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 FringeFringe Comedy Reviews: Controversial Comedians
Adrienne Truscott, Reginald D Hunter and Abigoliah Schamaun go near the knuckle at the Edinburgh Fringe. Read more »| 13 Aug 2015 -
Uk FestivalsTake One Action! Launchs 2015 Festival Programme
Take One Action! Film Festival reveals its 2015 programme Read more »| 13 Aug 2015 -
Edinburgh FringeFringe Comedy Reviews: Alienation and Relationships
Alex Edelman ranks alongside the best tale-tellers; meanwhile Angel in the Abattoir is "sixth form stuff". Read more »| 13 Aug 2015 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Fringe Comedy Reviews: Super Brains & Superheroes
Geeking out in Edinburgh: Off the Top, James Wilson-Taylor's Bat-fan and Elf Lyons' Being Barbarella. Read more »| 12 Aug 2015 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Fringe Comedy Reviews: Pippa Evans and Jenny Bede
Two feminist comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe, who see no reason to apologise for being female and funny. Read more »| 12 Aug 2015 -
Music
Sun Kil Moon @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 10 August
Playing in support of his new Universal Themes LP, Mark Kozelek brings his band to Edinburgh for a mammoth show as part of Summerhall’s increasingly impressive body of events. Read more »| 12 Aug 2015
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Edinburgh FringeFringe Comedy Reviews: LetLuce and Twisted Loaf
LetLuce's Edinburgh Fringe show is simply joyful, as Twisted Loaf host the brutally funny Stale Mate. Read more »| 12 Aug 2015 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Fringe Theatre Reviews: Female Voices
Maria Connolly, Lucy Grace, Violet Fox and Rebecca Perry turn in solo performances at the Edinburgh Fringe. Read more »| 12 Aug 2015 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Fringe Theatre Reviews: Circus & Physical Theatre
We review Circa's Close Up, Bromance, Traces and the Gandini Juggling School at the Edinburgh Fringe. Read more »| 12 Aug 2015 -
Edinburgh Festivals
The Last Hotel @ The Royal Lyceum Theatre
A stunning new opera with the taboo-breaking subject of assisted suicide, The Last Hotel will surely become a classic of our times. It has bleak vision but i... Read more »| 12 Aug 2015 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Fringe Comedy Reviews: Theatrical & Literary Comedy
A report from the Edinburgh Fringe, with Thom Tuck, Marriage, Pajama Men, Moby Alpha and Tom Neenan. Read more »| 11 Aug 2015 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Fringe Comedy Reviews: Takedowns and Bad Attitudes
Round-up from the Edinburgh Fringe, with Diane Spencer, Sarah Callaghan, Brett Goldstein and Dane Baptiste. Read more »| 11 Aug 2015 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Fringe Comedy Reviews: Out on the Edge
Most comedians pick at their scabs, but Australian comic John Robertson [★★★★☆] really likes to get under the skin. His new show Let’s Redecorate focus... Read more »| 11 Aug 2015 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Fringe Comedy Reviews: A Walk on the Weird Side
Esoteric Fringe shows? Try Butt Kapinski, Max and Ivan, Beasts, Twonkey's Stinking Bishop and Tatterdemalion. Read more »| 11 Aug 2015 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Fringe Comedy Reviews: International Acts
As performers come from far and wide to be seen in Edinburgh, we saw a selection of some of the more notable comedians from overseas currently attempting to make the local population laugh Read more »| 11 Aug 2015