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 GuideMayfesto: A New Theatre Festival for Glasgow
As Mayfesto returns for a second year, our Theatre editor takes a closer look at their programme of politically-inspired performance Read more »| 05 May 2011 -
Film
Reel Festivals 2011: Syria, Lebanon and Scotland
Reel Festivals returns to give Scottish audiences a view of the Middle East beyond the headlines, this year focusing on Syria and Lebanon Read more »| 02 May 2011 -
Comedy
Leith Festival Fundraiser
With Con-Dem budget cuts starting to bite across the country, many arts ventures have found themselves with a fraction of their normal funding. The Leith Fes... Read more »| 12 Apr 2011 -
MusicElectric Frog Festival 2011
The Scottish weather isn't known for welcoming festivals outwith the summer months, but it hasn't subdued the population's appetite for festivals all year ro... Read more »| 11 Apr 2011 -
Festival Guide
Beltane Festival 2011
Although it has now become associated with a cod-paganism – with fundamentalist Christians worrying at the foot of Carlton Hill about satanism and the ... Read more »| 07 Apr 2011 -
Comedy
Paul Sinha: "I don’t get angry at the act, I get angry at the audience"
"There seems to be a vacuum in political comedy right now," says Paul Sinha, "which is odd when people are more interested in politics than ever." Sinha has ... Read more »| 04 Apr 2011
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Comedy
Planet Mearns
Raymond Mearns tells us all about life in a comedy collective Read more »| 01 Apr 2011 -
Comedy
Pappy's: All Business
The credit crunch has hit Pappy’s hard. They’ve lost one member, they’ve shed the “Fun Club” part of their name and even their ... Read more »| 31 Mar 2011 -
ComedyThe Collective @ Halt Bar, 23 March
“The Collective” is a sketch show group of aspiring Scottish-based comedians. Sketche include everything from a leprechaun at a job centre t... Read more »| 30 Mar 2011 -
Comedy
Magners Festival Club / The Big Lunchtime Comedy Chat Show
There’s so much going on at the Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival that it can be difficult to know where to go. With only one performance o... Read more »| 30 Mar 2011 -
Comedy
John Robertson: Dragon Punch @ The Griffin
Australian John Robertson’s Glasgow Comedy Festival show gets off to an uncertain start when an elderly ned begins to heckle him by bellowing, a situat... Read more »| 29 Mar 2011 -
ComedyThe Stockholm Syndrome @ Capitol, 19 March
I love watching comedy in Glasgow. Where else can you see a genial looking old man in the front row grab the comedian’s testicles? Read more »| 23 Mar 2011 -
Comedy
Doug Stanhope: "I’d rather have no hate whatsoever, never put on the news again"
What could be more intimidating than phoning Doug Stanhope at 10am? Read more »| 22 Mar 2011 -
Comedy
Activism at Glasgow Comedy Festival
With the launch of the Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival today, we take a look at some of the acts who bring an element of activism to their work. Read more »| 16 Mar 2011 -
Comedy
Mark Thomas – Rambling Man
Mark Thomas tells us about his experiences in the West Bank Read more »| 11 Mar 2011