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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FilmFemale directors rule at GSFF 2018 awards
Glasgow Short Film Festival 2018 handed out its annual awards last night, with a dreamy Basque Country short and Alia Ghafar’s Edinburgh College of Art graduation film winning the top prizes Read more »| 19 Mar 2018 -
ArtPlatform unveil Outskirts programme for 2018
The Easterhouse arts hub announces details of this year's Outskirts festival, including new music from Golden Teacher's Oliver Pitt and a host of Glasgow International art tie-ins Read more »| 16 Mar 2018 -
ComedyLink and Lorne on TV comedy and their new show
Ewan Denny and Joe Hullait on TV commissioning, casting and leaving your best mate on the cutting room floor Read more »| 15 Mar 2018 -
ArtClosing Time: No LeithLate in 2018
The much-loved community-focused festival will not return this year – “delivery of the festival has become unsustainable” say the organisers Read more »| 15 Mar 2018 -
Film
Foxtrot
Samuel Maoz’s Israeli drama Foxtrot is a story of familial grief told in three parts Read more »| 14 Mar 2018 -
Film
The Third Murder
Japanese auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda's latest follows the thickening fog around a murder trial that may not be as straightforward as it seems Read more »| 14 Mar 2018
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Film
Glasgow Short Film Festival: Meet some of the local filmmakers
The occasion of the eleventh Glasgow Short Film Festival gives audiences a chance to check out the fantastic shorts being made on the local scene. We speak to five of the best young Scottish and Scotland-based filmmakers with work in this year’s programme Read more »| 13 Mar 2018 -
Music
Wide Days 2018: showcase announced
Wide Days returns in April with another diverse showcase of emerging talent and its award-winning convention Read more »| 13 Mar 2018 -
Music
Frightened Rabbit announce The First Incident festival
They're joined by Hookworms and Be Charlotte at SWG3 this June Read more »| 13 Mar 2018 -
Music
Field Day add new acts to 2018 line-up
The festival adds IAMDDB and Moses Sumney for its first outing in south London Read more »| 13 Mar 2018 -
Comedy
The Finnieston Fringe: Veneer Gallery at Glasgow Comedy Festival
Now resident in Glasgow, ARGCom Festival director Pax Lowey chats about turning the Veneer Gallery into a hub for Fringe acts Read more »| 09 Mar 2018 -
Theatre
Take Me Somewhere announces 2018 programme
Back for a second year, Take Me Somewhere brings another lively lineup of contemporary theatre and performance to venues across Glasgow Read more »| 09 Mar 2018 -
Film
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
Documentary Bombshell shows that screen beauty Hedy Lamarr was so much more than just a pretty face Read more »| 07 Mar 2018 -
Film
Sweet Country
Warwick Thornton's Australian western deserves to be ranked alongside the other great revisionist westerns of the last 30 years Read more »| 07 Mar 2018 -
ComedyThe Delightful Sausage: 'It's not for everybody'
The game is afoot as The Delightful Sausage arrive in Glasgow with new material on the back of their debut hit Cold Hard Cache Read more »| 07 Mar 2018