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 FestivalsThe Skinny is Ten: Theremin Lies the Truth
Over ten years The Skinny has grown into Scotland’s cultural barometer, so we will throw our hands in the air and throw a party. Author Sean Michaels witnessed our very beginnings so brings his magical and melodious new novel to our gathering Read more »| 02 Jul 2015 -
Edinburgh FestivalsPoetic Justice: Spoken Word takes Centre Stage at Jura Unbound
Find out how and where to get your word fix on these upcoming summer nights Read more »| 02 Jul 2015 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Jura Unbound: From Cutting Teeth to Cutting Edge
Six years ago, the improper child of the Book Festival proper was born. So to celebrate an eventful journey and introduce 2015, we share some wine and words with Roland Gulliver, the man we must all thank and blame Read more »| 02 Jul 2015 -
Edinburgh FestivalsRyan Gattis brings Sounds of the City to Jura Unbound
Ryan Gattis hollers the sound of one famous city - LA - engulfed by fear and fire in '92. Here he discusses his novel All Involved and the visceral vignettes he will bring to Jura Unbound, alongside fellow authors Marlon James and Lisa McInerney. Read more »| 02 Jul 2015 -
Edinburgh Festivals
What's On at Jura Unbound 2015
Your guide to the late night events of Edinburgh International Book Festival, starting at 9pm every night in the Spiegeltent, Charlotte Square Gardens. And they're all free! Read more »| 02 Jul 2015 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Late Night Horror Magic Show, Colin Cloud and Magic Quest @ Edinburgh Magic Festival
For just over a week, the sixth Edinburgh International Magic Festival has hypnotised and contorted Summerhall into thinking it’s an enchanted forest. Our magical mentor Jenni Ajderian is here to lead us through it. Read more »| 02 Jul 2015
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Edinburgh Fringe
Walking the Tightrope: politics at Edinburgh Fringe
Playwrights Neil LaBute and Omar El-Khairy talk about Walking the Tightrope, censorship and the arts, and The Arches closure ahead of their short plays coming to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival Read more »| 02 Jul 2015 -
Uk Festivals
T in the Park: Slam Tent highlights
From Jackmaster to Joy Orbison via Ben Klock, we preview some of the club, dance and techno must-sees at T in the Park 2015 Read more »| 02 Jul 2015 -
Film
Pet Sights and Sounds: Brian Wilson biopic Love & Mercy
Love & Mercy tells the story of Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson without falling back on the many cliches of the music biopic. Director Bill Pohlad reveals how he brought the life of this troubled genius to the screen Read more »| 02 Jul 2015 -
Uk Festivals
24:7 Theatre Festival: this year's programme
It's been up against the ropes, but 24:7 Theatre Festival returns this month with a stripped-back programme that is likely to be the last in its current form. We catch up with executive producer David Slack to hear what shape it's in Read more »| 02 Jul 2015 -
ComedyFringe previews in Liverpool and Manchester: our picks
Preview season heats up in July – a cheap opportunity to take in the best of the Fringe before it's even begun. Here are our picks Read more »| 01 Jul 2015 -
Music
Viet Cong, Josh T. Pearson and Mikal Cronin with Strings & Horns join Utrecht's Le Guess Who? 2015
Sets by Deerhunter, Faust, Destroyer and a strand curated by drone godfathers SunnO))) head up the brilliantly eclectic line-up for the four-day Le Guess Who... Read more »| 01 Jul 2015 -
Uk Festivals
Alex Poots on ten years of Manchester International Festival
This year's Manchester International Festival is to be its founding director's last. Alex Poots reflects on ten years of ambitious programming and dream collaborations Read more »| 01 Jul 2015 -
Uk Festivals
Northwest Festival Watch – July 2015
It’s a chocka month, so let’s dispense with setting up camp and get crackin’. Much like at a real festival Read more »| 01 Jul 2015 -
International FestivalsJonas Mekas, The Internet Saga, Venice Biennale 2015
The sixteenth century Palazzo Foscari Contarini is home to Jonas Mekas' installation The Internet Saga. The palace is also home to the only Burger King in Ve... Read more »| 30 Jun 2015