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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ArtCéline Condorelli: Thinking through Skin
Isla Valentine Wade unpacks Céline Condorelli's first survey exhibition at Talbot Rice, in a piece commissioned as part of Edinburgh Art Festival's Emerging Writers programme Read more »| 26 Aug 2022 -
ArtAshanti Harris on the importance of Carnival
Hazel Peters speaks to Ashanti Harris about her exhibition Dancing a Peripheral Quadrille. This article was commissioned as part of Edinburgh Art Festival's Emerging Writers programme Read more »| 26 Aug 2022 -
Edinburgh FringeCrybabies @ Pleasance Dome
Crybabies' new show Bagbeard is a lo-fi mashup of Hollywood tropes, delivered with a distinctively British sketch sensibility Read more »| 26 Aug 2022 -
Edinburgh FringeJordan Gray @ Assembly George Square
Jordan Gray pairs near-manic delivery with excellent musical comedy in her Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated show, Is It A Bird? Read more »| 26 Aug 2022 -
Edinburgh FringeSkank @ Pleasance Courtyard
Clementine Bogg-Hargroves' one-woman show following 20-something Kate has a lot to like, but some of its elements feel undercooked Read more »| 25 Aug 2022 -
Edinburgh FringeNutcrusher @ Dance Base
Unsettling yet brutally honest, Sung Im Her's Nutcrusher invites us to contemplate the sexual objectification of women, and question how we view our own bodies Read more »| 25 Aug 2022
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Edinburgh FringeLook At Me Don't Look At Me @ Pleasance Dome
Look at Me Don’t Look At Me tells the story of a fierce, courageous woman, and asks questions about how we tell the stories of women from history Read more »| 25 Aug 2022 -
Edinburgh FringeDykegeist @ Summerhall
Eve Stainton's collaboration with Mica Levi, Dykegeist is a surreal experience that flows effortlessly between creepy, funny, erotic, and playful Read more »| 25 Aug 2022 -
Edinburgh FringeI Am From Reykjavik @ Portobello Promenade
Sonia Hughes' site-specific work I Am From Reykjavik draws a crowd to the seafront at Portobello to explore the nature of home Read more »| 25 Aug 2022 -
Edinburgh FringeThe Grandmothers Grimm @ Greenside Riddles Court
Some Kind of Theatre's play is a bold and moving tribute to the overlooked and marginalised women present in the story of the Brothers Grimm Read more »| 25 Aug 2022 -
Edinburgh FringeI Was Naked, Smelling of Rain @ ZOO Playground
Part of the Horizon Showcase, Aidan Moesby's poignant storytelling brings into focus the relationships we share as people Read more »| 25 Aug 2022 -
Edinburgh FringeCatherine Bohart @ Monkey Barrel
Catherine Bohart's latest Edinburgh Fringe hour is a whirlwind of laughs drawing on a lockdown heartbreak Read more »| 25 Aug 2022 -
Edinburgh FringeLaura Davis @ Monkey Barrel
Laura Davis pulls no punches in an Edinburgh Fringe hour that's impressive, impactful, and loaded with laughs Read more »| 25 Aug 2022 -
Edinburgh FringeMichelle Brasier @ Assembly George Square
Michelle Brasier's Average Bear is an impeccably timed, unflinchingly genuine rollercoaster ride Read more »| 25 Aug 2022 -
Edinburgh FringeFlo & Joan @ Assembly Roxy
It’s an absolute pleasure to be in Flo & Joan’s company – their new show is silly, sweet and surprisingly surreal Read more »| 25 Aug 2022