Interviews
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Music
Karine Polwart on A Pocket of Wind Resistance
We speak to singer-songwriter Karine Polwart about her new album A Pocket of Wind Resistance, the companion to her Edinburgh Festival show, Wind Resistance Read more »| 31 Oct 2017 -
Interviews
West Kowloon Cultural District: International Co-Lab
Curator Low Kee Hong introduces West Kowloon Cultural District International Co-Lab programme Read more »| 14 Sep 2017 -
Festivals
Arab Arts Focus: New Stories, Common Grounds
We look at the diverse programme of Arab theatre, art and comedy at Summerhall as part of this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Read more »| 02 Aug 2017 -
Festivals
Why is Circus So Popular?
Contemporary circus seems to be booming. We meet some of the performers and programmers to find out more about how the landscape has changed Read more »| 02 Aug 2017 -
Festivals
Tim Carlson introduces Foreign Radical
Playwright Tim Carlson discusses cyber surveillance, personal freedom, and pushing audiences to confront the shocking realities of the digital age Read more »| 31 Jul 2017 -
Festivals
NTS celebrate transgender experiences with Adam
Based on real life experiences, the National Theatre of Scotland's Adam has a worldwide, digital cast of over 100 transgender and non-binary persons. We visit Rockvilla to find out more. Read more »| 31 Jul 2017
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Festivals
Faith No More's Roddy Bottum on his Sasquatch opera
The Skinny talks to one of rock’s finest provocateurs, Roddy Bottum, about his first Fringe show, Sasquatch: The Opera Read more »| 31 Jul 2017 -
Festivals
Zinnie Harris on her three EIF shows
The Skinny speaks to Zinnie Harris about her not one, not two, but three shows at the Edinburgh International Festival this year Read more »| 28 Jul 2017 -
Interviews
How VR could be the future of theatre
Virtual reality is being hailed as the future of Hollywood, but might VR's more natural home be the stage? Read more »| 12 Jul 2017 -
Interviews
Is Crowdfunding The Only Way to Fund a Fringe Show?
With just over a month to go until the Edinburgh Festival Fringe kicks off, The Skinny asks why more and more acts are turning to crowdfunding to finance their shows, and what could be done to make the festival more cost-friendly to artists Read more »| 06 Jul 2017 -
Interviews
Hidden Door 2017: Lost in Leith Theatre
The Skinny gets an exclusive tour of Leith Theatre, closed for 30 years, and now the site of the 2017 Hidden Door Festival Read more »| 25 May 2017 -
Interviews
Lliam Paterson on Bluebeard's Castle & The 8th Door
Ahead of a new collaboration with Glasgow's Vanishing Point, Scottish Opera’s composer-in-residence Lliam Paterson tells us about reviving and reinventing a seminal Hungarian opera Read more »| 27 Mar 2017 -
Festivals
John McGrath on MIF17: “A festival for everyone”
The world's first festival of exclusively new commissions, Manchester International Festival returns for 2017 under the leadership of new artistic director John McGrath. He tells us about a programme of enormous ambition, with firm local roots Read more »| 09 Mar 2017 -
Art
Islington Mill: A Place to Call Home
Salford arts venue Islington Mill won its lengthy licensing dispute in February, but the fight is far from over. Like all independent spaces, it needs your support Read more »| 27 Feb 2017 -
Interviews
Paul Auster's City of Glass: Behind the Scenes
They've turned water into stone and 70,000 people into pixels: now, groundbreaking visual design company 59 Productions are bringing Paul Auster's debut nove... Read more »| 24 Feb 2017