from the biennial art fest, running in venues across the city from 20 April until 7 May &n... Read more »| 30 Apr 2012 -
ArtMoyra Davey: The Lives of Others
New York-based artist Moyra Davey examines her own life against the well-thumbed narratives of literary greats. We quizzed her on her new film, due to screen at Glasgow International 2012 Read more »| 17 Apr 2012 -
Film
Il Boom
Set in the luxurious apartments of Italy's nouveau riche during the country's postwar economic boom, the rather aimless satire of Il Boom (1963) seems an unl... Read more »| 17 Apr 2012 -
FilmDirector Whit Stillman in interview
Following his Malickesque hiatus, The Skinny speaks to Whit Stillman, American cinema's great social anthropologist, about his riotous new college campus comedy Damsels in Distress Read more »| 13 Apr 2012 -
Film
Italian Film Festival, Scotland, 13-26 Apr
With an exquisitely judged blend of contemporary and classic films, the Italian Film Festival returns to showcase the cinema from one of the great filmmaking nations Read more »| 09 Apr 2012 -
Comedy
Edinburgh International Science Festival: The Science of Comedy
Robin Ince and Matt Parker are coming to Edinburgh to prove that science isn't just fun, it's hilarious Read more »| 04 Apr 2012
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Comedy
Man Vs Woman
This high velocity sketch show centres on the discrepancies between -you've guessed it- the sexes, and provides a freshness often lacking from traditional co... Read more »| 04 Apr 2012 -
Art
Charlotte Prodger: Cut up culture
Artist Charlotte Prodger takes us to the edge ahead of her show at Intermedia Gallery later this month Read more »| 04 Apr 2012 -
Festival Guide
Behaviour 2012: Behave Yourself
Underneath the Arches, the wild artists are free to roam... Read more »| 03 Apr 2012 -
Art
Glasgow International Festival of VIsual Art
The mammoth festival of visual art is upon us, offering audiences the chance to immerse themselves in the party spirit of the Glasgow art scene Read more »| 03 Apr 2012 -
Comedy
Doug Stanhope @ King's Theatre
Halfway through Doug Stanhope's performance he stops and tells the audience “This is a comedy show, by the way.” And while the aside comes just a... Read more »| 02 Apr 2012 -
Comedy
Stuart Mitchell 'It's Just a Phrase I'm Going Through'
The spotlight grips the microphone stand and the audience, tightly packed in the Griffin, is expectant as the compère Scott Gibson takes to the stage.... Read more »| 02 Apr 2012 -
ComedyJenny Eclair 'Old Dog, New Tricks'
I have always believed, rightly or wrongly, that my gran would very much like Jenny Eclair. This may still be the case, but having seen Eclair at work I woul... Read more »| 02 Apr 2012 -
Comedy
David Kay 'Sconetastic'
With his eccentric train of thought, David Kay rambles from scone preference and pyjama thievery to his suggested Masterchef menu, and the material suits his... Read more »| 02 Apr 2012 -
Comedy
Bruce Morton @ The Stand
If a comic can tell an old, lame joke about a jigsaw and still get the audience to crack up, I'd say he's in the right game. It's all in the delivery, they s... Read more »| 30 Mar 2012