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 FestivalsCurmudgeonly Critic: Mark Kermode @ The Edinburgh Book Festival 2011
The good doctor, Mark Kermode, entertains his devoted fans at the launch of his new book, The Good, The Bad and The Multiplex, at the closing weekend of Edinburgh Book Festival 2011 Read more »| 02 Sep 2011 -
Edinburgh FringeThe Earl and the InstruMentalist
Welcome to Dragonfly's Gentlemens Club, where your host for the hour, The Earl of Belfast, recounts his fantastical adventures in pursuit of a redheaded musi... Read more »| 01 Sep 2011 -
Edinburgh FestivalsSomething for the Weekend: Interview with Karl Golden
The Skinny caught up with Pelican Blood director Karl Golden to discuss his new film Weekender, a love letter to the early 90s rave scene Read more »| 01 Sep 2011 -
Edinburgh FringeSo On and So Forth: Human Era
Three young men clad in tweed, dinner jackets, and braces, take to the stage and begin talking about a legal battle over the estate of their ex-fourth member... Read more »| 01 Sep 2011 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Working the Devil @ Zoo Roxy
The Dog Hill Kennel Project are a trinty of British choreographers, battling with the limits of what dance can be. They are familiar with the use of deconstr... Read more »| 31 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh FringeThe Great Brain Robbery
If you like your comedy classic, good-natured, and pre-watershed, this show is for you. And if you like clever concepts, cunning twists, and a dose of mischi... Read more »| 31 Aug 2011
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Art
Scotland+Venice Diaries: Chewing the Scenery
Halfway through our stay – oh how time marches on – and all is andando alla grande! Things continue to tick over nicely in the exhibition, with ... Read more »| 31 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Mark Nelson: Guilty Pleasure
What a competent and assured final Fringe performance this is. Mark Nelson is one of the most charismatic of young Scottish talents, and tonight's set guides... Read more »| 31 Aug 2011 -
Uk Festivals
Blood in Your Mobile: An Interview with Frank Poulsen
We speak to Blood in the Mobile director Frank Poulsen about blood minerals and his dark journey into the military controlled mines of the Congo Read more »| 29 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Beyond the Fringe
The Fringe: not just for August Read more »| 29 Aug 2011 -
Uk Festivals
Can Cinema Change The World?
Can the same art form that pacifies mobile phone-fiddling prepubescents also bring about social and political change? We put this question to some of the filmmakers and activists attending Take One Action Film Festival 2011 (19 Sep - 2 Oct). Here's what they had to say Read more »| 29 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Constance and Sinestra @ C
You know a play is worth seeing when a young audience member announces in tears that she wants to leave before being gently escorted out by her mother. Cons... Read more »| 29 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Matt Forde: Dishonourable Member
Hardly the hour of political comedy that one might expect, Matt Forde's solo debut sees him recount the circumstances under which he found a passion for, and... Read more »| 27 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Little Shop of Horrors @ theSpaces on Niddry Street
Not many musicals will issue you with a sing-a-long book with the lyrics to chorus numbers so you can join in, but this interactive production of Little Shop... Read more »| 26 Aug 2011 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Pollyanna meets Piaf @ theSpaces @ Surgeon's Hall
“As the years went by my songs became my diary” Read more »| 26 Aug 2011