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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Uk FestivalsT Break 2012 Line-Up Announced
Today Tennent's Lager announced the 16 bands that made the cut from well over a thousand entrants to play this year's T Break stage at the T in the Park fest... Read more »| 11 May 2012 -
Uk FestivalsMastodon, Mogwai, New Order, Aidan Moffat (and More) Talk Festival Season
The cream of this year’s UK festival line-ups open a serious can of straight talk on the destinations they're looking forward to, memorable seasons past, and what actually happens in the VIP area Read more »| 11 May 2012 -
Uk FestivalsNoise of Summer: UK Festivals 2012
From north to south, we present a guide to the festival season’s first, second, third (and umpteenth) big weekends Read more »| 03 May 2012 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Camille O'Sullivan & the RSC: The Cat Looks at the Bard
Cabaret star Camille O'Sullivan returns to Edinburgh with a unique collaboration, jumping from the Fringe to the EIF to work with the Royal Shakespeare Company on The Rape of Lucrece Read more »| 03 May 2012 -
Uk Festivals
Mayfesto 2012: Get Engaged
The forward-thinking theatre festival sets out its stall for 2012 Read more »| 02 May 2012 -
Edinburgh FestivalsJuilliard School: New Dance Generation
August sees New York's world famous Juiliiard School arrive in Edinburgh with a triple bill of performances introducing the dance stars of tomorrow Read more »| 02 May 2012
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Uk Festivals
Stag & Dagger 2012
Some say there's a dearth of good gigs at home as festival season approaches, Stag & Dagger thinks differently Read more »| 01 May 2012 -
Uk Festivals
In Pictures: Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art 2012
Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art 2012 Some highlights from the biennial art fest, running in venues across the city from 20 April until 7 May &n... Read more »| 30 Apr 2012 -
International Festivals
Clubbing at the Festivals: Playing The Field
If Scottish summer festivals leave you cold (and wet, and windy), then an escape to greener pastures might be your ticket Read more »| 30 Apr 2012 -
Edinburgh Festivals
INsider Launch – Edinburgh International Festival's members scheme
On Wednesday 2 May, celebrate the return of the INsider scheme at an exclusive FREE party hosted in the Hub by the Edinburgh International Festival in association with The Skinny Read more »| 25 Apr 2012 -
Uk Festivals
Moyra Davey: The Lives of Others
New York-based artist Moyra Davey examines her own life against the well-thumbed narratives of literary greats. We quizzed her on her new film, due to screen at Glasgow International 2012 Read more »| 17 Apr 2012 -
Uk Festivals
Il Boom
Set in the luxurious apartments of Italy's nouveau riche during the country's postwar economic boom, the rather aimless satire of Il Boom (1963) seems an unl... Read more »| 17 Apr 2012 -
Uk Festivals
Director Whit Stillman in interview
Following his Malickesque hiatus, The Skinny speaks to Whit Stillman, American cinema's great social anthropologist, about his riotous new college campus comedy Damsels in Distress Read more »| 13 Apr 2012 -
Uk Festivals
Italian Film Festival, Scotland, 13-26 Apr
With an exquisitely judged blend of contemporary and classic films, the Italian Film Festival returns to showcase the cinema from one of the great filmmaking nations Read more »| 09 Apr 2012 -
Uk Festivals
Edinburgh International Science Festival: The Science of Comedy
Robin Ince and Matt Parker are coming to Edinburgh to prove that science isn't just fun, it's hilarious Read more »| 04 Apr 2012