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 FestivalsDope
In Rick Famuyiwa’s subversive coming-of-age misadventure comedy, three high school “90s hip hop geeks” get mixed up in drug trafficking and... Read more »| 25 Aug 2015 -
Edinburgh FringeFringe Comedy Reviews: Feminasty and Feminazi
Kirsty Mac's Feminazi and Megan Ford's Feminasty take feminism as their starting point at the Fringe Read more »| 24 Aug 2015 -
Edinburgh FringeFringe Theatre Reviews: Nightlife
Jim Cartwright's Raz, Night + Daze and Wasted - three plays at the Fringe based around city nightlife. Read more »| 24 Aug 2015 -
Edinburgh FringeFringe Comedy Reviews: Freshers
Tom Parry, Louise Reay, Omar Hamdi, Corey White and Joe Hart make their solo debuts at the Fringe. Read more »| 24 Aug 2015 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Fringe Comedy Reviews: One-Day Stand
Paul Sinha, Simon Munnery, Alun Cochrane and Jamie Kilstein all play The Stand at the Fringe 2015. Read more »| 24 Aug 2015 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Fringe Theatre Reviews: Psychological Thrillers
Psychological thrillers at the Edinburgh Fringe: Molly, Allie and Cut. Read more »| 24 Aug 2015
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Edinburgh Fringe
Jonny & the Baptists @ Summerhall, 10 Aug
Following their Rock The Vote tour, Jonny and the Baptists bring The End Is Nigh to the Fringe. Read more »| 24 Aug 2015 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Edinburgh Book Festival: John Darnielle & Gavin Extence
John Darnielle and Gavin Extence discuss mental health and their latest novels – Wolf In White Van and The Mirror World of Melody Black respectively – at the Edinburgh Book Festival Read more »| 24 Aug 2015 -
Music
James Brown is Annie @ The Jazz Bar, 17 August
Edinburgh outfit and Jazz Bar regulars James Brown is Annie play through their debut album, recorded on home soil with Average White Band's foundin... Read more »| 24 Aug 2015 -
Music
Oh, FFS: A Q&A with Alex Kapranos
Alex Kapranos used to listen to second-hand Sparks records while living in a grim pre-trendy Finnieston flat. Now the Franz Ferdinand frontman is making records with the Californian group under the name FFS. This is the full transcript of our interview. Read more »| 21 Aug 2015 -
Edinburgh Festivals
In Pictures: The Skinny Showcase @ EAF
Running from 31 July-23 August 2015, The Skinny Showcase at Hill St Design House, Edinburgh, represents the second group show outing as part of Edinburgh Art... Read more »| 21 Aug 2015 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Fringe Theatre Reviews: Experiments at Summerhall
Abacus, Smash It Up and The Litvinenko Project: experimental theatre shows at the Edinburgh Fringe. Read more »| 21 Aug 2015 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Fringe Theatre Reviews: Monologues
Echoes, Since Maggie Went Away and Acts of Redemption star in this review of monologues at the Fringe. Read more »| 21 Aug 2015 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Fringe Theatre Reviews: Verbatim Theatre
Verbatim theatre at the Edinburgh Fringe, including Boxed In, Run, Open and Ryan Good's ménage. Read more »| 21 Aug 2015 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Fringe Comedy Reviews: Mike Wozniak and Möglich
Mike Wozniak performs One Man Dad Cat Band and Douglas Walker presents Möglich at the Edinburgh Fringe. Read more »| 21 Aug 2015