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 FringeQFWFQ @ Summerhall
QFWFQ is an ambitious, atmospheric and frequently hilarious outing in which the audience becomes the protagonist Read more »| 17 Aug 2026 -
FilmEIFF 2026: The Education of Jane Cumming
So many elements of The Education of Jane Cumming are great – the cast, music, period detail, writing – but it rushes its conclusion, delivering much of the story's dramatic details as text title cards during the credits Read more »| 17 Aug 2026 -
Edinburgh FringeMoth and Dog Are Dying to Get Out @ Pleasance Dome
Two young adults’ exploration of sexuality becomes a statement about the shackles of modern masculinity Read more »| 17 Aug 2026 -
FilmEIFF 2026: Snapshot
Director Joseph Archer and writer Cathy Wippell give the found footage horror subgenre a shot in the arm with the eerie Snapshot, which is presented as a proto documentary from the late 1880s that reveals new information about Jack the Ripper Read more »| 17 Aug 2026 -
Edinburgh FringeBull / Fight @ Summerhall
Bull / Fight's retelling of the tragic final days of Federico García Lorca is a breathless contest between brutality and beauty Read more »| 17 Aug 2026 -
Edinburgh FringeJill's Tupperware Party @ Underbelly Cowgate
Jill's Tupperware Party, a cultish fever dream of campy domesticity and MLM-themed horror, might be the wackiest thing you'll see at the Fringe – and it's all the better for it Read more »| 17 Aug 2026
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Edinburgh FringeMAJENIN – A Palestinian Love Story @ Pleasance Dome
MAJENIN is a spectacle of a show about the struggle between external pressure and internal longing Read more »| 17 Aug 2026 -
Edinburgh FringeHow to Art @ Underbelly Cowgate
How to Art's clowning take on the contemporary art world is an interesting concept, but one which fails to come to fruition Read more »| 17 Aug 2026 -
Edinburgh FringeDemi Adejuyigbe @ Pleasance Dome
Demi Adejuyigbe returns to the Fringe with an hour of lo-fi, joyous self-expression Read more »| 17 Aug 2026 -
Edinburgh FringePaul Hilleard @ Monkey Barrel Comedy
Grogg is part stream-of-consciousness, part class dissection, and 100% Paul Hilleard Read more »| 17 Aug 2026 -
Edinburgh FringeAnna Leong Brophy @ Pleasance Courtyard
Anna Leong Brophy tackles the patriarchy through great characterisation, confident performance and some excellent crowd work Read more »| 17 Aug 2026 -
FilmEIFF 2026: Goodbye Cruel World
Félix De Givry – best known as the lead actor from Mia Hansen-Løve's Eden – announces himself as a hugely promising filmmaking talent with this sensitive teen drama that calls to mind the youth films of the French New Wave Read more »| 17 Aug 2026 -
Edinburgh FringeEva Peroni @ Gilded Balloon Teviot
Jungled is a cheeky first hour from Livingston’s own Eva Peroni Read more »| 17 Aug 2026 -
Edinburgh FringeSelina Mosinski @ Pleasance Dome
Selna Mosinski brings a bittersweet tale of a girl's misadventures in the ladette era to the Edinburgh Fringe Read more »| 17 Aug 2026 -
FilmEIFF 2026: The Peril at Pincer Point
With The Peril at Pincer Point, directors Jake Kuhn and Noah Stratton-Twine have created a wonderfully atmospheric low-budget cinema marvel that sits somewhere between Lake Michigan Monster and Widow’s Bay Read more »| 17 Aug 2026