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 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 FringeFringe 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
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Edinburgh Fringe
Fringe Theatre Reviews: Jethro Compton
Jethro Compton presents The Frontier Trilogy and stand-alone production Sirenia at the Edinburgh Fringe. Read more »| 11 Aug 2015 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Walking the Tightrope @ Underbelly Potterrow
It is no revelation to talk of the tension between art and politics, but it is rare and exciting to see it approached as dynamically as this. Inspired by hi... Read more »| 11 Aug 2015 -
Edinburgh FestivalsSylvie Guillem: Life in Progress @ Festival Theatre
Subtle, intelligent, playful and moving, Life in Progress exemplifies Sylvie Guillem’s attitude through the 39 years of her dance career: balancin... Read more »| 11 Aug 2015 -
Edinburgh FringeFringe Theatre Reviews: The Best of Trav One
Fringe theatre report, with The Christians, An Oak Tree, A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing and Swallow. Read more »| 11 Aug 2015 -
Edinburgh FestivalsLove Letter to Theatre: Stewart Laing interviewed
Stewart Laing discusses Paul Bright's Confessions of a Justified Sinner, reinvention and theatre about theatre at the EIF Read more »| 11 Aug 2015 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Fringe Theatre Reviews: The Best of Dance Base
We review Tamsyn Russell, E Motion, Tjimur Dance Theatre, Al Seed and Fishamble at the Edinburgh Fringe. Read more »| 10 Aug 2015 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Fringe Comedy Reviews: The Pin, Yve Blake & Routines
Three comedy acts make art from showing their audiences how their Edinburgh Fringe shows came about. Read more »| 10 Aug 2015 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Fringe Comedy Reviews: Liam Williams & Daniel Kitson
There is a point in Liam Williams: Bonfire Night [★★★★☆] when he acts as if he’s being interviewed by some future version of Parkinson, and it's m... Read more »| 10 Aug 2015 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Fringe Comedy Preview: For Robin Williams
There is perhaps no greater evidence of the impact that Robin Williams' life and death has had on the comedy community than the benefit gig at The Liquid Roo... Read more »| 10 Aug 2015