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 FringeBooks 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 Fringe
Books: 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 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Previews: Good, clean fun
Jason Manford – Off On Tour We Go For five nights only, Manchester’s favourite son will be taking time out of his national tour to win a few mor... Read more »| 15 Jul 2010 -
Edinburgh FringePreviews: Foreign Imports
Charlyne Yi - ...Dances on the Moon At 24 years old, Yi is something of a trailblazer. Her debut film Paper Heart impressed judges at Sundance and her memor... Read more »| 15 Jul 2010 -
Uk Festivals
T in the Park 2010 – Friday
Last year's T in the Park felt like the tipping point for the then sixteen year old granddaddy of Scottish music festivals. Like any successful venture, it h... Read more »| 15 Jul 2010
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Edinburgh FringePreviews: Traverse Shows
An institution that has long set the precedent for British theatre, Traverse brings a slate of shows to Fringe 2010 that explore the question of human nature. And taxidermy. Read more »| 15 Jul 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Previews: Award-winners
Will these stars of previous years shine once more during the 2010 festivals? Or have they run out of steam? Read more »| 15 Jul 2010 -
Edinburgh FringePreviews: Real theatre
While life may imitate art, some of this year's must-see festival shows take on the issues that lesser artists won't touch with a barge pole Read more »| 15 Jul 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Previews: Site Specific Theatre
Site-specific shows have been multiplying each year in our Festival brochures. If you're an out-of-box thinker, consider hopping on a camper-van, popping into a bridal showroom, or chilling on a playground with some of the most impressive site-specific theatre. Read more »| 15 Jul 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Preview: Old favourites at the fringe
Plays that have been popular right down the decades are given a new lease of life in Edinburgh this August Read more »| 15 Jul 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Top 10... Cafés
Anteaques17 Clerk Street The man who owns the shop next to Anteaques has never heard of it: it's that much of a secret. Open only on Fridays and weekends, t... Read more »| 14 Jul 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Top 10... Pubs
Bennets Bar 8 Leven Street Bennets attracts a rather strange mish-mash of theatregoers and sports fans, situated as it is a stone’s throw away from Ki... Read more »| 14 Jul 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Top 10... Fast Bites
Kebab Mahal 7 Nicolson Square The daddy of them all, the Mahal has been open for thirty years and won best Scottish Takeaway 2009. Aside from the ... Read more »| 14 Jul 2010 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Top 10... Breakfasts
Botanic Gardens (Entrances on Inverleith Row and Arboretum Place) A morning stroll around the Botanic Gardens is the best way to squeeze some peace and... Read more »| 14 Jul 2010