Festivals
Step into a vibrant celebration of culture with The Skinny festival guide. We bring you the latest UK and international festival news; you'll find festival information, previews, reviews, features, and interviews.
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Edinburgh FringeThe Miss Behave Gameshow @ Gilded Balloon
The Miss Behave Gameshow has its roots in cabaret and drag, it turns the meaning of performance on its head by asking the audience to lead the way. Read more »| 17 Aug 2018 -
Edinburgh FringeHeaven Burns @ Assembly Roxy
A witch-finder goes hunting, but all is very much not as it seems in this historical three-hander Read more »| 17 Aug 2018 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Zoo @ Assembly George Square Studios
Touching two-hander about an unlikely friendship, a terrifying hurricane and amazing animal facts Read more »| 17 Aug 2018 -
Edinburgh FringeThe Marilyn Conspiracy @ Assembly George Square Studios
A new play promises to re-examine the apparent suicide of Marilyn Monroe with fresh eyes Read more »| 17 Aug 2018 -
Edinburgh FringeHow to Swim in Hollywood @ Greenside, Infirmary Street
Sylvester’s performance is intimate and spell-binding and captures beautifully the struggles of a woman trying to keep her head above water in the Hollywood system Read more »| 17 Aug 2018 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Showmanship @ C Royale
A fortune-teller’s strange monologue makes for an uneven, but haunting hour Read more »| 17 Aug 2018
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Edinburgh Festivals
La Maladie de la Mort @ The Lyceum
La Maladie de la Mmort is neither great theatre nor cinema, but the synthesis of the two proves thrilling Read more »| 17 Aug 2018 -
Edinburgh Fringe
You Are Frogs @ Venue 13
Highly captivating new piece of theatre Read more »| 17 Aug 2018 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Dip @ theSpace, Surgeons' Hall
A hallucinatory fever dream of gay panic, featuring the Baba Ghanoush Gestapo and a very angry fish sheriff – it's wonderful chaos Read more »| 17 Aug 2018 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Edinburgh Fringe 2018: Masculinity in Theatre
What makes a man? What is masculine? We talk to four theatre makers about masculinity, and how their work questions what it means to be a man Read more »| 17 Aug 2018 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Is Theatre Accessible to Working-Class Artists?
With theatre seen as a middle-class pursuit, what about working-class artists and stories? We speak to a host of working-class artists to find out how theatre could do better Read more »| 17 Aug 2018 -
Edinburgh FringeVictoria Falconer @ Heroes, Spiegelyurt
A warm welcome and great music characterise Victoria Falconer's cabaret show Read more »| 17 Aug 2018 -
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Rob Oldham @ Pleasance Courtyard
Rob Oldham's fine debut is best when he goes offbeat Read more »| 17 Aug 2018 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Free and Proud @ Assembly George Square Studios
A moving exploration of modern relationships, with tragedy running through its core Read more »| 15 Aug 2018 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Andrea Spisto @ Just the Tonic, The Mash House
Andrea Spisto's noble message is let down by slightly jumbled execution Read more »| 15 Aug 2018