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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FilmGlasgow Film Festival announce opening film for 2023
The UK premiere of Girl, the debut feature from rising Glasgow talent Adura Onashile, will open the 2023 Glasgow Film Festival Read more »| 05 Jan 2023 -
TheatreSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs @ Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Pantomime fixtures Allan Stewart and Grant Stott bring dazzling performances and side-splitting laughs to their rendition of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Read more »| 04 Jan 2023 -
MusicScottish Live Music Highlights: January 2023
Start off 2023 on the right foot with live performances by Bikini Body, The Wife Guys of Reddit, Big Joanie and many more Read more »| 04 Jan 2023 -
MusicThe Skinny On... Joesef
With his debut album, Permanent Damage, out this month, Glasgow's Joesef takes on our January Q&A Read more »| 04 Jan 2023 -
FilmTár
Cate Blanchett gives one of the performances of her career as a world-renowned conductor, a musical genius, and a monster you can't take your eyes off Read more »| 04 Jan 2023 -
BooksKirsty Logan on her latest novel Now She Is Witch
Kirsty Logan, the acclaimed author of The Gracekeepers and The Gloaming, tells us about her queer, witchy new novel Read more »| 04 Jan 2023
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MusicIggy Pop – Every Loser
Iggy Pop deploys his most effective weapons for Every Loser – his gravelly, proto-punk vocals, and a crazed, high-octane studio presence Read more »| 04 Jan 2023 -
BooksThe End of Nightwork by Aidan Cottrell-Boyce
Aidan Cottrell-Boyce's debut novel The End of Nightwork is a witty, deft examination of the body as a site of trauma and change Read more »| 04 Jan 2023 -
ArtShop of Horrors: Rachel Maclean's Mimi in Perth
Rachel Maclean discusses her arresting new installation, Mimi, which takes over a disused shopfront on Perth High Street Read more »| 04 Jan 2023 -
MusicGreat Scots: 2022 in Scottish Music
To celebrate another amazing year of Scottish music, please enjoy this mammoth eight-hour Great Scots playlist, helping you through to 2023 Read more »| 21 Dec 2022 -
MusicRichard Hawley @ The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, 17 Dec
Seeing a consummate professional like Richard Hawley is always a treat, but there's a feeling of missed tricks tonight Read more »| 20 Dec 2022 -
Tv RadioThe Skinny's Best TV Shows of 2022
It's wet. It's cold. It's dark AF. So it's the perfect time to stay at home and catch up with all the telly that rocked The Skinny's world in 2022 Read more »| 19 Dec 2022 -
MusicNo Windows @ Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh, 15 Dec
Edinburgh duo No Windows top a line-up of exciting acts to keep an eye on Read more »| 19 Dec 2022 -
FilmCorsage
Vicky Krieps is endlessly watchable as Empress Elisabeth of Austria, pushing back against the constraints of royal life, in Marie Kreutzer's innovative Corsage Read more »| 19 Dec 2022 -
BooksThe Things We Do To Our Friends by Heather Darwent
A hint of dark academia by way of Edinburgh, Heather Darwent's debut The Things We Do To Our Friends is a thrilling read Read more »| 19 Dec 2022