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 FringeGreat British Mysteries @ Pleasance Courtyard
Witchcraft and stagecraft meet in Great British Mysteries' sophomore hour Read more »| 20 Aug 2018 -
Edinburgh FringeClara Bijl @ Greenside, Infirmary Street
An open-ended introduction to Clara Bijl Read more »| 20 Aug 2018 -
Edinburgh FringeA&E @ theSpace @ Venue45
Though not quite so undeliberate as to be deemed an accident, A&E could possibly do with an emergency rewrite Read more »| 20 Aug 2018 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Merry Wives of Seoul @ C Venues
A bumbling orange-haired Falstaff eats humble pie in this colourful Korean take on the lesser-known Shakespeare play, The Merry Wives of Windsor Read more »| 17 Aug 2018 -
Edinburgh FringeClay Nikiforuk @ Just The Tonic, The Grassmarket Centre
Fun to be Around is a well crafted, intelligent take on mental illness awareness Read more »| 17 Aug 2018 -
Music
End of the Road 2018: Preview
Knee-deep in festival season (and thankfully not mud), we gear up for Dorset’s ever-expanding indie fest, End of the Road, and dish out our top alt-picks to track down off the beaten path Read more »| 17 Aug 2018
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Edinburgh Fringe
About Lady Fox with Nine Tails @ Assembly George Square Studios
As part of the Korean season, About Lady Fox With Nine Tails blends together two unlikely cultural mammoths: Macbeth and the Korean Kumiho Read more »| 17 Aug 2018 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Solarplexus: An Alternative Energy Play @ Zoo Charteris
Ambitious, but unclear sci-fi comedy Read more »| 17 Aug 2018 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The 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 Fringe
Heaven 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 Fringe
The 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 Fringe
How 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 -
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