Arts & Entertainment
The latest arts and entertainment highlights, previews, reviews, music and film features and opinion pieces from The Skinny writers.
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MusicSharon Van Etten @ Leith Theatre, Edinburgh, 21 Aug
Once Sharon Van Etten finds her stride, she and her band prove an unstoppable force of nature at Edinburgh's Leith Theatre Read more »| 23 Aug 2019 -
MusicJARV IS... @ Leith Theatre, Edinburgh, 22 Aug
While it's risky to play a set that forgoes every song that made you a household name, anyone who doubts the genius of Jarvis Cocker is just in plain denial Read more »| 23 Aug 2019 -
ComedyFringe Dog's 4th Annual Terrier Awards
o boy o boy! fringe dog is here to celebrate best shows of edimbrugh fringe in year 2019. Read more »| 23 Aug 2019 -
MusicKathryn Joseph: From When I Wake @ Summerhall, 15 Aug
Kathryn Joseph gives a stunning performance of her Scottish Album of the Year Award-nominated album, From When I Wake the Want Is Read more »| 22 Aug 2019 -
MusicFoo Fighters @ Bellahouston Park, Glasgow, 17 Aug
The veteran rockers make their long-awaited return to Glasgow with a collection of best hits across a very lengthy set Read more »| 21 Aug 2019 -
Tv RadioLimmy returning to TV with Limmy's Homemade Show
Limmy is returning to the BBC with a three-part series – Limmy's Homemade Show Read more »| 21 Aug 2019
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MusicWENCH's takeover on EH-FM, 19 Aug
Listen back to WENCH team's takeover of The Skinny's weekly radio show ahead of their end of festival show at The Old Dr Bells Baths on 25 August. Read more »| 21 Aug 2019 -
FilmThe Souvenir
Joanna Hogg mines her formative years as a film student in 80s London in the painfully intimate The Souvenir, which centres on a delicately vulnerable performance by Honor Swinton Byrne. You won't want it to end Read more »| 21 Aug 2019 -
MusicChris Foote and Jonny Watt on Fife's Outwith Festival
Idlewild, Honeyblood and William McCarthy (Augustines) are set to headline September's Outwith Festival, a heartfelt celebration of a community on the rise. Chris Foote and Jonny Watt discuss proclaiming the merits of Fife to the world, and vice versa Read more »| 21 Aug 2019 -
MusicJay Som – Anak Ko
On a record littered with collaborations from friends, Jay Som AKA Melina Duterte shines yet again Read more »| 21 Aug 2019 -
MusicThe Cure @ Bellahouston Park, Glasgow, 16 Aug
With a lot of their set afforded to Disintegration, The Cure put on an excellent show in Glasgow, 27 years since last playing north of the border Read more »| 20 Aug 2019 -
Tv RadioMindhunter: Season 2
If last season of Mindhunter was about establishing the theory about how serial killers think, then this season is about putting those ideas into practice Read more »| 20 Aug 2019 -
MusicRachel Sermanni – So It Turns
The Scottish artist returns with her first album in four years, offering a direct reflection on the politics of modern times Read more »| 19 Aug 2019 -
MusicLewis Capaldi @ Princes St Gardens, Edinburgh, 13 Aug
In the shadow of Edinburgh Castle, Lewis Capaldi continues riding the wave of superstardom, and if tonight's anything to go by he'll be up there a long time Read more »| 16 Aug 2019 -
MusicThe Beths' Elizabeth Stokes interviewed
Fresh off a breakout year, and ahead of capping it all off by playing Indian Summer in Glasgow, The Beths’ Elizabeth Stokes talks about long distance, writing on the road and what future her really thinks Read more »| 15 Aug 2019