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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Uk FestivalsIn My Bed @ 24:7 Festival
In My Bed’s structure is dazzling. Set in and around the bed belonging to Sarah (Olivia Sweeney), we flash backwards and forwards through a relationshi... Read more »| 11 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh FestivalsHypnagogic Hip: The Work of Haruki Murakami
As Haruki Murakami, aka Japan's greatest living author, travels west to Edinburgh International Book Festival, The Skinny takes a look at this reticent genius whose work often sits in that surreal landscape between dreams and reality Read more »| 11 Aug 2014 -
Uk FestivalsBeacons Festival 2014: Saturday 9 August
Day two at Skipton's Heslaker Farm sees Hookworms warm to their role as headliners, Ex-Easter Island Head bewitch a seated hideaway, and Jon Hopkins turn the main stage into a glow-in-the-dark Wacky Warehouse Read more »| 10 Aug 2014 -
Uk Festivals
Beacons Festival 2014: Friday 8 August
We're reporting live from Beacons Festival in the tempestuous Skipton countryside, where flash rains are no match for Yorkshire's commitment to a fancy dress theme. Togas at the ready for Golden Teacher, Daniel Avery and Daughter Read more »| 09 Aug 2014 -
Uk Festivals
Anonymity @ 24:7 Festival
Anonymity is the murky tale of two gas fitters trapped in a dingy basement, undertaking a task as dark and foreboding as the cellar itself. As the play progr... Read more »| 08 Aug 2014 -
Uk Festivals
The Box of Tricks @ 24:7 Festival
When they were younger, Mark and Mike were as close as any brothers could be. But when Mark is killed in an accident, how did the pair become so estranged fr... Read more »| 08 Aug 2014
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Uk Festivals
To the Dam @ 24:7 Festival
We meet Lisa stretched out on a warm rock as she stares across “England’s highest beach”. She’s not by the seaside, however. This is ... Read more »| 08 Aug 2014 -
Uk Festivals
Afterglow @ 24:7 Festival
All you need is love, The Beatles told us. But unfortunately sometimes love isn’t enough, as the characters find out in Afterglow, a new play from writ... Read more »| 08 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Near Gone @ Summerhall
Nine parallel pairs of white carnations frame the stage; we are warned that ‘this is a difficult story to tell.’ Duo Katherina Radeva and Aliste... Read more »| 08 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh FringeEggs of Blessings @ Dance Base
Jade and Artists Dance Troupe and Performance Infinity present Eggs of Blessings, a sweet, yet also dark representation of Taiwanese culture from the 1940s. ... Read more »| 08 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Take a Long Hard Look at your Shelf: Rachel McCrum
Rachel McCrum of Rally & Broad, the Edinburgh cabaret of words, music and lyrical delights, will toast the finale of Jura Unbound on 25 Aug Read more »| 08 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Chef @ Underbelly, Cowgate
Brought to the Fringe by POP, Chef unravels the tale of a woman who goes from being a head chef in a fancy restaurant to an inmate running a prison kitc... Read more »| 08 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Bloom @ Underbelly
Young Scottish-based company Vocal Point present Bloom, an intense, storytelling piece about poverty and homelessness. Performed by Abraham Parker and Robert... Read more »| 07 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh FringePolska and Athletes @ Dance Base
With the Commonwealth Games generating a buzz around sports in Glasgow, it doesn’t seem out of place for the Fringe to include dance or physical theatr... Read more »| 07 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Mush and Me @ Underbelly
Nancy Collective enrich this year’s Edinburgh Fringe with a religioromantic comedy, adding a liberal sprinkling of friendly faith bashing. Mush and Me ... Read more »| 07 Aug 2014