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 FringeOurs was the Fen Country @ Dance Base
Poetic, intensely moving and beautifully melding oral history, film stills and physical theatre/dance, this is both a celebratory and elegiac piece about the... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
Edinburgh FringeGrounded @ Traverse
Barack Obama’s recent defence of drones, despite the possibility of civilian deaths, suggests the controversial tactic will be creating more headlines ... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
Edinburgh FringeRepertory Theatre @ C
With over 2,800 shows, the Edinburgh Fringe certainly has a lot to offer, but that doesn’t mean there weren’t many more who were turned away. In ... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
Edinburgh FringeOh my Irma @ Hill Street Theatre
Solo performances are doing rather well at this year’s Fringe, with Grounded and Captain Amazing both pulling in large audiences. C... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Missing @ Pleasance Courtyard
The cases of Baby P, and more recently Daniel Pelka, have brought the subject of parenting under the scrutiny of the national press. While the issues depicte... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Opinion: It’s an Unfair Copstick, Guv
“I genuinely believe – this won’t go down well, but – if you walk into Battersea Dogs Home with your legs covered in prime rump steak, you cannot complain if you get bitten.” Read more »| 18 Sep 2013
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Edinburgh FringeBoris and Sergey II Perilous Escapade @ Pleasance Courtyard
Appearing at this year’s Fringe with their new show Boris and Sergey II Perilous Escapade, this is a chance to revisit the production which starte... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Canary Gold @ C
Since the 2008 recession there have been many dramatic narratives surrounding it, be they theatrical, comedic or other. Few however will have linked the curr... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Beijing Cake @ TheSpace on the Mile
Edinburgh Zoo recently announced they hope to oversee the first ever panda to be born in the UK. While not involving brink-of-extinction animals, Year of the... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Squidboy @ Assembly Roxy
The recent release of Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa tops off what has been a very successful progression for Steve Coogan’s blundering but lovea... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Inspector Norse @ Assembly
Since Stieg Larsson’s Millenium series became an international phenomenon, Nordic Noir as a genre has exploded in the UK with shows like The ... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Black T-Shirt Collection @ Pleasance Courtyard
After a successful UK wide tour in 2012, playwright and performer Inua Ellams brings his Black T-shirt Collection to the Edinburgh Fringe. Foster b... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
Edinburgh Fringe
New Voices @ Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Four short new works from four exciting choreographers are showcased in the EIF’s New Voices. Helen Pickett’s The Room is both enjoyably dra... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
Uk Festivals
Scotland Loves Anime 2013: The Fourth Impact
Scotland's annual spotlight on Japanese animation goes from strength to strength, with a 2013 line-up that includes fan favourites, special guests and quite a lot of robots. Attendance may be advisable to prepare for the eventual rise of the machines Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
Edinburgh Fringe
SisGo @ Edinburgh Festival Theatre
You know it’s going to be a different night when – as an audience member – you're asked to put on socks; but then SisGo is not your ty... Read more »| 17 Sep 2013