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 FringeElis James: Speaking as a Mother...
Welshman Elis James gets all mumsy on us Read more »| 01 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Scotland vs Poland on the Edinburgh Fringe
Poland versus Scotland: it might lack the clarity of a sporting contest, but theatre does bring out the national identity Read more »| 01 Aug 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Stewart Lee & Bob Slayer: How The Fringe Escaped Its Certain Fate
The Big Four venues cast a long shadow over comedy at the Fringe. Many performers walk away in debt, but why is that and what are the alternatives? Stewart Lee and Bob Slayer offer an insider's view of how the Fringe really works Read more »| 31 Jul 2012 -
Uk FestivalsWickerman 2012: Saturday
Given the sodden, grey-skied summer that Scotland has endured this year, it seems almost a miracle that the second day of Wickerman begins exactly as the f... Read more »| 31 Jul 2012 -
Uk Festivals
Wickerman 2012: Friday
In a year when other music festivals have fallen by the wayside, killed off by a mixture of public apathy, a diminishing roster of artists deemed to be hea... Read more »| 31 Jul 2012 -
Edinburgh FringeNick Mohammed: Mr Swallow
Lovely funny man Nick Mohammed talks about his Fringe flyering pitch and definitely not being a 'comiedienne' Read more »| 31 Jul 2012
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Edinburgh FringeMark Little: THEbullshitARTIST
Mark Little promises us some 'pure fucking showbiz' this year. Note: he lies... Read more »| 31 Jul 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Loretta Maine: Bipolar - Interview
Rock goddess Loretta Maine would like Courtney Love to come round for a slumber party Read more »| 31 Jul 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Markus Birdman: Love, Life & Death
Soaring back into Edinburgh, one of our favourites from 2011 is going to tell us about Love, Life and Death Read more »| 31 Jul 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Chris Dangerfield: Sex Tourist
A show about sex tourism, sponsored by an escort service? Chris Dangerfield is set to be one of the most controversial acts of 2012 Read more »| 31 Jul 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Tatyana @ Edinburgh Playhouse
In Tatyana, Deborah Colker's reimagination of Puskin's Eugene Onegin – famously made into a classical romantic ballet – the opposing stereotypes ... Read more »| 31 Jul 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Timeless & Uncharted Seas @ Royal Lyceum Theatre
Although Aditi Mangalas' choreography and company are based on the ancient Indian form of Kathak, her double bill at the EIF is determinedly a contemporary w... Read more »| 31 Jul 2012 -
Uk Festivals
In Pictures: The Wickerman Festival 2012, Saturday
The Wickerman Festival 2012 Saturday Images from this year's Wickerman festival. Photography by Sol Nicol Read more »| 30 Jul 2012 -
Uk Festivals
In Pictures: The Wickerman Festival 2012, Friday
The Wickerman Festival 2012 Friday Images from this year's Wickerman festival. Photography by Sol Nicol Read more »| 30 Jul 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Miriam Margoyles: A National Treasure
More than two decades after its Edinburgh Festival debut, Miriam Margolyes returns to Scotland with one-woman show Dickens' Women Read more »| 30 Jul 2012