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 FestivalsEIFF blog: Natural Forces – The Philippine New Wave
As I sit deep within the Cimmerian sweatbox of Edinburgh’s Traverse theatre 2, the past, present and future of Philippine cinema collide. Manuel Conde ... Read more »| 04 Jul 2012 -
Edinburgh FestivalsEIFF 2012: Here, Then
In a rural Chinese town a young couple sit silently facing each other. It is a good few minutes before sparse words are spoken. The frigid atm... Read more »| 04 Jul 2012 -
Edinburgh FestivalsEIFF 2012: California Solo
A powerful, despair-laced central performance from Robert Carlyle elevates Marshall Lewy’s at times ponderous look at an alcoholic former rocker attemp... Read more »| 04 Jul 2012 -
Uk Festivals
Festival Column: The Big Tent
The ongoing enviromental crisis is no laughing matter. I mean this literally; try Googling 'environment jokes' by way of coming up with filler for an article... Read more »| 04 Jul 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Stand's Fringe Comedy Academy
Can comedy be taught? The Stand think so – they've been training up twelve new hopefuls in the run up to a showcase gig during the Fringe Read more »| 03 Jul 2012 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Jellybeen Martinez says 'Britain's Got Fuck All Talent'
If you've noticed that Scotland has been a bit more flamboyant recently, it's probably due to the arrival of international pop sensation Jellybeen Martinez Read more »| 03 Jul 2012
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Edinburgh Festivals
EIFF 2012: Unconditional
A rare beast: a British film that tackles a challenging subject with confidence and nous, identifying major talent behind and in front of the camera. Read more »| 03 Jul 2012 -
Edinburgh Festivals
EIFF blog: For your (re) Consideration
It's not about the winning, it's the taking part – unless you win that is. Here are the filmmakers who walked away with silverware at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival Read more »| 03 Jul 2012 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2012 – An Introduction
Last year at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, James Robertson aired his Megrahi conspiracy, former CIA officer Michael Scheuer was heckled by a pro... Read more »| 03 Jul 2012 -
International Festivals
Flow Festival, Helsinki
The former Suvilahti power plant will soon be buzzing again. From 8-12 August the ninth Flow Festival will take place on the historic site close to the cente... Read more »| 02 Jul 2012 -
Uk Festivals
Surge Festival 2012
Surge Festival comes to Glasgow, celebrating the myriad forms of physical theatre with a selection of installations, performances and events to amaze and astound. Let's get physical! Read more »| 02 Jul 2012 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Reel Talk: EIFFing good festival
It's roughly the mid-point of the 66th Edinburgh International Film Festival. I’m sitting in the Filmhouse bar, the festival's main hub, and I feel env... Read more »| 29 Jun 2012 -
Edinburgh Festivals
EIFF 2012: The Search for Emak Bakia
Taking Man Ray’s inscrutable cine-poem Emak-Bakia (1927) as inspiration, The Search for Emak Bakia sees director Oskar Alegria walk the Basque coast wi... Read more »| 29 Jun 2012 -
Edinburgh Festivals
EIFF 2012: Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal
While we don’t know for sure how Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal was pitched to investors, we’d like to think it was something along the lines o... Read more »| 29 Jun 2012 -
Edinburgh Festivals
EIFF 2012: Brake
A mildly impressive joyride, but some staggeringly stupid twists put on the brakes Read more »| 29 Jun 2012