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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ArtRichard Mosse @ Irish Pavilion, Venice Biennale
Upon entering the Irish pavilion on the bank of the Grand Canal, you are met with three monumental images of luscious jungle-scape, the foliage unnervingly r... Read more »| 16 Sep 2013 -
Uk FestivalsSpinning Coin / The Yawns / Orzelda @ Music Language Festival, 7 Sep
Reminders of Glasgow’s fading industrial heritage are not hard to find. Disused warehouses are plentiful in this city, which is handy if – l... Read more »| 16 Sep 2013 -
Uk FestivalsTake One Action 2013: Salma
Award-winning documentarian Kim Longinotto discusses her new film Salma, one of the highlights of Sisters, a new strand in Take One Action film festival (27 Sep–12 Oct) Read more »| 16 Sep 2013 -
ArtVadim Zakharov @ Russian Pavilion, Venice Biennale
Curated by Udo Kittelmann, Vadim Zakharov’s ambitious work focuses on the Greek myth of the impregnation of Danaë. When her father’s death i... Read more »| 12 Sep 2013 -
Uk Festivals
Take One Action 2013: The Cost of Action
Take One Action film festival (27 Sep–12 Oct) is back with another packed programme of films asking big questions and exposing injustices from across the world. We look at the films in one of its new strands, The Cost of Action Read more »| 10 Sep 2013 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Jay Foreman
Jay Foreman is a consummate professional. In a world where a good chunk of his contemporaries habitually wing it, it’s nice to see someone so, well, to... Read more »| 10 Sep 2013
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Edinburgh Festivals
Edinburgh International Book Festival: Grant Morrison
Ah, Grant Morrison. Ever since we saw you coming up on ecstasy and talking about sigil magic at Disinfo.Con in 1999, we've loved you. No, scratch that. Ever ... Read more »| 06 Sep 2013 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Edinburgh International Book Festival: John Gray
Political philosopher John Gray enjoys a reputation as something of an intellectual curmudgeon – he's a man everyone loves to disagree with, often port... Read more »| 06 Sep 2013 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Edinburgh International Book Festival: The 9th Art Award
Journalist Paul Gravett, writer Mary Talbot, and Gordon Robertson of Graphic Scotland are joined by host Billy Kirkwood to present the inaugural 9th Art Awar... Read more »| 06 Sep 2013 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Sam Rose In The Shadows @ Bedlam Theatre
Sam Rose wanders the city clutching his ‘Sad Things’ box and desperately searching for a way to unlock it. Meanwhile his son, Ivan, is forbidden ... Read more »| 05 Sep 2013 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Pants on Fire's Pinocchio @ Pleasance Dome
Pants on Fire Theatre have built a reputation over the last few years at the Fringe for highly imaginative re-inventions of classic texts. This year’s ... Read more »| 05 Sep 2013 -
Art
When Attitudes Become Form: Bern 1969/Venice 2013 @ Prada Foundation, Venice
When Attitudes Become Form is a re-enactment of Harald Szeeman's landmark exhibition that took place in the Bern Kunsthalle in 1969, translated as accurate... Read more »| 05 Sep 2013 -
Uk Festivals
First Thought, Best Thought: A Look at Write Now Festival
Combining six brand new one-act plays, workshops and script-in-hand readings, Liverpool's Write Now Festival lays bare the writing and rehearsal process, as Ian Moore explains Read more »| 05 Sep 2013 -
Uk Festivals
Venice Film Festival 2013: Never Trust a Beautiful Woman in a Transit Van
Our second report from the 70th Venice Film Festival: Under the Skin and Tom at the Farm Read more »| 05 Sep 2013 -
Uk Festivals
Venice Film Festival 2013: Planes, Boats and Mobiles
Our first report from the 70th Venice Film Festival: The Wind Rises, Night Move, Philomena and The Canyons Read more »| 04 Sep 2013