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 FringePaul Ricketts: Announcing the truly free fringe
Free shows are never really free, you always have to stick some money in the bucket at the end. Until now. Paul Ricketts explained why he's opened the doors to his show and made it truly free Read more »| 20 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh FringeAmy Lame: Unhappy Birthday @ Assembly
Last time I saw Ms Lame, it was the wonderfully sweet Mama Cass Family Sideshow based on her admiration for the 60s icon...this time around, it's a... Read more »| 20 Aug 2012 -
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Planet Lem @ Old College
Performed outdoors in the Old College Quad, featuring robots on stilts and roller-skates, spaceship launches, ray-gun battles, engineered humans, and pyrotec... Read more »| 20 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh FringeGrit @ Bedlam Theatre
Making full use of illustrations, puppets and innovative stage props, Tortoise in a Nutshell have created an important and imaginative piece of visual theatr... Read more »| 20 Aug 2012 -
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Shadow Dancer
A taut, sinewy thriller from Man on Wire director James Marsh Read more »| 20 Aug 2012 -
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Belt Up Theatre: A Little Princess @ C Nova
Belt Up Theatre's A Little Princess will really transport you back to your childhood Read more »| 20 Aug 2012
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Edinburgh Fringe
Bitesize Chekhov @ Merchant's Hall
The happy man only feels at ease because the unhappy bear their burden in silence. Without this silence, happiness would be impossible. – Anton Chekhov Read more »| 20 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh FringeSalome @ Greenside
Bring to me the head of Jokanaan Read more »| 20 Aug 2012 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: Louise Welsh
Louise Welsh’s event at this year's Edinburgh Book Festival was a variety box of delights, featuring readings from her latest book, a mini-masterclass ... Read more »| 20 Aug 2012 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: Charles Fernyhough and Ben Marcus
An interesting discussion chaired by psychologist Jennifer Wild which considered the interplay between science and literature and their influences on each ot... Read more »| 20 Aug 2012 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: Neil Gaiman & Chris Riddell
It’s a difficult proposition to ask the writer and illustrator of a children’s book to discuss their work in front of the kind of mixed-age audie... Read more »| 20 Aug 2012 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: James Gleick
The first piece of information the audience learned at this event was that James Gleick’s surname is pronounced ‘Glick’. This was an event ... Read more »| 20 Aug 2012 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: David Bellos
For some reason, David Bellos has been listed as a Scot in the programme, but this is not the case, as he pointed out. He’s actually from England, but ... Read more »| 20 Aug 2012 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: David Lammy
Right from the start, David Lammy’s event at the Edinburgh Book Festival was a very personal affair. The MP for Tottenham, tipped by some as a future p... Read more »| 20 Aug 2012 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: Frank Cottrell Boyce & Andrew Motion
This event saw two ‘giants of the literary world’ discussing their latest works and their origins in two classic pieces of literature. Their &lsq... Read more »| 20 Aug 2012