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 FringeShakespeare, His Wife and the Dog @ Summerhall
Although arguably the singular most identifiable icon of English culture, very little is actually know about the life of William Shakespeare. There is, of co... Read more »| 14 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh FringeLittle Jokes @ Underbelly, Cowgate
Directed by Eilise McNicholas, Belfast-based theatre company Chatterbox bring Seamus Collins’ Little Jokes to the Fringe. The production follows a... Read more »| 14 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh FringeThe Pitiless Storm @ The Assembly Rooms
Edinburgh Festivals 2014 has a recurring theme in the theatre this year, and no doubt it appears among comedy and spoken word as well: Scottish Independence.... Read more »| 14 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Edinburgh International Book Festival: William McIlvanney
It's preposterous to imagine the works of William McIlvanney being out of print, yet just two years ago this was the case – before the good people at C... Read more »| 14 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh FringePlay With Myself: The Trials and Tribulations of Drama Practitioner Gregory Bike @ Dragonfly
Pretentious drama practitioner, Gregory ‘Brecht’ Bike, delivers a lecture on his life alongside his equally, nauseatingly ostentatious son, Trev ... Read more »| 13 Aug 2014 -
International Festivals
Dekmantel @ Amsterdamse Bos, 1-3 Aug
Our Clubs team report from the second Dekmantel festival, which saw the likes of Nico Jaar, DJ Harvey, Joy Orbison and Three Chairs take to a park in Amsterdam Read more »| 12 Aug 2014
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Edinburgh Fringe
Young Pleasance: The Next Generation of Theatre
At the heart of the Pleasance's birthday celebrations sit Young Pleasance, infiltrating this year's Fringe with a triumvirate of performances Read more »| 12 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh FringePhil Wang: Mellow Yellow @ Pleasance Courtyard
Phil Wang, bespectacled in a striped cardigan, takes to the small, circular rug that is his stage in Pleasance Courtyard’s Bunker 1, and is soon casual... Read more »| 12 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Lazy Susan: Extreme Humans @ Pleasance THAT
Sketch shows at the Fringe can be a bit like Scottish football supporters’ adaptations of 80s synth pop songs; they’re enjoyable enough but not u... Read more »| 12 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Travesti: Gender Studies
An all-male cast tells women's stories in Travesti's exploration of gender equality Read more »| 12 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Hive: Underground Dystopia
Following the trend of work about technology and alienation, The Hive unveils what happens when a drone in a tiny cell begins to think for himself Read more »| 12 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: "It's About the World We Live In"
A theatrical adaptation of Hunter S. Thomson's semi-autobiographical Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas comes to the Pleasance. Eric Karoulla finds out more Read more »| 12 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Reaching Out: Kim Noble connects comedy and isolation
2014 sees the return of Kim Noble, 2009's most talked about performer. We find out what's in store Read more »| 12 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Pleasance at 30: The Spirit of the Fringe
Pleasance founder and former director Christopher Richardson sums up the special nature of Edinburgh in August Read more »| 12 Aug 2014 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Andrew Watts: Feminism for Chaps @ The Counting House
There are many feminists, and Andrew Watts is one of them. He looks like a member of John Major’s cabinet reluctantly sent to address a feminist confer... Read more »| 12 Aug 2014