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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International FestivalsAsia, Africa & The Americas: Music Festival Guide 2018
A guide to some of the furthest-flung and most exciting music festivals around the globe, from light-powered fun in Sydney to epic all-dayers in Mexico Read more »| 23 Mar 2018 -
Edinburgh FringeAssembly and Pleasance announce Fringe 2018 shows
Assembly are bringing a Game of Thrones musical to Edinburgh this Fringe while Ruby Wax, Rob Kemp and Kiri Pritchard-McLean are among the talent on the Pleasance stage this August Read more »| 22 Mar 2018 -
International FestivalsNordic & Scandinavian Music Festivals Guide 2018
We take a look at some of the best music festivals taking place across northern Europe this year, from Iceland Airwaves to Scandinavian heavyweights Øya and Way Out West Read more »| 22 Mar 2018 -
Edinburgh Festivals
EIFF line up female filmmakers & 80s horror retrospectives
This year’s EIFF retrospectives featuring American cinema of the 1980s is inspired by today’s current Trump-era America, say organisers Read more »| 22 Mar 2018 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Gilded Balloon announce first acts for Fringe 2018
Luisa Omielan, Zoe Lyons, reigning So You Think You’re Funny? champion Maisie Adam and Rhod Gilbert are among the first Edinburgh Fringe shows announced Read more »| 21 Mar 2018 -
Art
Glasgow International's new director on the 2018 festival
As the 2018 edition of Glasgow International draws near, we check in with the festival's director, Richard Parry, to discuss his plans Read more »| 19 Mar 2018
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Uk FestivalsFemale directors rule at GSFF 2018 awards
Glasgow Short Film Festival 2018 handed out its annual awards last night, with a dreamy Basque Country short and Alia Ghafar’s Edinburgh College of Art graduation film winning the top prizes Read more »| 19 Mar 2018 -
Uk Festivals
Platform unveil Outskirts programme for 2018
The Easterhouse arts hub announces details of this year's Outskirts festival, including new music from Golden Teacher's Oliver Pitt and a host of Glasgow International art tie-ins Read more »| 16 Mar 2018 -
Film
The Square
Ruben Östlund follows up Force Majeure with another toe-curling comedy, The Square, which takes aim at the art world and the fragile male ego Read more »| 15 Mar 2018 -
Comedy
Link and Lorne on TV comedy and their new show
Ewan Denny and Joe Hullait on TV commissioning, casting and leaving your best mate on the cutting room floor Read more »| 15 Mar 2018 -
Uk Festivals
Closing Time: No LeithLate in 2018
The much-loved community-focused festival will not return this year – “delivery of the festival has become unsustainable” say the organisers Read more »| 15 Mar 2018 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Edinburgh International Festival: The 2018 programme
The EIF programme for 2018 features cutting-edge theatre and dance, and a huge array of contemporary music Read more »| 14 Mar 2018 -
Edinburgh Festivals
EIF 2018: Fergus Linehan on an exciting music line-up
EIF artistic director Fergus Linehan talks us through this year's tantalising music line-up, which includes St Vincent, Anna Meredith, Mogwai and John Grant Read more »| 14 Mar 2018 -
Film
Foxtrot
Samuel Maoz’s Israeli drama Foxtrot is a story of familial grief told in three parts Read more »| 14 Mar 2018 -
Film
The Third Murder
Japanese auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda's latest follows the thickening fog around a murder trial that may not be as straightforward as it seems Read more »| 14 Mar 2018