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 FestivalsTake a Long Hard Look at Your Shelf: Anneliese Mackintosh
Anneliese Mackintosh, author of the wonderful début story collection Any Other Mouth, performs on 13 August with Vic Galloway & Friends at Jura Unbound. Read more »| 06 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh FestivalsThe Moth: Drawn to the Flame
As The Moth spread their wings and head for Edinburgh, The Skinny speaks to both founder George Dawes Green and director Catherine Burns to hear of the origin, not only of their storytelling phenomenon, but of storytelling itself Read more »| 05 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Green Tea and Zen Baka @ Dance Base
Dance Base begin the day with David WW Johnstone’s Green Tea and Zen Baka. This free, ticketed event offers the opportunity to relax before a busy day ... Read more »| 05 Aug 2014 -
Videos
Come Fringe Yourself with Tom Stade – Episode 1
Tom Stade hosts the first episode of Come Fringe Yourself, a chat show filmed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2014. Episode 1 includes guests Paul Chow... Read more »| 05 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh FringeNatasia Demetriou: Doin' It for the Laughs
Fresh from a few previews down south, Natasia Demetriou speaks to us about her solo debut for this year’s Fringe, You’ll Never Have All Of Me Read more »| 05 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh FringeAbbie Murphy: Girl on Fire @ The Counting House
In a Towie-tainted world, you’d be forgiven for thinking an hour spent in Stephanie Vange’s bedroom would be a nightmare; a tanned-in-the-wool Es... Read more »| 05 Aug 2014
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Edinburgh Fringe
Last Ham Standing
It's the third Fringe for indie sketch trio, The Colour Ham. After a year of hard work and sacrifice, things have to happen. Could this be the show you're looking for? Read more »| 05 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh FringeRichard Gadd: Breaking Gadd @ The Counting House
Picking up from the most disturbing chapter of Richard Gadd’s life, Breaking Gadd (completely unrelated to Breaking Bad) is another disturbing docu-com... Read more »| 05 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Circus @ Bosco Theatre, Assembly
The Invisible Dot have created something special in The Circus. Through a revival of dark vaudevillian charm, throughout August, the show plays host to weird... Read more »| 05 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Kevin J – The Urban Truth @ The Counting House
Straight from the mean streets of Tottenham High Road, Kevin J is loosing his Fringe virginity in the attic room of Laughing Horse’s Counting House. Th... Read more »| 05 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Fogg & Friends @ Cowgatehead 2
With an audience mostly yanked off a drookit Edinburgh street, and into a crumbling room that resembles the interior of a Guantanamo holding cell, there&rsqu... Read more »| 05 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Mr. Swallow: The Musical @ Pleasance
Nick Mohammed’s creaton, Mr. Swallow returns to the Edinburgh Fringe, this time in the guise of a hapless musical lead. The show sees the restlessly ca... Read more »| 05 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Ellis & Rose: The Fringe is Dead
One half of Ellis & Rose reminisces about meeting the charismatic Fringe, before Jim Davidson caused its untimely demise Read more »| 05 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Welcome to New York
Abel Ferrara’s blunt-force Welcome to New York is a thinly-veiled fictionalisation of the sexual assault incident that disgraced former IMF chief Domin... Read more »| 04 Aug 2014 -
Uk Festivals
Electric Dreams: Behind the scenes at new Dumfriesshire festival Electric Fields
As the latest prospect on Scotland's festival circuit sets out its stall, we go behind the scenes at Dumfries-based one day event Electric Fields with two of its core organisers Read more »| 01 Aug 2014