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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VideosCome Fringe Yourself with Tom Stade – Episode 3
Tom Stade hosts Episode 3 of Come Fringe Yourself, a chat show filmed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2014. With his co-host Damian Clark he welco... Read more »| 11 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Eleanor Morton: Lollipop @ The Stand
It takes a brave soul to stand in front of a group of strangers and confess to having chronic anxiety, hypochondria and OCD. Eleanor Morton’s format is... Read more »| 11 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh FringeCalypso Nights @ Roxy
¿Te gusta esto? On the stage stands a dual-turntable. Inexplicably draped with an over-sized Mexican flag and adorned with technicoloured marac... Read more »| 11 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Adam Riches: Adam of the Riches @ Pleasance Dome
Savvy Fringe-goers know all about the joys of sitting in the front row – some will queue just that little bit longer in the hope of being one of the ch... Read more »| 11 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Juliette Burton: Look at Me @ Gilded Balloon
Juliette Burton walks onstage in sky-high heels and a gorgeous pink dress. She almost immediately takes her heels off, going barefoot for the rest of the sho... Read more »| 11 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh FringeTony Law: Enter the Tonezone @ The Stand, Edinburgh Fringe
For those familiar with Mr. Law’s particularly addictive brand of silliness, Enter the Tonezone may still catch you unawares. On the back of last year&... Read more »| 11 Aug 2014
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Edinburgh Fringe
Hannah Gadsby: The Exhibitionist @ Assembly George Square Studios
When Hannah Gadsby talks happily about her childhood pet dog, none of these memories are captured in the accompanying image displayed on scree... Read more »| 11 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh FestivalsWe Gotta Get Out of This Place
Love, betrayal and escape in rural Texas drive the pulpy small-town noir We Gotta Get Out of This Place, the promising feature debut of director brothers Sim... Read more »| 11 Aug 2014 -
Uk Festivals
In My Bed @ 24:7 Festival
In My Bed’s structure is dazzling. Set in and around the bed belonging to Sarah (Olivia Sweeney), we flash backwards and forwards through a relationshi... Read more »| 11 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Hypnagogic Hip: The Work of Haruki Murakami
As Haruki Murakami, aka Japan's greatest living author, travels west to Edinburgh International Book Festival, The Skinny takes a look at this reticent genius whose work often sits in that surreal landscape between dreams and reality Read more »| 11 Aug 2014 -
Uk Festivals
Beacons Festival 2014: Saturday 9 August
Day two at Skipton's Heslaker Farm sees Hookworms warm to their role as headliners, Ex-Easter Island Head bewitch a seated hideaway, and Jon Hopkins turn the main stage into a glow-in-the-dark Wacky Warehouse Read more »| 10 Aug 2014 -
Uk FestivalsBeacons Festival 2014: Friday 8 August
We're reporting live from Beacons Festival in the tempestuous Skipton countryside, where flash rains are no match for Yorkshire's commitment to a fancy dress theme. Togas at the ready for Golden Teacher, Daniel Avery and Daughter Read more »| 09 Aug 2014 -
Uk Festivals
Anonymity @ 24:7 Festival
Anonymity is the murky tale of two gas fitters trapped in a dingy basement, undertaking a task as dark and foreboding as the cellar itself. As the play progr... Read more »| 08 Aug 2014 -
Uk Festivals
The Box of Tricks @ 24:7 Festival
When they were younger, Mark and Mike were as close as any brothers could be. But when Mark is killed in an accident, how did the pair become so estranged fr... Read more »| 08 Aug 2014 -
Uk Festivals
To the Dam @ 24:7 Festival
We meet Lisa stretched out on a warm rock as she stares across “England’s highest beach”. She’s not by the seaside, however. This is ... Read more »| 08 Aug 2014