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 FringeCardinal Burns @ Pleasance Courtyard
It feels deliciously sinister mocking a few of the British, Irish, and French stereotypes many love to hate. But – oh-so-good. The infectious chem... Read more »| 21 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh FestivalsSalena Godden: Narrating the Times
The indefinable black, punk, feminist poet, writer and performer; most succinctly termed by Kerrang as ‘Everything the Daily Mail is terrified of’ – Salena Godden talks tears, laughter and the poetry of toilet walls and lovers' whispers Read more »| 21 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh FestivalsLetters Home: Grid Iron Theatre Company @ Edinburgh International Book Festival
Just a minute or two into the bludgeoning that is Christos Tsiolkas’ Eve and Cain, it seemed as if it might be a gruelling night traipsing around ... Read more »| 20 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Crazy Glue @ Assembly Roxy
Crazy Glue is a rather noisy silent film in which Single Shoe Productions portray 1920s domesticity in clever and at times hilarious mime, as they produce de... Read more »| 20 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Low Tide in Glass Bay @ Underbelly
Deadpan Theatre’s 2014 Fringe production Low Tide in Glass Bay is like three people you love very much. She’s your sweary aunt who gets slighty t... Read more »| 19 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Maria Addolorata @ Summerhall
As the first chapter of the Trilogy of Pain, Maria Addolorata (Our Lady of Sorrows) sets up the idea of nonsensical suffering. Suffering and pain don’t... Read more »| 19 Aug 2014
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Edinburgh FringeHUFF @ Traverse
As part of the Made in Scotland 2014 showcase, the Traverse theatre hosts HUFF in its atrium, an immersive experience created by Shona Reppe and Andy Manley.... Read more »| 19 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Cuckooed @ Traverse Theatre
The best recipe for revenge? Follow Mark Thomas to the Edinburgh Fringe 2014 as he creates a comedic cuckoo about his best friend's betrayal of seven years at the Traverse Theatre Read more »| 19 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Western Lapland @ Summerhall
Confusing, mind-boggling, yet amazingly simple in its construction, The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Western Lapland is one of Ridiculusmus’s Fringe... Read more »| 19 Aug 2014 -
Videos
Come Fringe Yourself with Tom Stade – Episode 6
Tom Stade hosts Episode 6 (The Hangover episode) of Come Fringe Yourself, a chat show filmed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2014. With his co-host Dam... Read more »| 19 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Gospel According to Jesus, Queen of Heaven @ artSpace (St Mark’s)
Your parents may have conceived you doggy style, is one message to take away from Jo Clifford’s Gospel According to Jesus, Queen of Heaven. It is only ... Read more »| 19 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh FringeFrankenstein: Unbolted @ Just the Tonic at the Caves
Last Chance Saloon bring fun to the Fringe with their wacky tale of Frankenstein: Unbolted. While of course loosely based on Mary Shelley’s novel Fran... Read more »| 18 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Ablutions @ Assembly Roxy
“You’re an experienced silent vomiter,” FellSwoop Theatre’s lead tells us in Ablutions, a beautifully sleazy tale of personal decay a... Read more »| 18 Aug 2014 -
Uk Festivals
In Pictures: Beacons Festival 2014
In Pictures: Beacons Festival 2014 Not even the late arrival of Hurricane Bertha on the Sunday morning could dampen the spirits of several thousand reveller... Read more »| 18 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Le Flop @ Underbelly Cowgate
The Edinburgh Fringe wouldn’t be the Edinburgh Fringe without productions like Le Flop: an eponymous feat containing intense flatulence, a dance s... Read more »| 18 Aug 2014