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 FestivalsTake One Action reveals 2025 programme
Take One Action returns with a programme titled Real Utopias. Expect stories of solidarity and hope from across the world, including films from Mexico to Kenya via the US, UK and Philippines Read more »| 07 Aug 2025 -
Edinburgh FestivalsSimone Seales and Mele Broomes on poetry performance Dearest
We chat with cellist and writer Simone Seales and dancer and choreographer Mele Broomes about Dearest, Seales' poetry album and zine being performed collaboratively at this year's Edinburgh International Book Festival Read more »| 07 Aug 2025 -
Edinburgh FringeAyo Adenekan @ Monkey Barrel
In his Edinburgh Fringe debut, Ayo Adenekan proves to be a charming, laid-back performer yet to fully hit his stride Read more »| 07 Aug 2025 -
Edinburgh FringeEllen Turnill Montoya is Mr Handsome @ Assembly George Sq
Ellen Turnill Montoya makes work for idle hands in her debut show Mr Handsome, championing everything hand-made Read more »| 07 Aug 2025 -
Edinburgh FringeRia Lina @ Monkey Barrel
Ria Lina makes her grand return to the Edinburgh Fringe, and revels in the chaos and comedy of her peri-menopausal glory Read more »| 07 Aug 2025 -
Edinburgh FringeKathy Maniura @ Pleasance Courtyard
A lycra-clad masterclass in character comedy, Kathy Maniura’s Cycling Man is as much a love story between a man and his bike as it is a razor-sharp satire of fragile masculinity in motion Read more »| 07 Aug 2025
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FilmQueer Me Out: new queer cinema at Edinburgh Film Festival
Four out of the ten films competing in this year's Sean Connery Prize for Filmmaking Excellence at EIFF concern LGBTQ+ themes. We speak to these films' directors to explore what their work reveals about queer indie cinema in 2025 Read more »| 06 Aug 2025 -
Edinburgh FringeKhalid Abdalla on his Edinburgh Fringe play Nowhere
Our Books editor speaks speaks to Khalid Abdalla, the artist behind Nowhere, a show which interrogates, challenges and remembers the meaning of revolution Read more »| 06 Aug 2025 -
Edinburgh FringeEchoes of Nüwa: The Last Human Project @ theSpace Triplex
Muddy Lolos present a lovable if slightly uneven show about human-made apocalypses Read more »| 06 Aug 2025 -
Edinburgh FringeRelay @ Pleasance Courtyard
In her sophomore Fringe hour, Leila Navabi presents a radical dissection of queer family-making Read more »| 06 Aug 2025 -
ArtWyrd Encounters: Jonathan Baldock @ Jupiter Artland
At Jupiter Artland, Megan Rudden – an Edinburgh Art Festival X The Skinny Emerging Writer – stumbles upon a gathering of hybrid animals staged by Jonathan Baldock Read more »| 06 Aug 2025 -
Edinburgh FringeShe's Behind You @ Traverse Theatre
Johnny McKnight's love letter to pantomime is an incisive, warts and all look at the art form Read more »| 05 Aug 2025 -
Edinburgh FringeThe Beautiful Future Is Coming @ Traverse Theatre
Flora Wilson Brown's ambitious play chronicles real and imagined narratives of climate change Read more »| 05 Aug 2025 -
Edinburgh FringeStampin' in the Graveyard @ Summerhall
Set in a post-apocalyptic theatre, Stampin' in the Graveyard blends poetry, soundscapes and movement to offer a surprising and hopeful message about loss Read more »| 05 Aug 2025 -
Edinburgh FringeDYKE Systems Ltd @ Pleasance Courtyard
Razor-sharp cabaret duo Fag Packet captivate in a hysterically funny satire of pinkwashing, capitalist greed and corporate absurdity Read more »| 05 Aug 2025