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 FringeAnnabel Marlow @ Pleasance Courtyard
SIX star Annabel Marlow’s debut comedy hour is charming but lacks laughs Read more »| 09 Aug 2023 -
Edinburgh FringeIkechukwu Ufomadu @ Pleasance Courtyard
Ikechukwu Ufomadu is a revelation in his brilliantly absurd debut hour Amusements Read more »| 09 Aug 2023 -
ArtEdinburgh Art Festival: Platform 2023
Edinburgh Art Festival's Platform exhibition returns with a fresh cohort of emerging talent. This year, each artist has been paired with a writer from the EAF x The Skinny writer programme to explore their practice Read more »| 09 Aug 2023 -
ArtQueering the City: Edinburgh Art Festival 2023
As Edinburgh Art Festival returns this month, The Skinny meet Sean Burns and Tarek Lakhrissi to discuss their artistic contributions to the festival Read more »| 09 Aug 2023 -
Edinburgh FringePlague Stone Party on queer paganism & Farewell, Tor
Plague Stone Party (aka Ozzy Algar and Buoys Buoys Buoys) are bringing their ‘freak folk comedy’ Farewell, Tor to the Fringe. We talk to them about the show and the growing niche of queer paganism Read more »| 09 Aug 2023 -
BooksDevorah Baum, Alva Gotby and Sophie K Rosa on what radical love looks like
Ahead of their event at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, we ask authors Devorah Baum, Alva Gotby and Sophie K Rosa about their most utopian imagination of what love can look like Read more »| 09 Aug 2023
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Edinburgh FringeKuan-wen Huang @ Gilded Balloon
Kuan-wen Huang's debut hour opens the door on Taiwan, teddy bears, and his 'tiger mum' Read more »| 08 Aug 2023 -
Edinburgh FringeTadiwa Mahlunge @ Pleasance Courtyard
Pairing an off-hand style with a thoughtful centre, Tadiwa Mahlunge delivers a confidently ambitious debut hour Read more »| 08 Aug 2023 -
Edinburgh FringeAndronicus Synecdoche @ ZOO Southside
Song of the Goat's bold, multi-disciplinary work sacrifices intersectionality in its exploration of power and sexual violence Read more »| 08 Aug 2023 -
Edinburgh FringeThe Kaye Hole @ Assembly Checkpoint
The fiercely talented Reuben Kaye is back with another round of The Kaye Hole's diverse after-hours cabaret Read more »| 08 Aug 2023 -
Edinburgh FringeJosh Weller @ Pleasance Courtyard
Musician-turned-comedian Josh Weller’s debut hour at the Edinburgh Fringe takes the term ‘musical comedy’ to impressive heights Read more »| 08 Aug 2023 -
Edinburgh FringeHoratio Gould @ Pleasance Courtyard
‘Viral sensation’ Horatio Gould proves an assured performer in an excellent Edinburgh Fringe debut Read more »| 07 Aug 2023 -
Edinburgh FestivalsEIF: Dusk @ Lyceum Theatre
Brazilian director Christiane Jatahy's UK debut skilfully merges cinema and theatre to confront themes of exploitation, xenophobia, and the reemergence of fascism Read more »| 07 Aug 2023 -
Edinburgh FringeCasting the Runes @ Pleasance Courtyard
Box Tale Soup's bone-chilling M.R. James adaptation is full of invention, and horrifically captivating Read more »| 07 Aug 2023 -
Edinburgh FringeKrystal Evans @ Monkey Barrel at The Hive
Krystal Evans finds the (unrelenting) humour in tragedy in her stunning debut hour, The Hottest Girl at Burn Camp Read more »| 07 Aug 2023