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 FringeArjy Barjy
It's ten years since Arj Barker last performed at the Fringe. Jay Richardson touches base to talk primetime success, mammoth arena tours and an on-off affair with soft drugs. Read more »| 16 Jul 2010 -
Edinburgh FringeScouse rules
After a year that has seen his career catapult, John Bishop returns to Edinburgh as TV hot property. But he tries to keep it all in perspective, he tells Nick Eardley Read more »| 16 Jul 2010 -
Edinburgh FringeWhat's Eton Ivo Graham?
The So You Think You're Funny winner just can't escape his past. But as the 20-year-old tells Fern Brady, an Eton schooling shouldn't be a comedic conviction Read more »| 16 Jul 2010 -
Edinburgh FringeComedy’s Greatest Hits
Armed with video cameras and laptops, Internet DIY comedians are changing the shape of British Comedy. Sam Friedman meets the Internet stars hoping to transfer web success onto the stage at this year’s Fringe Read more »| 16 Jul 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Previews: EIF Music
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Acclaimed as one of the top symphony orchestras in the world, the Netherlands' Royal Concertgebouw returns to the Usher Hall t... Read more »| 15 Jul 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Previews: EIF Theatre
The Edinburgh International Festival has long commissioned some of the most innovative theatre. From Santiago to Brazil, this year promises to bring to Edinburgh the cream of world's very best performers Read more »| 15 Jul 2010
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Edinburgh Fringe
Previews: EIF Opera
Porgy and Bess Can flamboyant, sensual art and an exploration of slavery ever sit comfortably together in a production? EIF director, Jonathan Mills, clearl... Read more »| 15 Jul 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Christos Tsiolkas
His incisive questioning of Australian society has seen his latest novel The Slap become a best seller and won him the Commonwealth Writers Prize. He talks to Nick Eardley about multiculturalism, class and getting into the minds of his characters. Read more »| 15 Jul 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Jonathan Mills: International man
EIF director Jonathan Mills tells Evan Beswick about how he didn't let any preconceptions about what the EIF should be get in the way of his global vision for the festival Read more »| 15 Jul 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Years of Bliss
Ten years in the making, Peter Carey's novel, Bliss has finally made its way onto the operatic stage. As librettist Amanda Holden tells Evan Beswick, the challenges of the text were only matched by its wealth of ideas Read more »| 15 Jul 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Music: Beyond the edge – Tiger lillies
Admired by the great and good of comedy and always a hit with audiences, you might think the Tiger Lillies would be perfect for television. Chris McCall asks why their often-shocking material tends to be overlooked. Read more »| 15 Jul 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Books Previews: International Politics at the Festival
Richard McGregor Richard McGregor states that a major theme of his latest book is “secrecy”. Having spent two decades reporting in Asia, the Fin... Read more »| 15 Jul 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Books Previews: Fiction at the Festival
Jeanette Winterson Adopted by Pentecostal working-class parents, Winterson claims that she was “not encouraged to be clever.” Contrary to all ex... Read more »| 15 Jul 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Books: Unbound
The Book Festival might finally worked out how to keep audiences at Charlotte square past teatime Read more »| 15 Jul 2010 -
Edinburgh FringeBooks: Fatima Bhutto Q & A
28-year old Fatima Bhutto, progeny of the Pakistan’s famous political dynasty, is an author and journalist in her own right. As well as contributing to numerous publications including The Daily Beast and the New Statesman, she has published three books. The latest, Songs of Blood and Sword, documents the saga of the ill-fated Bhutto family, and has elicited both praise and controversy across the world. Read more »| 15 Jul 2010