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 FringeMissing @ Pleasance Courtyard
The cases of Baby P, and more recently Daniel Pelka, have brought the subject of parenting under the scrutiny of the national press. While the issues depicte... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
Edinburgh FringeOpinion: It’s an Unfair Copstick, Guv
“I genuinely believe – this won’t go down well, but – if you walk into Battersea Dogs Home with your legs covered in prime rump steak, you cannot complain if you get bitten.” Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Boris and Sergey II Perilous Escapade @ Pleasance Courtyard
Appearing at this year’s Fringe with their new show Boris and Sergey II Perilous Escapade, this is a chance to revisit the production which starte... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Canary Gold @ C
Since the 2008 recession there have been many dramatic narratives surrounding it, be they theatrical, comedic or other. Few however will have linked the curr... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
Edinburgh FringeBeijing Cake @ TheSpace on the Mile
Edinburgh Zoo recently announced they hope to oversee the first ever panda to be born in the UK. While not involving brink-of-extinction animals, Year of the... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Squidboy @ Assembly Roxy
The recent release of Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa tops off what has been a very successful progression for Steve Coogan’s blundering but lovea... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013
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Edinburgh Fringe
Inspector Norse @ Assembly
Since Stieg Larsson’s Millenium series became an international phenomenon, Nordic Noir as a genre has exploded in the UK with shows like The ... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
Edinburgh FringeBlack T-Shirt Collection @ Pleasance Courtyard
After a successful UK wide tour in 2012, playwright and performer Inua Ellams brings his Black T-shirt Collection to the Edinburgh Fringe. Foster b... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
Edinburgh Fringe
New Voices @ Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Four short new works from four exciting choreographers are showcased in the EIF’s New Voices. Helen Pickett’s The Room is both enjoyably dra... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
Uk Festivals
Scotland Loves Anime 2013: The Fourth Impact
Scotland's annual spotlight on Japanese animation goes from strength to strength, with a 2013 line-up that includes fan favourites, special guests and quite a lot of robots. Attendance may be advisable to prepare for the eventual rise of the machines Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
Edinburgh Fringe
SisGo @ Edinburgh Festival Theatre
You know it’s going to be a different night when – as an audience member – you're asked to put on socks; but then SisGo is not your ty... Read more »| 17 Sep 2013 -
Art
Richard Mosse @ Irish Pavilion, Venice Biennale
Upon entering the Irish pavilion on the bank of the Grand Canal, you are met with three monumental images of luscious jungle-scape, the foliage unnervingly r... Read more »| 16 Sep 2013 -
Uk Festivals
Spinning Coin / The Yawns / Orzelda @ Music Language Festival, 7 Sep
Reminders of Glasgow’s fading industrial heritage are not hard to find. Disused warehouses are plentiful in this city, which is handy if – l... Read more »| 16 Sep 2013 -
Uk Festivals
Take One Action 2013: Salma
Award-winning documentarian Kim Longinotto discusses her new film Salma, one of the highlights of Sisters, a new strand in Take One Action film festival (27 Sep–12 Oct) Read more »| 16 Sep 2013 -
Art
Vadim Zakharov @ Russian Pavilion, Venice Biennale
Curated by Udo Kittelmann, Vadim Zakharov’s ambitious work focuses on the Greek myth of the impregnation of Danaë. When her father’s death i... Read more »| 12 Sep 2013