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 FestivalsA Snapshot of American Independent Cinema in 2017
We report back from Sundance London with the best films we found on offer at the fifth edition of the Park City festival offshoot Read more »| 15 Jun 2017 -
Edinburgh FestivalsEdinburgh International Festival reveal Spirit of '47 details
EIF teams up with the British Council for a programme celebrating arts and culture from across the globe, as part of the Festival's 70th anniversary celebrations Read more »| 14 Jun 2017 -
Edinburgh FestivalsEdinburgh Book Festival unveils 2017 programme
This year's Edinburgh International Book Festival features authors from over 50 countries Read more »| 13 Jun 2017 -
MusicCounterflows Festival, Glasgow: The review
We delve into the experimental world of Glasgow's Counterflows festival Read more »| 09 Jun 2017 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Edinburgh Fringe launches massive 2017 programme
The biggest arts festival in the world reveals its typically huge programme, which takes in comedy, theatre, music, dance, opera and everything else in between Read more »| 07 Jun 2017 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Traverse Theatre announce Festival 2017 programme
Eight world premieres, three European premieres and five Scottish premieres are included in Traverse Festival 2017 Read more »| 06 Jun 2017
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Edinburgh FringeHow Comedy Captured the Edinburgh Fringe: Part 2
Our first instalment of this series covered over three decades, when the Edinburgh Fringe was almost without comedians at all. Now in Part Two, we find one year alone – 1981 – influences comedy more than all the previous Fringes put together Read more »| 06 Jun 2017 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Edinburgh Fringe: What to see at the Big Four
With the release of Assembly, Gilded Balloon, Pleasance and Underbelly's joint brochure for Edinburgh Fringe, here are our top four picks from the 'big four' Read more »| 01 Jun 2017 -
Uk Festivals
Dot to Dot 2017, Manchester: Festival Review
The kaleidoscopic, city-wide festival returns to Manchester stronger than ever Read more »| 01 Jun 2017 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Dance Base announces its Fringe programme
Edinburgh’s year-round home of dance announces Dance Base Festival, its programme for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which this year features 21 shows from 12 countries Read more »| 01 Jun 2017 -
Uk Festivals
Träd Gräs Och Stenar and W.I.T.C.H. join Liverpool Psych Fest bill
Liverpool Psych Fest has announced its final lineup, with Träd Gräs Och Stenar and W.I.T.C.H. joining the bill this September Read more »| 31 May 2017 -
Edinburgh Festivals
EIFF Sound + Vision to commemorate Jonathan Demme
Demme’s seminal Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense will be accompanied by live music from Indigo Velvet, RM Hubbert, Ela Orleans and Sacred Paws Read more »| 31 May 2017 -
Film
Francis Lee on EIFF opener God's Own Country
Edinburgh International Film Festival gets its best opening film in years with God's Own Country, an emotionally rich story of romance blossoming between a gruff Yorkshire farmer and a handsome Romanian migrant worker. Director Francis Lee tells us more Read more »| 31 May 2017 -
Edinburgh Festivals
EIFF 2017: programme announced
Kevin Bacon, Richard E Grant, Oliver Stone and Stanley Tucci are among the stars heading to Edinburgh for the 71st edition of the Edinburgh International Film Festival Read more »| 31 May 2017 -
International Festivals
Le Guess Who? 2017: programme announced
This November the Netherlands’ picturesque city of Utrecht will once again host Le Guess Who?, a festival which celebrates musical-boundary crossing with 150 artists coming together to perform at the 11th edition of the event Read more »| 30 May 2017