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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FilmHarold Crooks on The Price We Pay
Harold Crooks' documentary on corporate tax avoidance kicks off Take One Action! Film Festival in style. Read more »| 08 Sep 2015 -
FilmTake One Action 2015: Festival Preview
Take One Action! is the UK’s leading social change film festival, looking at humanitarian concerns. Read more »| 08 Sep 2015 -
Music
Electric Fields 2015: The Review
Electric Fields returns for its sophomore year, boasting a glorious lineup in equally glorious scenery Read more »| 03 Sep 2015 -
FilmScalarama: An annual celebration of cinema
We look ahead to the annual festival that brings together the UK's film clubs and indie exhibitors for a month of cinema celebration Read more »| 02 Sep 2015 -
Music
Northwest Festival Watch – September 2015
Festival season is nearly over, but it’s going out with a bang rather than a whimper Read more »| 01 Sep 2015 -
ComedyLiverpool Comedy Festival: Three to see
Kate Smurthwaite, Rob Thomas, Liam Pickford: three acts at this year's Liverpool Comedy Festival. Read more »| 31 Aug 2015
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Film
A Girl at My Door
July Jung shows a delicate touch in A Girl at My Door which thrums with love, desire and violence. Read more »| 25 Aug 2015 -
Music
Sensoria launches its 2015 Programme
Sheffield music and film festival Sensoria returns for 2015, with Tim Burgess’s Tim Peaks Diner. Read more »| 20 Aug 2015 -
Music
Pieces of a Man: A Gil Scott-Heron primer
Crunching four decades and 13 albums down into a greatest hits? We'd never dare. These are just a few stepping stones along the great poet's path Read more »| 19 Aug 2015 -
Film
Take One Action! Launchs 2015 Festival Programme
Take One Action! Film Festival reveals its 2015 programme Read more »| 13 Aug 2015 -
Festival Guide
Manchester Literature Festival: the programme
The tenth year of Manchester Literature Festival is its biggest yet, and covers everything from comic book art to psychogeography, postcapitalism to poetry Read more »| 07 Aug 2015 -
Festival Guide
Festival Camping for Beginners
Accidentally spending £500 on beer and sleeping in an insect-infested tent are just two of the perils of festival camping. Never fear: here are some top tips on how to prepare – and what to take – to ensure you return home victorious Read more »| 06 Aug 2015 -
Film
Theeb
Revenge, loss of innocence and the conflict between old and new permeate Naji Abu Nowar’s terrific debut, Theeb. Set in the desolate if beautiful lands... Read more »| 04 Aug 2015 -
Film
52 Tuesdays
52 Tuesdays chronicles the relationship of 16-year-old Billie (Tilda Cobham-Harvey) and her transgender mother, James (Del Herbert-Jane), who makes the diffi... Read more »| 03 Aug 2015 -
Art
The Plant @ 24:7 Festival
The Plant begins with a mystery: two men with numbers tattooed on their necks and wearing identical outfits (white tees, grey sweatpants) appear to be p... Read more »| 30 Jul 2015