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 FringeAntiquithon @ Institut Français d'Ecosse
Weirdly bizarre but hardly wonderful, the makeshift play, Antiquithon, will leave one more in a state of confusion than laughter as you exit, or rather run from the Institut Français d'Ecosse Read more »| 18 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Factor 9 @ Summerhall
Less than 30 years ago, Britain was privy to modern man’s largest medical scandal. Thousands of haemophiliacs (a medical condition in which the ability... Read more »| 18 Aug 2014 -
VideosCome Fringe Yourself with Tom Stade – Episode 5
Tom Stade hosts Episode 5 (the Film Noir episode) of Come Fringe Yourself, a chat show filmed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2014. With his co-host Da... Read more »| 18 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Conflict in Court / Silence in Court @ New Town Theatre
Liam Rudden’s plays Conflict in Court and Silence in Court are theatre-experiences unlike any other that are currently on show in the Edinburgh Fringe ... Read more »| 18 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh FringeBelfast Boy @ Spotlites (The Merchant's Hall)
The audience takes their seats. The room darkens. A chair stands out in the spotlight. Then, from the edge of the room, Martin Hall, played by Declan Perring... Read more »| 18 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Spoiling @ Traverse Theatre
Even though Traverse Theatre Company's Spoiling looks forward to Scottish politics after September’s independence referendum, the political comedy has ... Read more »| 18 Aug 2014
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Edinburgh Fringeriverrun @ Traverse Theatre
Finally nature is able to speak for itself. In riverrun at the Traverse Theatre, Olwen Fouéré takes the voice of the river Life from Finnegan's Wake, words spilling softly from her mouth as she embraces the river in all its glory. Read more »| 18 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh FringeChrysalis @ Paradise in the Vault
Edinburgh Fringe Festival presents Chrysalis by Big Squirrel Productions, a sweet play that explores the lives of three people who have endured tough times ... Read more »| 18 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Carousel @ Traverse Theatre
Carousels are defined visually by their glamorous lights, highly polished surfaces and lavishly decorated assorted animals for children (or occasional adults... Read more »| 18 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
21st Century Poe: Moyamensing @ Pleasance Dome
Marty Ross brings his retelling of an episode of Edgar Allan Poe’s life to the stage in 21st Century Poe: Moyamensing, which turns out to be a ve... Read more »| 18 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Dalloway @ Assembly Roxy
One woman shows are de rigueur at the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe, but Dyad Productions’ Dalloway is unlike any other. Rebecca Vaughan plays Clarissa Dallowa... Read more »| 18 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Nick Coyle: Double Tribute @ Just the Tonic at the Caves
Nick Coyle’s ex-girlfriend Jenny has died (killed by snakes). Her boyfriend Garth has also died (drowned by Russell Crowe), and something’s not q... Read more »| 18 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Furies @ Summerhall
Agamemnon has been at it again, pissing off his wife, and KILN’s The Furies are, well, furious. Vocally, they clearly know what they’re doing whe... Read more »| 18 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Edinburgh International Book Festival: Good Low-Cost Food
Food is, and always has been, a political issue. As writers and activists Mike Small and Andrew Whitley address the comfortably full tent at Edinburgh Intern... Read more »| 16 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Edinburgh International Book Festival: Stuart Kelly on Moby-Dick
It shouldn’t be possible to get the breadth and depth of a Great American Novel into 90 minutes, but with Stuart Kelly at the helm of the seminar, we j... Read more »| 16 Aug 2014