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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FilmEIFF 2023: Babak Jalali on Fremont
This year's Edinburgh International Film Festival closes with Babak Jalali's Fremont. Jalali tells about his desire to make a film with empathy and compassion, but without the schmaltz Read more »| 14 Aug 2023 -
Edinburgh FestivalsEdinburgh Film Festival 2023: Our Top Ten Picks
This year's Edinburgh International Film Festival is smaller than usual but there's no shortage of great films. Here are ten titles we’d urge you to see Read more »| 11 Aug 2023 -
Edinburgh FringeLaura Ramoso @ Pleasance Courtyard
Laura Ramoso proves that her incredible TikTok success is more than a stroke of luck in her absurd and brilliant debut Edinburgh Fringe show Frances Read more »| 11 Aug 2023 -
Edinburgh FringeFrankie Thompson & Liv Ello @ Pleasance Courtyard
Frankie Thompson and Liv Ello's new collaboration is a complex, immersive collage of sight and sound Read more »| 11 Aug 2023 -
Edinburgh FringeMamoun Elagab @ Pleasance Courtyard
In his debut hour at the Edinburgh Fringe, Mamoun Elagab shows us his roguish side and his insightful, sensitive one Read more »| 11 Aug 2023 -
Edinburgh FringeAlison Spittle @ Monkey Barrel at The Hive
In her new show Soup, Alison Spittle cooks up a hearty broth that lacks a little flavour Read more »| 11 Aug 2023
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Edinburgh FringeNot Our Crime, Still Our Sentence @ Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
The debut production by new Scottish theatre company Under the Rug has plenty of heart but feels unfinished Read more »| 11 Aug 2023 -
Edinburgh FringeWeathervanes @ Summerhall
Weathervanes is a reimagining of what is considered beautiful and holy – the immersive experience attempts to welcome the audience into a space of psychic healing Read more »| 11 Aug 2023 -
Edinburgh FringeA Spectacle of Herself @ Summerhall
Laura Murphy's one-person show is a kaleidoscopic mix of clowning, aerial rope, comedy and self-expression that manages to be direct and abstract all at once Read more »| 11 Aug 2023 -
Edinburgh FringeBenji Waterstones @ Pleasance Courtyard
Psychiatrist by day, comedian by night, Benji Waterstones' debut show gives mental health thoughtful treatment Read more »| 11 Aug 2023 -
Edinburgh FestivalsEIF: Trojan Women @ Festival Theatre
This Korean adaptation of Euripides' classic play is a sweeping epic that showcases pansori Read more »| 10 Aug 2023 -
Edinburgh FringeKathy Maniura @ Gilded Balloon
Kathy Maniura's Edinburgh Fringe debut is a solid and goofy hour of character comedy that you'd happily recommend Read more »| 10 Aug 2023 -
Edinburgh FringeRobin Tran @ Assembly George Square
Robin Tran brings her show Don't Look At Me to the Edinburgh Fringe, striking a perfect balance between sincere discussions of meaningful topics and bawdy dick jokes Read more »| 10 Aug 2023 -
Edinburgh FringeVanya is Alive @ theSpace, Symposium Hall
A one-person show presented by exiled anti-war Russian theatremakers, Vanya is Alive is unsettling, heart-breaking and remarkably compelling Read more »| 10 Aug 2023 -
Edinburgh FringeStuntman @ Summerhall
Impressive physical work meets tenderness in this exploration of masculinity and the theatre of violence Read more »| 10 Aug 2023