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 FestivalsT in the Park 2014: Friday, 11 July
What began as a relatively small shindig in Strathclyde Park way back in 1994, with some seventeen-odd thousand punters gathering to see Rage Against The Mac... Read more »| 16 Jul 2014 -
Uk FestivalsEdinburgh International Fashion Festival 2014 Preview
For its third year running, the Edinburgh International Fashion Festival will be held from 17-25 July. Acting as a creative platform in showcasing both inter... Read more »| 14 Jul 2014 -
Edinburgh FringeCannibalism on The Fringe
A true story exploring the unravelling of humanity among imprisoned WWII soldiers Read more »| 14 Jul 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Richard Gadd: 'Take risks. Accept failure.'
Richard Gadd, creator of Fringe 2013's most twisted success story, Cheese and Crack Whores, on writing, performing and toying with bad taste Read more »| 14 Jul 2014 -
Uk Festivals
As it Happens: Sunday at T in the Park 2014
T in the Park 2014 Rolling pictorial reportage of the action, coming live from T in the Park's final year in Balado. Photography by Jassy Earl a... Read more »| 13 Jul 2014 -
Uk Festivals
As it Happens: Saturday at T in the Park 2014
T in the Park 2014 Rolling pictorial reportage of the action, coming live from T in the Park's final year in Balado. Photography by Jassy Earl a... Read more »| 12 Jul 2014
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Uk Festivals
As It Happens: Friday at T in the Park 2014
T in the Park 2014 Rolling pictorial reportage of the action, coming live from T in the Park's final year in Balado. Photography by Jassy Earl a... Read more »| 11 Jul 2014 -
International FestivalsFestival of Broken Dreams: Cannes 2014
We report from the 67th Cannes film festival Read more »| 10 Jul 2014 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Small Pleasures: Scottish Shorts at EIFF 2014
Showcasing the fruits of a Creative Scotland-funded initiative led by production companies DigiCult and Hopscotch, today’s Scottish Shorts screening ha... Read more »| 08 Jul 2014 -
Uk FestivalsThe Final Fling: 15 to see at T in the Park's last year in Balado
As Scotland's largest music festival waves goodbye to its longstanding Balado site, we profile some of the best new artists, grizzled veterans and wildcard acts playing at this month's big musical bunfight, otherwise known as T in the Park Read more »| 07 Jul 2014 -
Uk Festivals
Behind the Scenes: Beacons Festival
With just weeks to go ’til the festival, Beacons festival top dog Ash Kollakowski takes a break from adding the finishing touches to the programme to explain the importance of discernment, and not getting too big for your boots Read more »| 07 Jul 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Emperors of Discretion: Casual Violence
Multiple … arson attacks in city centre of … implicated the Nostril crime family … vengeance against … documented by Fringe show … comedy group Casual Violence … One man … two men seen fleeing the scene Read more »| 07 Jul 2014 -
Uk Festivals
Dazzle Ship: Carlos Cruz-Diez
With Liverpool Biennial's first commission, Dazzle Ship by Carlos Cruz-Diez, now installed in the Albert Dock, we take a look at the story of this dazzling form of camouflage and its place in the maritime history of Liverpool Read more »| 04 Jul 2014 -
Uk Festivals
Causing a Scene: Liverpool’s Shiny New Festival
Looking for a pre-Edinburgh warm up? Shiny New Festival is on hand to assist with an impressive programme of fringe performance. Director Peter Mitchelson hopes it will become the cornerstone of an expanding scene Read more »| 04 Jul 2014 -
Uk Festivals
Biennial Artist Focus: Judith Hopf
Part of a group show at the renovated Old Blind School, Judith Hopf discusses similarities between Liverpool and Berlin, exhibiting in public spaces, and reimagining materials Read more »| 04 Jul 2014