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 FringeEdinburgh Comedy Awards: 2018 nominees announced
The stand-ups fighting it out to have their show crowned best of the fest have been revealed Read more »| 22 Aug 2018 -
MusicStories and Songs with Beans on Toast @ Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh, 19 Aug
What you see with Beans on Toast is exactly what you get: his set is simple yet hearty, promoting a more wholesome and optimistic worldview, one folk song at a time Read more »| 22 Aug 2018 -
Edinburgh FringeGarrett Millerick @ Just the Tonic, The Tron
A thoughtful hour from Garrett Millerick but one of two parts Read more »| 22 Aug 2018 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Found Footage Festival @ Underbelly Cowgate
Take your strongest stomach to revel in this treasure trove of visual delights Read more »| 22 Aug 2018 -
Music
ANNO: Anna Meredith & Scottish Ensemble @ Pleasance at EICC, Edinburgh, 18 Aug
Anna Meredith teams up with Scottish Ensemble for ANNO, which marries Vivaldi's The Four Seasons with Meredith's new electronic-tinged compositions, complete with playful visuals from Eleanor Meredith Read more »| 21 Aug 2018 -
Edinburgh FringeJen Brister @ Monkey Barrel
A lunchtime show with Jen Brister is better than lunch with mum Read more »| 21 Aug 2018
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Edinburgh Festivals
Music and Spoken Word at The Edinburgh Book Festival
The Edinburgh International Book Festival is well underway, and we headed out to dive a little deeper into the world of music and spoken word at Charlotte Square Gardens. Read more »| 21 Aug 2018 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Spider Glass @ theSpaceTriplex
A compelling monologue opening up the conversation of what it means to be a man in 2018 Read more »| 21 Aug 2018 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Fast @ theSpace, Niddry St
An intense, dark drama, made all the more chilling due to the authenticity of its roots Read more »| 21 Aug 2018 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Clara Cupcakes: The Worst @ Underbelly Bristo Square
The Worst is completely silly in all the best ways Read more »| 21 Aug 2018 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Class @ Traverse Theatre
Parent-teacher meeting goes awry in this disappointing three-hander Read more »| 21 Aug 2018 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Coriolanus Vanishes @ Traverse Theatre
Coriolanus Vanishes examines a single human in microscopic detail, whose life is one tiny example for a case in which Leddy has the whole world on trial Read more »| 21 Aug 2018 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Roman Fraden @ Gilded Balloon
A coming out show that'll make you wish you'd stayed in Read more »| 21 Aug 2018 -
Edinburgh Fringe
No One is Coming to Save You @ Pleasance Courtyard
Full of both mesmerising and tedious moments, the play has many strengths, but the point being made is sometimes lost along the way Read more »| 20 Aug 2018 -
BooksOttessa Moshfegh's Year of Rest and Relaxation
Ottessa Moshfegh visited the Edinburgh International Book Festival and took some time out to chat to us about her new novel My Year of Rest and Relaxation Read more »| 20 Aug 2018