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 FringeMaria 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 -
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 FringeCuckooed @ 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 FringeThe 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 FringeThe 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
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Edinburgh Fringe
Frankenstein: 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 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Skinny Awards: Shortlist Announced
We’re thrilled to announce that this Thursday 21 August, we will be hosting a Skinny-style knees-up in celebration of the brightest talent on the Edinburgh Fringe Festival – this year we launch the first ever Skinny Awards Read more »| 18 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Pure, the Dead and the Brilliant @ The Assembly Rooms
Ancient creatures of Scottish folklore discuss the future of an Independent Scotland. What will the outcome be? You decide. Read more »| 18 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Frozen @ theSpace on North Bridge
Out Of Town Productions bring to Edinburgh Fringe a moving portrayal of three lives interlinked by the abduction and murder of ten-year-old Rhona ... Read more »| 18 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
what do you mean @ Spotlites (The Merchant's Hall)
The title of the play is appropriately put as a question – what do you mean. The show will have the audience continually questioning the title as ... Read more »| 18 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Fair Intellectual Club @ The Assembly Rooms
Scotland is most notably known intellectually for its scientific and educational advances that occurred in the early 1§8th century: the Scottish Enlight... Read more »| 18 Aug 2014