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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ComedyImran Yusuf: "My dream is to be bigger than Chris Rock"
Imran Yusuf talks to us about identity and the futility of box-ticking Read more »| 10 Mar 2011 -
ComedyCaroline Rhea: "Doing stand-up comedy is like doing therapy"
Comedian Caroline Rhea caught up with The Skinny ahead of her Glasgow Comedy Festival appearance to remind us that there's more to her act than being Sabrina's aunt Read more »| 08 Mar 2011 -
Comedy
Aren't you off the telly?
Most stand-up comedians dream of one day starring in a hit sitcom, but what happens to their stand-up careers once they’ve hit the big time? We talked to some of them to find out Read more »| 07 Mar 2011 -
ComedyGeorge Monbiot: Pull No Punches
George Monbiot talks to The Skinny about stirring up political debate ahead of his appearance at the Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival Read more »| 07 Mar 2011 -
Festival Guide
Some Standouts at StAnza
Want to learn more about poetry in one fell swoop? Fancy a trip to St Andrews? Read on... Read more »| 04 Mar 2011 -
Comedy
Cross-Examined: Keith Farnan
Keith Farnan tells us why he isn't a man with a plan Read more »| 03 Mar 2011
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Film
Rendez-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 Guide
Jerk @ 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 -
Comedy
Comedy 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 -
Film
90 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 -
Comedy
In Profile: Stuart Murphy
Improv veteran Stuart Murphy talks dirty fumbles and curing cancer Read more »| 03 Feb 2011 -
Film
Starter 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 -
Comedy
New 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 -
Music
Glasgow 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