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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FilmOne Floor Below
In this slow-burn thriller from Romanian director Radu Muntean, a bourgeois family man is left with a moral conundrum Read more »| 08 Mar 2016 -
ArtWolfgang Tillmans @ GoMA
Tillmans' work returns to Glasgow after an excellent show in 2012; but this time the work loses its edge with a poor presentation in GoMA. Read more »| 07 Mar 2016 -
Film
Most Exciting Women Directors of the Last Decade
To mark International Women's Day, we take the opportunity to sing the praises of 14 of the most talented female filmmakers to have emerged over the last decade. Read more »| 07 Mar 2016 -
Music
Baio @ King Tuts, 23 February
Chris Baio is one rather clever little cookie. On top of a Columbia University degree in Russian and mathematics and comprising one third of Ivy League afro-... Read more »| 07 Mar 2016 -
MusicDoune The Rabbit Hole 2016 line-up unveiled
The line-up for this year's Doune The Rabbit Hole has been announced, with Cate le Bon, Blanck Mass and C Duncan all set to feature at the Stirling... Read more »| 07 Mar 2016 -
Music
Composer-Curator: Emma Welton on A Quiet Night In
As part of new music charity Sound and Music's Composer-Curator programme, Emma Welton is bringing concerts of 'quiet music' to unusual spaces in Exeter and ... Read more »| 07 Mar 2016
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Film
16 Years Till Summer
Simple but powerful documentary Read more »| 07 Mar 2016 -
FilmBridgend
Haunting drama portraying the ecstasy and nihilism of youth in Bridgend, a Welsh town that has been rocked by its real-life epidemic of teen suicides Read more »| 07 Mar 2016 -
FilmThe Daughter
Geoffrey Rush and Paul Schneider star in this familial drama inspired by Henrik Ibsen’s The Wild Duck The Daughter begins with a father-son tension. A... Read more »| 07 Mar 2016 -
Theatre
Ask Auntie Trash: How do I get into Theatre?
Auntie Trash is back and she wants to help you really 'get into' the theatre any which way you can. Spoiler alert: See the shows and help pay the starving artists' bills. You'll love it. Read more »| 07 Mar 2016 -
Film
Bryan M Ferguson on Caustic Gulp and Flamingo
Chlorine cults and masochistic online dating: welcome to the strange and compelling world of Skinny Short Film Award winner Bryan M Ferguson Read more »| 07 Mar 2016 -
Theatre
Endgame @ Citizens Theatre, 6 Feb
The challenge with any production of Samuel Beckett’s drama is to capture both the humour and the horror of it – especially given that each depen... Read more »| 05 Mar 2016 -
Theatre
The Broke 'n' Beat Collective @ Unity Theatre
Four microphones line an empty stage. It looks more like a gig than the set of a play and when the artists emerge, they’re playing themselves: a beat-b... Read more »| 05 Mar 2016 -
Music
New Albums This Week: Mugstar, Låpsley & more
The best new albums hitting the shelves this week, including the Rock Action debut of one of Liverpool's finest psych bands, and the much-anticipated debut from Låpsley. Read more »| 04 Mar 2016 -
Comedy
Eleanor Morton: Comedy Spotlight
Eleanor Morton returns for Glasgow Comedy Festival to her university city. Much missed on the local scene, she's offering an early glimpse of the Fringe show she's developing based around throwing a birthday party. Read more »| 04 Mar 2016