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 Pictures: Sunday at Beacons 2013
In Pictures: Beacons 2013 Rolling reportage from our two intrepid photographers, running like headless chickens around Beacons festival's second outing at H... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
Uk FestivalsIn Pictures: Saturday at Beacons 2013
In Pictures: Beacons 2013 Rolling reportage from our two intrepid photographers, running like headless chickens around Beacons festival's second outing at H... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
Uk Festivals
In Pictures: Friday at Beacons 2013
In Pictures: Beacons 2013 Rolling reportage from our two intrepid photographers, running like headless chickens around Beacons festival's second outing at H... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Edinburgh Internartional Book Festival: Charles Moore
Magnus Linklater opens the discussion by marvelling at Margaret Thatcher’s power to provoke long after her premiership had ended. Despite having comple... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Edinburgh International Book Festival: Hadley Freeman
Troll baiter and Guardian cultural commentator Hadley Freeman arrives at the Book Festival to introduce Be Awesome: Modern life for Modern Ladies, a work she... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
Edinburgh FringeRob Lloyd: Who, Me?
First up, David Tennant, if you're reading this, you look exactly like Rob Lloyd! It's time to gather round and release your inner geek. Put your inhibition... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013
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Edinburgh Fringe
John Williams: My Son's Not Rainman
John Williams wants to dispel a myth – having an autistic child does not necessarily mean you've got a secret genius on your hands. His 11-year-old son... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Grainne Maguire's One Hour All Night Election Special
It's 2.45pm on a rainy afternoon, and there's no better time to experience a love letter to everyone's favourite event in the political calendar: election ni... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
Edinburgh FringeSay It Again, Sam @ Sweet
Say It Again, Sam is a live-action film noir that takes directly from the screen all the tropes you would associate with the genre: half-lighting, fedoras, p... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Chris Coltrane: Compassion is Subversive
Chris Coltrane is back in Edinburgh with his second hour-long poke at our perfunctory political leanings. Unlike your average jobbing comic, his sights are s... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Thor of the Common Man @ TheSpace on North Bridge
Blessed by Tao, the creator of the universe, Thor is charged with the duty of being man's protector. A war rages between humans and demons, but Thor interven... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
Edinburgh Fringe
I'm With the Band @ Traverse
Penned by the Olivier-nominated Tim Price, I’m With the Band is an exploration of dissipation of the UK with England, Ireland, Scotland and Whales repr... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Who Wants to Kill Yulia Tymoshenko? @ Assembly Roxy
The imprisoned former Ukranian Prime Minister fights her case behind bars. Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Titus Andronicus @ theSpace, Surgeon's Hall
Sometimes a dramatic setting change of a well-known work can go disastrously wrong but when it’s pulled off, it can be difficult to imagine the piece b... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Collected Stories @ New Town Theatre
Collected Stories tells the story of two women, two writers, who take on a mentor/student relationship that lasts over the years. This acts as the basis that... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013