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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ComedyThe Skinny on... Thanyia Moore
South London actor and comic Thanyia Moore is making an impact with her straight-talking stand-up. With last year's Edinburgh Fringe cancelled, we’re hoping Moore makes a splash on the (presumably virtual) festival circuit this year Read more »| 14 Jan 2021 -
MusicJosephine Sillars – Enemy (track premiere)
Listen to Enemy, the new single from Josephine Sillars Read more »| 14 Jan 2021 -
ArtThe Skinny Showcase: Katie Smith
This month's Showcase highlights the colourful and playful work of Glasgow-based illustrator Katie Smith Read more »| 13 Jan 2021 -
ComedyJordan Brookes on The Future of Online Comedy
Showing admirable resilience and innovation no doubt born of several years flyering on Potterow, many comics managed to move things online in 2020. But it’s not been plain sailing as 2019 Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Jordan Brookes tells us Read more »| 13 Jan 2021 -
ArtWhy Making Matters: Curating in the Digital Space
Designers Morven Mulgrew and Stefanie Ying Lin Cheong discuss making and curating in the digital space with Instagram shopping channel Quality Craft Vision Read more »| 11 Jan 2021 -
MusicScottish new music round-up: January 2021
As a reward for surviving 2020, treat your ears to some new music courtesy of Bunkhouse, James Yorkston, Berlin Anatomy, Alex Amor, Comfort and Josephine Sillars Read more »| 07 Jan 2021
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FilmNatalie Krinsky on The Broken Hearts Gallery
The mores of the Hollywood romantic comedy get a welcome upgrade with the irresistibly charming The Broken Hearts Gallery. Its writer-director, Natalie Krinsky, explains how her vivacious debut both embraces and subverts the genre Read more »| 07 Jan 2021 -
FilmBaby Done
Standup hero Rose Matafeo sparkles in her first big-screen starring role as a reluctant soon-to-be mother, with her chaotic energy chiming well with the vulnerable tenderness of co-star Matthew Lewis Read more »| 05 Jan 2021 -
BooksLuckenbooth by Jenni Fagan
Jenni Fagan's new novel takes us inside the walls of an Edinburgh tenement, and brings a huge array of characters to life Read more »| 05 Jan 2021 -
FilmPieces of a Woman
Every actor is on top form in Pieces of a Woman, particularly Vanessa Kirby as a young woman coming to terms with the death of her daughter during a difficult home birth Read more »| 05 Jan 2021 -
BooksThe Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.
Robert Jones Jr.'s debut novel, chronicling the lives of two enslaved gay men in antebellum Mississippi, is historical fiction that feels essential Read more »| 05 Jan 2021 -
BooksThe Push by Ashley Audrain
The Push is an unsettling exploration of sanity and motherhood, and of expectations both personal and societal Read more »| 05 Jan 2021 -
BooksBryan Washington on memorials for our communities
Bryan Washington discusses his debut novel Memorial, a deep and multi-layered look at the lives and relationships of two queer men of colour in the USA Read more »| 05 Jan 2021 -
FilmThe Ross brothers on Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
If you've been missing your local due to COVID restrictions, Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets – a rambunctious portrait of a Vegas dive bar on its final night of trading – is for you. Its directors, Bill and Turner Ross, talk to us about the importance of pubs Read more »| 18 Dec 2020 -
MusicA Very Skinny Christmas Playlist
We've pulled together some of the best original Christmas songs to come out of Scotland and beyond this year and have put them all on one handy page for you. You're welcome. Read more »| 16 Dec 2020