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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TheatreStand & Deliver: The Lee Jeans Sit-In @ Tron Theatre, Glasgow
National Theatre of Scotland's new retelling of the Lee Jeans Sit-In of 1981 is a wonderful retelling of workers' strength and solidarity that feels more vital than ever Read more »| 05 May 2026 -
FilmKokuho
Despite some iffy camerawork, Kokuho is a spectacular if overlong tribute to one of Japan’s most treasured art forms, with impeccable performances Read more »| 05 May 2026 -
MusicAldous Harding – Train on the Island
On Train on the Island, Aldous Harding offers up more beautiful, inscrutable tales Read more »| 05 May 2026 -
MusicConscious Pilot – Human Poultry
While Conscious Pilot choose eclecticism over coherence at times on their debut, at the heart of the record is absurdist humour delivered through a danceable groove Read more »| 04 May 2026 -
MusicCarla J. Easton – I Think That I Might Love You
Girl-group expertise and newly-minted guitar skills define this superb fifth record from Glasgow singer-songwriter Carla J. Easton Read more »| 04 May 2026 -
BooksOffseason by Avigayl Sharp
Avigayl Sharp explores the bleakly comic millennial urge to self-diagnose in this wickedly abrasive debut novel Read more »| 04 May 2026
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FilmRomería
Carla Simón’s follow-up to Alcarràs is another sharp dissection of family, cloaked in an hazy aesthetic Read more »| 04 May 2026 -
MusicAna Roxanne – Poem 1
Ana Roxanne picks up where she left off five years ago, still a beacon of beautifully pure soundscapes Read more »| 01 May 2026 -
ArtScottish Art Highlights: May 2026
It's a photo forward month in Scotland's galleries with three great photography exhibitions to check out, plus a chance to trawl through some iconic fashion history Read more »| 01 May 2026 -
ClubsScottish Clubbing Highlights: May 2026
Whether you’re out for Beltane or for belters, May’s clubbing highlights are looking white-hot – top picks include Silva Snipa, Skee Mask and Surusinghe Read more »| 01 May 2026 -
BooksScottish Books Events: May 2026
Two big book festivals hit Scotland this month, while a bunch of launches and readings happen in bookshops across the country Read more »| 01 May 2026 -
TheatreScottish Theatre Highlights: May 2026
Work, class and political memory come into focus this May, with revivals and new writing sweeping Scotland’s stages Read more »| 01 May 2026 -
ComedyScottish Comedy Highlights: May 2026
May brings stars of Saturday Night Live UK and some exciting work-in-progress shows to Scotland's comedy clubs and theatres Read more »| 01 May 2026 -
MusicHekt – Forever
Copenhagen cool mingled with ecstatic EDM seems like an unlikely union, but it's one that Hekt delivers with serious oomph on new album Forever Read more »| 01 May 2026 -
TheatreWindblown @ Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
Karine Polwart's solo endeavour is a resonant, immersive tale about the life of plants Read more »| 30 Apr 2026