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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ArtWhen 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 FestivalsVenice 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 -
Uk FestivalsDay Tripping: Liverpool Psych Fest returns for a second year
Plug in, wig out and feel the love for Liverpool Psych Fest's sophomore outing Read more »| 03 Sep 2013 -
Edinburgh FringeEllis and Rose: The 'Punch' and Judy show
Ellis and Rose look back on causing controversy at the Fringe Read more »| 03 Sep 2013
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Edinburgh Fringe
Threeway @ Pleasance Courtyard
Threeway is exactly what you would imagine on first hearing the title. A young Scottish couple from the Highlands who moved to Glasgow for new experiences de... Read more »| 03 Sep 2013 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Conversations Not Fit For The American Dinner Table @ Bedlam Theatre
Call me a sucker for political satire (and, let's face it, satire that ties into my own views) but upon reading that playwright Sol Max of Conversations Not ... Read more »| 03 Sep 2013 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Brand New Ancients @ The Traverse
Everyday Epics Read more »| 02 Sep 2013 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Road to Qatar @ C too
The Road to Qatar, a musical about a couple of New York Jews who write musical comedy being whisked away to the Middle East to write a show for some overbear... Read more »| 02 Sep 2013 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Dance Derby @ Paterson's Land
This dance/jazz/theatre show is both an enjoyable and uncomfortable experience, as it explores how far we are willing to go. Based on the American dance ma... Read more »| 02 Sep 2013 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Cape Wrath @ Northern Stage at St Stephen's
This charming, totally involving show, performed to an audience of sixteen, in a cosy mini-bus, takes you on an imaginary journey to Cape Wrath, the top lef... Read more »| 02 Sep 2013 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Garden @ Paterson's Land
The intimate space of Paterson's Land is perfect for this exquisite mini-opera, first performed at Aberdeen's Sound Festival, by the husband and wife team, ... Read more »| 02 Sep 2013 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Metamorphosis @ The Merchant’s Hall
Gregor is a lithium addict. Her life is a little routine to her, to put it mildly, in fact is seems unbearably so as she moves increasingly mechanically, lik... Read more »| 02 Sep 2013 -
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 DisinfoCon in 1999, we've loved you. No, scratch that. Ever s... Read more »| 01 Sep 2013