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 FestivalsTHAT Festival @ The Macrobert
It's THAT festival again...THAT festival returns with some of the freshest performances in theatre. Read more »| 19 Oct 2012 -
International FestivalsCMJ 2012: Detour Scotland's Ally McCrae surveys the New York Music Marathon
Greetings from the midst of New York’s yearly marathon of new music, (cue American broadcaster voice) Ally McCrae reporting from CMJ 2012. This festiva... Read more »| 18 Oct 2012 -
Uk FestivalsIn Pictures: Eastern Promise Festival 2012 @ Platform, Saturday 6 October
Eastern Promise Festival 2012 All the action from Platform's family friendly Eastern Promise Festival 2012, featuring sets from Plank!, Richard Youngs, The ... Read more »| 12 Oct 2012 -
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In Pictures: Eastern Promise Festival 2012 @ Platform, Friday, 5 October
Eastern Promise Festival 2012 Returning for a third year, the first night of Platform's 2012 edition of the eclectic Eastern Promise Festival offered sets b... Read more »| 12 Oct 2012 -
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Scotland + Venice: Critical Dialogues
What is a fallow year for Venice Art Biennale is the big blowout for the architecture world. But as you might expect, the work on show at the 13th Internatio... Read more »| 11 Oct 2012 -
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Glasgay! 2012: The Movies
We preview the movies being screened in Glasgow's annual celebration of queer culture Read more »| 08 Oct 2012
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Edinburgh FestivalsPusher
This Blighty remake of Nicolas Winding Refn's debut is repetitive, silly and puerile Read more »| 08 Oct 2012 -
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Document 10: A Year of Independence
Document celebrates a decade of politically minded, socially driven film curation with a programme titled A Year of Independence. Homelessness, people trafficking and revolution are just some of the themes in this tenth edition Read more »| 04 Oct 2012 -
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Africa in Motion 2012: Redraw Your Movie Map
Africa in Motion, the UK's finest celebration of African cinema, is back for a 7th consecutive year with another bursting programme. Here's a taster of what you can expect, from Arab Spring docs to ass kicking femmes fatales Read more »| 03 Oct 2012 -
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Harold and Maude & I Heart Alice Heart I @ Glasgay!
Glasgay! gets old... Read more »| 03 Oct 2012 -
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Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival 2012: Walk in My Shoes
The Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival asks audiences to experience the world through different eyes. No art form is better for this task than cinema. We speak to Eddie Harrison, the festival's film programmer, to learn more Read more »| 01 Oct 2012 -
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Play Poland 2012: Looking Back to the Future
To mark the start of Play Poland, the largest mobile film event in Britain, we speak to Bartosz Konopka, director of Fear of Falling and Rabbit à la Berlin, two of the key titles in this year's event Read more »| 01 Oct 2012 -
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Crime Pays – Bloody Scotland Literary Festival
Last month at the inaugural Bloody Scotland literary festival, the cream of Scottish and international crime fiction writers descended on Stirling for a weekend of debates, signings and discussions. The Skinny was there to investigate... Read more »| 01 Oct 2012 -
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Scotland Loves Anime 2012: Animation Looks East
Scotland Loves Anime returns for a third year with its best line-up yet. With Pixar churning out princess stories and sequels, we need to look east to Japan for innovative animation more than ever Read more »| 28 Sep 2012 -
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Theatre at The Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival 2012
Eclectic and engaging theatre tackling a range of subjects can be found at The Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival 2012. Workshops and events complement performances from a variety of different local theatre companies Read more »| 28 Sep 2012