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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Uk FestivalsFilm Power: Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival 2014
Cinema welcomes you in; it invites you to walk in someone else's shoes, see the world from their point of view. Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival film programmer Richard Warden explains how he's utilised these qualities at this year's event Read more »| 01 Oct 2014 -
Uk Festivals
Word Power: Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival's New Literary Strand
The Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival enters its fifth year with the theme of power, adding a new literary strand to its many activities. The Skinny chatted to Festival Manager Gail Aldam to find out more Read more »| 30 Sep 2014 -
Uk FestivalsThe Arches Referendum Festival
As Scotland went to the polls, The Arches celebrated the debate with a week of performance Read more »| 29 Sep 2014 -
Uk FestivalsGlasgay! 2014 Preview
Glasgay! is to be an even bigger celebration than usual this year as the festival turns 21 and the festival's producer, Steven Thomson, celebrates his tenth year at the helm Read more »| 29 Sep 2014 -
Videos
"I write about people, people inspire me" - Jenny Lindsay on poetry and spoken word
We spoke to Jenny Lindsay of Rally & Broad at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, and asked her who influences and inspires her spoken word a... Read more »| 24 Sep 2014 -
Videos
"I think if Scotland becomes independent it will make for a much better relationship between England and Scotland" – Dan Cockrill
We spoke to Dan Cockrill at the Edinburgh International Book Festival about the his influences in spoken word and poetry. He also spoke a little about his vi... Read more »| 16 Sep 2014
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Videos
"Scotland's a really exciting place, not only to be an artist, but to be a person at the moment." – Luke Wright
We spoke to Luke Wright at the Edinburgh International Book Festival about the his influences in spoken word and poetry. Amidst the fireworks, he also spoke ... Read more »| 16 Sep 2014 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Melissa Benn on Female Representations in the Media
Author and journalist Melissa Benn took time out from Edinburgh International Book Festival in August to educate The Skinny on feminist issues and challenging a media which views women through a distorted lens Read more »| 15 Sep 2014 -
Videos"The level of politicisation that is happening in Scotland right now has to continue" – Stanley Odd
We spoke to Dave Hook from Stanley Odd at the Edinburgh International Book Festival about the his influences in spoken word, poetry and hip hop. He also told... Read more »| 15 Sep 2014 -
Uk Festivals
Preview: The North West Fashion Festival
A look at what's on the cards for this inaugural event in Liverpool's beautiful Palm House Read more »| 12 Sep 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Jamaica Farewell @ Pleasance Courtyard
If Debra Ehrhardt’s Jamaica Farewell were an entry at a story-telling competition, she’d win hands down. Her attempt to leave the eponymous ... Read more »| 09 Sep 2014 -
Uk FestivalsScotland Loves Anime 2014
Scotland's number one Japanese animation showcase, Scotland Loves Anime, returns with more great hand-drawn cinema from the land of the rising sun Read more »| 09 Sep 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Bond! @ Zoo
Gavin Robertson’s Bond! is dad humour at its finest. “No hydrogen peroxide? I guess I’ll dye another day!” Apart from fantastically ... Read more »| 09 Sep 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
True Brits @ Assembly Hall
True Brits is Vinay Patel’s engaging one-man show about a first love and post 7/7 racial alienation in London. Sid Sagar is exquisitely affable as Rahu... Read more »| 09 Sep 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Burton @ Assembly Hall
Rhodri Miles is mesmerising as the actor Richard Burton, who celebrates his 46th birthday by unapologetically looking back on a life of drama, drink and dall... Read more »| 09 Sep 2014