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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ComedyEleanor Morton: Comedy Spotlight
Eleanor Morton returns for Glasgow Comedy Festival to her university city. Much missed on the local scene, she's offering an early glimpse of the Fringe show she's developing based around throwing a birthday party. Read more »| 04 Mar 2016 -
ComedyRick Molland & Sully O'Sullivan: Comedy Spotlight
Rick Molland is a liberal, but he's going head to head with comedy partner Sully O'Sullivan for a late night debate on freedom of speech. We give them some early test questions on the concept... Read more »| 04 Mar 2016 -
Comedy
Larry Dean on Out Now!'s last hurrah
Larry Dean returns home to say goodbye to one show and hello to another. Read more »| 04 Mar 2016 -
ComedySix Shows to See at Glasgow Comedy Festival
The Glasgow International Comedy festival is a chance to see actual, fresh free-range comedians and not just smug twats from 8 Out of 10 Cats. Robin Grainge... Read more »| 04 Mar 2016 -
Clubs
The Orb film premieres at Manchester Film Festival
Lunar Orbit, a new film on ambient pioneers The Orb, is set for its debut showing at this year's Manchester International Film Festival. The documentar... Read more »| 04 Mar 2016 -
ComedyNev: Comedy Spotlight
Nev is co-founder of CHUNKS, an anarchic and manifesto-less collective fast growing into a full scale comedy movement on the Scottish live scene. Ever-versatile, he's also big on bees. Ahead of his Glasgow shows we venture deep into his hive... Read more »| 04 Mar 2016
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Comedy
Richard Gadd interview: Gaddot Arrives
Returning home for the Glasgow International Comedy Festival, the wait is finally over for punk prince of comedy Richard Gadd. Read more »| 04 Mar 2016 -
Music
T in the Park announces Slam Tent line-up
The line-up for the Slam Tent at T in the Park 2016 has been announced, with Seth Troxler, Len Faki and Jeff Mills all on the bill. Detroit techno... Read more »| 03 Mar 2016 -
Film
Francofonia
Another night at the museum (this time the Louvre) with Russian auteur Alexander Sokurov Read more »| 03 Mar 2016 -
Film
Winter
Tommy Flanagan stars as an alcoholic artist with a troubled past in this commendable but seriously misjudged drama Read more »| 03 Mar 2016 -
Film
The People vs Fritz Bauer
Burghart Klaußner stars in this real life story of a Jewish state attorney trying to hunt down a Nazi war criminal Read more »| 03 Mar 2016 -
Film
Suburra
Stylish neo-noir set in Rome's criminal underworld Read more »| 02 Mar 2016 -
Film
Disorder
Matthias Schoenaerts and Diane Kruger star in this claustrophobic thriller Read more »| 02 Mar 2016 -
Music
Cosmosis 2016: Anton Newcombe interviewed
Ahead of The Brian Jonestown Massacre’s appearance at Manchester’s Cosmosis festival later this month, we get to chat with the band’s hyperreal driving force. Well, we think we did... Read more »| 02 Mar 2016 -
Music
Super Furry Animals join Festival No. 6 line-up
Super Furry Animals are among a batch of acts added to the bill for this year's Festival No.6 in North Wales. Read more »| 02 Mar 2016