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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FilmEO
Veteran filmmaker Jerzy Skolimowski returns with a beautiful and playful new work concerned with a humble donkey's journey across Europe Read more »| 31 Jan 2023 -
ArtScottish Art Events and Exhibitions: February 2023
February sees new exhibitions from Elizabeth Price and Asuf Ishaq, plus new group shops in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee Read more »| 31 Jan 2023 -
FilmScottish Film Events: February 2023
February sees a Sarah Polley retrospective at GFT, a Weimar season at Cameo, and Andrew Black finally screens his Margaret Tait Award commission Read more »| 31 Jan 2023 -
MusicScottish Live Music Highlights: February 2023
Our February gig round-up includes bumper shows from Hen Hoose and Lost Map, the return of Independent Venue Week, and much more Read more »| 31 Jan 2023 -
ComedyCatherine Cohen on new show Come For Me
Skewering cabaret ingenue Catherine Cohen brings her delectable comedy outlook to Scotland for her first new show since 2019 Read more »| 30 Jan 2023 -
MusicYoung Fathers – Heavy Heavy
Young Fathers return with an engrossing new album featuring everything from orchestral pomp to 2-step beats, snarling claustrophobia to R'n'B slow-jams Read more »| 30 Jan 2023
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BooksBrutes by Dizz Tate
Dizz Tate's debut novel builds on a history of American coming-of-age fiction, from The Virgin Suicides to We Were Liars, to examine the ferocious claustrophobia of adolescence Read more »| 30 Jan 2023 -
MusicHamish Hawk – Angel Numbers
Hamish Hawk returns with Angel Numbers, an album of remarkable scope and vivid, romantic lyricism Read more »| 30 Jan 2023 -
MusicFeeling Inspired: Young Fathers' likes and inspirations
Young Fathers tell us about just a few of the people, places, exhibitions, music, books, films and more that inspire them Read more »| 30 Jan 2023 -
MusicLetter to a boy band from their former manager
Young Fathers' former manager and co-producer Tim London recounts his time with the band from 2010-2015, the highs and lows, the love and light Read more »| 30 Jan 2023 -
MusicThe Skinny On... Callum Easter
As a long-time friend and collaborator of Young Fathers, not to mention an incredible talent in his own right, Callum Easter takes on this month's Q&A Read more »| 30 Jan 2023 -
MusicCaught Up In a Moment: Young Fathers on Heavy Heavy
On a drizzly Edinburgh afternoon, we meet Young Fathers in their rehearsal space to find out about their latest album Heavy Heavy and what makes them tick as a band Read more »| 30 Jan 2023 -
ComedyScottish Comedy Highlights: February 2023
February looks fit to burst with the huge number of comedy gigs across Scotland; here are the shows to look out for... Read more »| 27 Jan 2023 -
TheatreScottish Theatre Highlights: February 2023
A new folk musical in Stirling, more new work from A Play, A Pie and a Pint, and the return of MANIPULATE – here are February's theatre highlights Read more »| 27 Jan 2023 -
TheatreDawn Taylor introduces MANIPULATE 2023
For its first in-person festival since 2020, Puppet Animation Scotland's MANIPULATE festival promises a bill full of genre innovation and challenging stories Read more »| 27 Jan 2023