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 FringeThe 56 @ Underbelly, Bristo Square
FYSA Theatre provide an untold look into the Bradford City Fire in The 56 through a verbatim performance using interviews from three survivors. The title si... Read more »| 01 Sep 2014 -
Uk Festivals
Northwest Festival Watch – September 2014
The festival season's last hurrah Read more »| 01 Sep 2014 -
Edinburgh FringeFrank Sent Me @ Underbelly Bristo Square
Em-Lou Productions brings Edinburgh Fringe dark comedy in the form of Frank Sent Me, unravelling the tale of Howe, a mafia enforcer who knows his boss Frank... Read more »| 01 Sep 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
I’m not Pale, I’m Dead @ Assembly Hall
One-woman show I’m not Pale, I’m Dead is a simple piece that unfolds from a single premise: what would you tell an Edinburgh Fringe audience if, ... Read more »| 01 Sep 2014 -
Edinburgh FringeWingman @ Pleasance Dome
Seeing Wingman is like witnessing a hilarious adult rendition of Roald Dahl’s George’s Marvellous Medicine, and Richard Marsh adds to that the ch... Read more »| 01 Sep 2014 -
Edinburgh FringeThe Zulu @ Assembly Hall
Mbongeni Ngema challenges his audience’s ears in The Zulu: an oral history of the Zulu kingdom and its political turmoils, culminating in the battle of... Read more »| 01 Sep 2014
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Edinburgh Fringe
Keeping Abreast @ Assembly George Square Studios
City Theatre Dublin would like you to fondle your breasts. Go on, put your hands on them. Not having breasts is no excuse. Now have a squeeze. Found somethin... Read more »| 01 Sep 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
This Is Ceilidh @ Assembly George Square Gardens
This Is Ceilidh is an enthusiastically tarted up ceilidh, that uses a bagpipe battle, well-deployed tartan leggings and a mild inter-clan feud to get you on ... Read more »| 01 Sep 2014 -
Edinburgh FringeA Split Decision @ The Assembly Rooms
Keir McAllister beautifully imagines the debate of Scottish Independence between Scotland and England as a husband and wife on the brink of divorce Read more »| 01 Sep 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Simon Callow in Juvenalia @ Assembly Hall
In his latest Fringe production, Simon Callow introduces his audience to classical truths such as ‘women like big cocks’ and ‘old age turns... Read more »| 01 Sep 2014 -
Uk Festivals
Scotland Film Event Highlights – September 2014
A new film festival launches, Nick Cave beams into cinemas via satellite and the incomparable Bill Murray shows up throughout the month with a quartet of his best films Read more »| 01 Sep 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
#MyWay @ Pleasance Dome
Youth theatre group Young Pleasance drag the Edinburgh Fringe forcefully into 2014 with #MyWay, their play on heartbreak and social media. Because of it... Read more »| 29 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Thom Tuck Goes Straight to DVD @ Pleasance Dome
Despite the three years since he watched every sequel in Disney's straight-to-DVD collection, the idea behind Thom Tuck's 2011 debut show continues to appear... Read more »| 29 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha @ Zoo
Little Soldiers educate the general public not so much about the historic context or cultural relevance of Don Quixote of La Mancha but all the more about it... Read more »| 28 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Ola the Comedian: The Comedian and His Future Wife
At the beginning of the show, Ola the comedian spends an unusual amount of time in idle banter with the audience. He's interrupted twice during the next hour... Read more »| 28 Aug 2014