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 FringeRelay @ Pleasance Courtyard
In her sophomore Fringe hour, Leila Navabi presents a radical dissection of queer family-making Read more »| 06 Aug 2025 -
ArtWyrd Encounters: Jonathan Baldock @ Jupiter Artland
At Jupiter Artland, Megan Rudden – an Edinburgh Art Festival X The Skinny Emerging Writer – stumbles upon a gathering of hybrid animals staged by Jonathan Baldock Read more »| 06 Aug 2025 -
Edinburgh FringeShe's Behind You @ Traverse Theatre
Johnny McKnight's love letter to pantomime is an incisive, warts and all look at the art form Read more »| 05 Aug 2025 -
Edinburgh FringeThe Beautiful Future Is Coming @ Traverse Theatre
Flora Wilson Brown's ambitious play chronicles real and imagined narratives of climate change Read more »| 05 Aug 2025 -
Edinburgh FringeStampin' in the Graveyard @ Summerhall
Set in a post-apocalyptic theatre, Stampin' in the Graveyard blends poetry, soundscapes and movement to offer a surprising and hopeful message about loss Read more »| 05 Aug 2025 -
Edinburgh FringeDYKE Systems Ltd @ Pleasance Courtyard
Razor-sharp cabaret duo Fag Packet captivate in a hysterically funny satire of pinkwashing, capitalist greed and corporate absurdity Read more »| 05 Aug 2025
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Edinburgh FringeJust The Two of Us! @ Pleasance Courtyard
Soft Play's Edinburgh Fringe debut is a scrappy, high-energy cabaret of double acts from across pop culture history Read more »| 04 Aug 2025 -
Edinburgh FringeJosie Long @ Pleasance Dome
Much-loved standup Josie Long returns to the Fringe with a silly, poignant and freewheeling tapestry of megafauna, climate breakdown and parenthood Read more »| 04 Aug 2025 -
Edinburgh FringeHelen Bauer @ Monkey Barrel
Helen Bauer returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with an abrasive and triumphant hour Read more »| 04 Aug 2025 -
Edinburgh FringeRift @ Traverse Theatre
Gabriel Jason Dean's Rift is an unforgettable gut punch about brotherhood, abuse, and the space between reality and fiction Read more »| 04 Aug 2025 -
Edinburgh FringeRed Like Fruit @ Traverse Theatre
Set against a post #MeToo backdrop, Hannah Moscovitch's minimal play – in which a woman hands over the telling of her story to a male counterpart – is quietly radical Read more »| 04 Aug 2025 -
Edinburgh FringeChat Sh*t, Get Hit @ Summerhall
Martha Pailing's solo show is an earnest, funny and engaging look at female rage, but one which feels underdeveloped at times Read more »| 04 Aug 2025 -
Edinburgh FringeMushroomification (Legs, Legs, Legs) @ The Mash House
Up-and-coming Edinburgh theatre collective Heads on Crooked grows a whip-smart fungal show that's much more than the sum of its DIY parts Read more »| 04 Aug 2025 -
Edinburgh FringePathways to Possibility: Welcome to the Fringe, Palestine
Welcome to the Fringe, Palestine arrives at Portobello Town Hall, promising a four-day mini-festival of theatre, dance, comedy, food, storytelling, music and poetry created by Palestinians Read more »| 02 Aug 2025 -
FilmKVIFF 2025: Nathan Ambrosioni on Out of Love
We meet the talented young French filmmaker Nathan Ambrosioni, who sold his game consoles at 14 to buy his first camera. Now 25, he's just won the Crystal Globe for Best Director at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Read more »| 01 Aug 2025