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 FestivalsEdinburgh International Book Festival reveals 2018 programme
Freedom will be the major theme at this year’s EIBF, while guests range from celebrated writers like Philip Pullman, Carol Ann Duffy and Ian Rankin, to famous figures like Rose McGowan, Bret Anderson and Jeremy Corbyn Read more »| 07 Jun 2018 -
Uk FestivalsNeighbourhood Weekender @ Victoria Park, Warrington, 26-27 May
Neighbourhood Weekender offers up a sun-drenched weekend, with stand-out sets from headliners The Courteeners and Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Read more »| 07 Jun 2018 -
Edinburgh FringeFringe Dog unveils categories for Terrier Awards
With the Edinburgh Fringe bounding towards us, canine critic Fringe Dog annouces what he'll be looking for in the third annual Terrier Awards Read more »| 06 Jun 2018 -
Edinburgh FringeEdinburgh Fringe programme 2018 announced
This year’s Fringe is as huge and sprawling as ever, with the future of the NHS and sex and consent in the age of #MeToo among the themes emerging from the programme of over 3500 shows Read more »| 06 Jun 2018 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Mark Cousins on The Eyes of Orson Welles
Mark Cousins' latest film explores the life and work of Orson Welles through the huge archive of drawings the Citizen Kane director made across his life. Cousins tells us how studying these sketches brought him closer to his filmmaking hero Read more »| 06 Jun 2018 -
Uk FestivalsA snapshot of American indie cinema in 2018
We report back from Sundance London, where the Park City festival offshoot is attempting to address gender inequality in an age of Time’s Up and #MeToo Read more »| 04 Jun 2018
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Music
More Than Conscious: Akala on Hip Hop and Beyond
London rapper Akala is increasingly known for writing books, appearing on Question Time and lecturing on Shakespeare. Ahead of his performance at Doune the Rabbit Hole, he assures The Skinny that making world-changing music is still his first love Read more »| 01 Jun 2018 -
Uk Festivals
Looking back at the absurd, gonzo brilliance of Alex Winter’s Freaked
Ahead of its screening at cult movie festival Weird Weekend, we look back at 1993 comedy Freaked with its co-writer and co-director Alex Winter bka Bill S Preston Esq Read more »| 31 May 2018 -
International Festivals
SPOT Festival 2018: Review
Showcasing everything from Scandi-pop to trap to thrashing punk, Aarhus' SPOT festival takes you through every genre and back again Read more »| 30 May 2018 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Were the 1980s a golden age for female filmmaking?
A shimmering highlight of this year's EIFF is its American Woman retrospective celebrating female filmmakers of the 1980s. Ahead of the festival, we talk to Smithereens director Susan Seidelman, one of the pioneering female filmmakers of this era Read more »| 28 May 2018 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Made in Scotland reveals 2018 showcase
The annual curated showcase of music, theatre and dance performed returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for its tenth Read more »| 24 May 2018 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Edinburgh Film Festival: The 2018 programme
Rob Brydon and Anna Paquin are among the stars heading to Edinburgh for the 72nd edition of the Edinburgh International Film Festival, along with 121 new feature films from 48 countries across the globe Read more »| 23 May 2018 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Edinburgh Film Festival 2018: 10 films to see
Our film editor picks ten of the most interesting films to look out for at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival (20 June - 1 July) Read more »| 23 May 2018 -
International Festivals
Dogman
Matteo Garrone returns to the milieu of Gomorrah with the tense, brutal and tragic crime film Dogman Read more »| 22 May 2018 -
International Festivals
Capernaum
Tearjerking drama from Lebanon centred on a knockout performance from 13-year-old Zain Al Rafeea Read more »| 22 May 2018