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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MusicSpotlight On... Katherine Aly
Following the release of her debut album, Shadows Are Made of Light Too, we shine a spotlight on Greece-born, Edinburgh-based singer-songwriter Katherine Aly Read more »| 16 Jun 2022 -
TheatreLaurel and Hardy @ Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
This new production of Tom McGrath's Scottish classic Laurel and Hardy is a magical, theatrical and touching tribute to a legendary duo Read more »| 16 Jun 2022 -
FilmScotland on Screen: Mark Lyken on Notes From a Low Orbit
During a six-month residency with Alchemy Film & Arts, Mark Lyken developed Notes from a Low Orbit, a feature-length study of Hawick in the Scottish Borders, where Alchemy is based. Lyken reflects on making the film and its rapturous hometown premiere Read more »| 16 Jun 2022 -
ComedyBest in Class: Championing Working Class Comedy
With preparations for the Fringe well underway and spiralling costs a focal point for many, we talk to Best in Class about creating opportunity for working-class comedians Read more »| 15 Jun 2022 -
MusicRachel Sermanni – Every Swimming Pool Runs to the Sea
The short-form new release from Edinburgh’s Rachel Sermanni is a joyful encapsulation of everything that makes her music so special Read more »| 15 Jun 2022 -
MusicHarry Styles @ Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow, 11 Jun
Harry Styles doesn't disappoint in the first stadium concert of his solo career Read more »| 15 Jun 2022
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ArtThe Skinny on... Morven Mulgrew & Kate Owens
Artists Morven Mulgrew and Kate Owens, whose collaborative exhibition SKU is currently showing in Sierra Metro, share their favourite (and not favourite) things Read more »| 14 Jun 2022 -
FilmEverything Went Fine
Everything Went Fine sees the French director back in his more severe, social issues mode as he tells the story of a daughter who is wrestling with her father’s request that she euthanise him Read more »| 14 Jun 2022 -
MusicHercules & Love Affair – In Amber
Andy Butler's first album as Hercules & Love Affair in five years is riddled with discomfort, making for a harsh listen Read more »| 13 Jun 2022 -
MusicPerfume Genius – Ugly Season
Perfume Genius' sixth album is the biggest stylistic change of their career so far, though not an altogether surprising one Read more »| 13 Jun 2022 -
MusicFoals – Life Is Yours
With Life Is Yours, Foals have created a superb antidote to the gloominess of the world we’ve all been facing Read more »| 13 Jun 2022 -
ArtSonia Boyce, Alberta Whittle, Simone Leigh at the Venice Biennale
This year’s Venice Biennale sees Black women of Caribbean descent representing Scotland, Britain and the United States – this is why this rendition of the Biennale is so important Read more »| 10 Jun 2022 -
BooksFigures of Speech takes you on a journey through Scottish books
Figures of Speech is a new cross-artform series of live events that will bring together writers and artists to take us on a road trip through Scottish literature. We look ahead to what's in store Read more »| 10 Jun 2022 -
TheatreTheatre on a budget: a short guide
The cost of living crisis means that going to the theatre can feel like a luxury we can't all afford. Here's how to do it on the cheap Read more »| 09 Jun 2022 -
ArtAbbas Akhavan: Study for a Garden
We meet Abbas Akhavan to discuss his enchanting site-specific commission at Mount Stuart on the island of Bute Read more »| 09 Jun 2022