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 FringeThis Is Paradise @ Traverse Theatre
Amy Molloy is captivating in This Is Paradise, a monologue that considers the fragility of peace and the lasting effects of chaos and violence Read more »| 27 Aug 2021 -
FilmEIFF 2021: The Man Who Sold His Skin
Rarely has the West's wilful exploitation of the Middle East been so audaciously represented, or so deliciously mocked, as in Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania’s new film Read more »| 27 Aug 2021 -
Edinburgh FringeDishonour @ Fringe Online
The remarkable Mimi Ndiweni stars in this powerful, essential exploration at the realities of FGM Read more »| 26 Aug 2021 -
Edinburgh FringeFow @ Summerhall
A fresh energy is injected into some tired romantic tropes in this smart, charming co-production from Deaf & Fabulous and Taking Flight Read more »| 26 Aug 2021 -
MusicDamon Albarn @ Edinburgh Park, EIF, 24 Aug
Ex-Blur frontman Damon Albarn plays two shows at this year's EIF, treating the audience to a couple of classic singalongs in amongst his new material Read more »| 26 Aug 2021 -
Edinburgh FringeJack Docherty @ Gilded Balloon Teviot
Festival veteran Jack Docherty stages some touching, bittersweet scenes in new storytelling show Nothing But Read more »| 25 Aug 2021
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Edinburgh FringeTues Night at Social Club @ Gilded Balloon Teviot
This spoof Working Men’s Club show packs in the punchlines, but is over-reliant on puerile gags Read more »| 25 Aug 2021 -
Edinburgh FringeJay Lafferty @ Gilded Balloon Teviot
Scottish circuit favourite Jay Lafferty is on form with her lockdown laughs Read more »| 25 Aug 2021 -
Edinburgh FringeSunshine on Leith @ MultiStory
Hazel Beattie and Frankie O'Connor are fantastic in this production of Stephen Greenhorn's classic musical, though they're let down slightly by ambitious outdoor staging Read more »| 25 Aug 2021 -
Edinburgh FestivalsFalstaff @ Festival Theatre
This exuberant production of Falstaff is a celebration of a return to the stage, a return to the festival and a return to what makes Scottish Opera so unique Read more »| 25 Aug 2021 -
Edinburgh FestivalsEIFF 2021: Ballad of a White Cow
Maryam Moghaddam stars in and co-directs this existentially rich drama concerned with Iran’s capital penal system and centred on a woman whose husband is wrongly executed Read more »| 24 Aug 2021 -
Edinburgh FestivalsEIFF 2021: Europa
An Iraqi refugee finds himself the target of armed migrant hunters in this powerful survival thriller Read more »| 24 Aug 2021 -
Edinburgh FestivalsEIFF 2021: The Justice of Bunny King
This Kiwi drama about an ex-convict mother trying to reconnect with her children is best when focused on the actors and not its platitude-filled script Read more »| 24 Aug 2021 -
FilmEIFF 2021: Annette
Leos Carax's bizarre, bombastic rock opera musical Annette is a frustrating film but its chaotic playfulness is contagious Read more »| 24 Aug 2021 -
Edinburgh FringeSex Education Xplorers (S.E.X.) @ Summerhall
Biology, bodies, gender expression and sex – packing this much information and discourse into an entertaining hour is an extraordinary feat Read more »| 24 Aug 2021