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 FestivalsPuppet State: Manipulate Festival 2014
Manipulate Festival returns for a seventh year with its repertoire of innovative international visual theatre and film Read more »| 07 Jan 2014 -
Uk FestivalsOnce More, with Feeling: re:play Festival 2014
Every year, re:play festival gives us the opportunity to see short-run or one-off theatre that we didn't catch over the last 12 months – and this year's programme takes some new steps Read more »| 07 Jan 2014 -
Uk FestivalsThree must-attend 2014 film festivals
Want to get a head start on next year’s top ten movies? We look ahead to three great UK film festivals happening early 2014 Read more »| 18 Dec 2013 -
Uk Festivals
Festival Watch: MUTEK Barcelona headliners announced; T in the Park gets 1am license
MUTEK takes place in Canada, Mexico and Barcelona in Spain, with the Barcelona show providing a chance for Spanish artists to play alongside international lu... Read more »| 16 Dec 2013 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Film News: More prize money for EIFF; ¡Viva! Festival line-up announced
A roundup of film news: EIFF increases its prize funds; Manchester's ¡Viva! Spanish & Latin-American Film Festival and Glasgow Youth Film Festival programmes unveiled, Spiderman set for two spin-off movies; plus: the latest trailers Read more »| 13 Dec 2013 -
Uk FestivalsFestival Watch: Sónar 2014, with Massive Attack, Richie Hawtin and more
Sónar Barcelona (12-14 June) has announced the first wave of acts confirmed to play the 2014 edition of Europe's most established music festival dedic... Read more »| 12 Dec 2013
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Uk FestivalsFestival Watch: Dimensions and Wee Dub lineups announced
Dimensions Festival (27-31 Aug) has just announced the first wave of acts confirmed to play in 2014. The Croatian festival takes place in Pula, in the surrou... Read more »| 11 Dec 2013 -
Uk Festivals
Lost Map announce new festival for 2014
With his new imprint Lost Map firing on all cylinders, it seems life post-Fence Collective is going swimmingly for Johnny Lynch, aka The Pictish Trail. The m... Read more »| 10 Dec 2013 -
International Festivals
Les Trans Musicales de Rennes Festival 2013
Since 1979, Trans Musicales has maintained a position as one of the truly most unique, startling, baffling and often downright bonkers music festivals on the calendar. We take a look at what curator Jean-Luis Brossard holds up his sleeve this December... Read more »| 22 Nov 2013 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Leviathan
Paravel and Castaing-Taylor’s non-narrative, anthropological collaboration – both a documentary and an abstract horror film – depicts the m... Read more »| 22 Nov 2013 -
Uk Festivals
Manipulate Visual Theatre Festival 2014 launches
Between 31st January and 8th February 2014, Manipulate Visual Theatre Festival returns to Scotland for a 7th year. Hosted by Artistic Director Simon Har... Read more »| 20 Nov 2013 -
Uk Festivals
Preview: Food For Real Film Festival
It's the second time around for Liverpool's Food For Real Film Festival – foodies and film-lovers rejoice! Read more »| 20 Nov 2013 -
Uk Festivals
French Film Festival 2013: Marius
Daniel Auteuil continues to establish his position as the world’s biggest fan of Marcel Pagnol by remaking Alexander Korda’s 1931 adaptation of t... Read more »| 18 Nov 2013 -
Art
Bedwyr Williams @ Welsh Pavilion, Venice Biennale
There’s something eccentrically humungous about the garden observatory cum shed that's been ceremoniously dropped into a small Venetian chapel by W... Read more »| 13 Nov 2013 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Future My Love
Maja Borg's first feature film is a poetic blend of doc, road trip and love story Read more »| 11 Nov 2013