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 Fringe
Tom Lawrinson @ Underbelly Cowgate
Buried Alive and Loving It is an unexpectedly sedate sophomore hour from socials star Tom Lawrinson Read more »| 26 Aug 2024 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Besties: Week Three Winners
Teatro La Plaza, John-Luke Roberts, Gig Buddies and new Scottish music documentary Since Yesterday are among the winners for our third batch of The Besties Read more »| 24 Aug 2024 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Glasgow’s Alana Jackson wins So You Think You're Funny? competition
This year’s So You Think You're Funny? Award – one of the UK’s biggest awards for new comics – goes to Glaswegian standup Alana Jackson Read more »| 23 Aug 2024 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Derek Mitchell: Goblin @ Pleasance
Derek Mitchell's Goblin is an intense rollercoaster ride fusing comedy and melodrama Read more »| 23 Aug 2024 -
Music
Tirzah @ The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, 19 Aug
Stripped back and experimental, Tirzah's vulnerability carries tonight's Edinburgh International Festival audience through an abstract show Read more »| 22 Aug 2024 -
Film
Edinburgh Film Festival: The 2024 award winners
The new-look Edinburgh International Film Festival came to a close with the world premiere of an excellent new Scottish documentary and an awards ceremony for its mint-fresh competitions Read more »| 22 Aug 2024
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Edinburgh Fringe
Pretty Delusional @ theSpaceTriplex
Gianna Milici hilariously exposes the agonies, ecstasies, and humiliations of what it means to desire and want to be desired as a young woman in Pretty Delusional Read more »| 22 Aug 2024 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Birdwatching @ theSpace at Venue 45
Birdwatching's teenage trip to the woods is a tense and dark look at the misogynistic structures which haunt our society Read more »| 22 Aug 2024 -
Film
EIFF 2024: To Kill a Wolf
Little Red Riding Hood gets a modern retelling in Kelsey Taylor's restrained psychological drama To Kill a Wolf Read more »| 21 Aug 2024 -
Film
EIFF 2024: *smiles and kisses you*
A man's relationship with an AI doll is the heart of this engaging, humane but slightly repetitive documentary Read more »| 21 Aug 2024 -
Film
Lollipop
Daisy-May Hudson's drama about a single mother trying to regain access to her kids after a spell in prison can feel a little heavy-handed at times, but an excellent lead performance from Posy Sterling pulls it along Read more »| 21 Aug 2024 -
Film
EIFF 2024: A Shrine
A lovely moral parable centred on an Iranian man living in Montreal who tries to get rich quick by building a mobile shrine for the city's Iranian diaspora community Read more »| 21 Aug 2024 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Phil Ellis @ Monkey Barrel
Phil Ellis follows up his award-nominated show with a lunchtime hour loaded with electric late night chaos Read more »| 21 Aug 2024 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Eleanor Morton @ Monkey Barrel
Ghosts, trauma, and Edinburgh's role in the Fringe all come to the fore in Eleanor Morton's new show, Haunted House Read more »| 21 Aug 2024 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Ed Night @ Monkey Barrel at The Hive
Ed Night battles his demons in a breathtakingly funny set Read more »| 20 Aug 2024