Arts & Entertainment
The latest arts and entertainment highlights, previews, reviews, music and film features and opinion pieces from The Skinny writers.
-
MusicSpotlight On... Lizzie Reid
Following the release of her latest EP, Undoing, we catch up with Glasgow singer-songwriter Lizzie Reid Read more »| 23 Apr 2026 -
MusicFriko – Something Worth Waiting For
The second album from Chicago indie rockers Friko is a euphoric, breakneck adventure towards a promised land Read more »| 23 Apr 2026 -
MusicRaisa K @ The Glad Cafe, Glasgow, 17 Apr
Raisa K’s move to centre stage continues to show further sides to a preternaturally talented artist Read more »| 22 Apr 2026 -
MusicBill Orcutt @ The Glad Cafe, Glasgow, 14 Apr
Experimental guitarist and underground icon Bill Orcutt charts a path between rage and beauty on his return to The Glad Cafe Read more »| 22 Apr 2026 -
MusicMiss Grit – Under My Umbrella
Miss Grit's latest album is an intense and often leftfield collection of songs – and a decisive success for the singular Margaret Sohn Read more »| 20 Apr 2026 -
MusicBröntes – Bröntes
On their debut album, Glasgow four-piece Bröntes give us intimate indie-pop with dreamlike harmonies Read more »| 20 Apr 2026
-
FilmRose of Nevada
Time is as slippery as freshly caught mackerel in Mark Jenkin's third feature, in which two young men (George Mackay and Callum Turner) find themselves transported back in time by a mysterious fishing boat Read more »| 20 Apr 2026 -
FilmOut of Time: Mark Jenkin on Rose of Nevada
Mark Jenkin returns with his stunning new film, Rose of Nevada. While visiting Glasgow Film Festival, the Cornish auteur discusses the beauty of the human face and his passion for capturing modern life with his ancient Bolex camera Read more »| 20 Apr 2026 -
MusicJessie Ware – Superbloom
On Superbloom, Jessie Ware goes toe-to-toe with the law of diminishing returns Read more »| 17 Apr 2026 -
MusicSpotlight On... Gout
Ahead of releasing their latest EP, Actual Bastard, and playing a launch show at The Flying Duck, we catch up with Glasgow's Gout Read more »| 16 Apr 2026 -
ClubsHalcyon Days: Get to know electronic music festival DAYS
As DAYS festival returns to its Firth-side home at Granton’s The Pitt this May, we speak to festival co-director Owen Davies about changing clubbing habits, WhatsApp groups and the future for DAYS to come Read more »| 16 Apr 2026 -
ComedyBehind the Mic: King Tut's Ha Ha Hut
We chat to Linzi Wright, the brains behind the new night at the iconic King Tut's in Glasgow, where comedy's back on the menu after a 14-year absence Read more »| 16 Apr 2026 -
ClubsNo Weekender Without Optimo: Melting Pot on curating with Keith McIvor in Mind
The Queen’s Park Spring Weekender, a collaboration between Melting Pot and Optimo, returns for its biggest year yet – with a notable absence Read more »| 16 Apr 2026 -
TheatreStaging Solidarity: The Lee Jeans Sit-In of 1981
Playwright Frances Poet, director Jemima Levick and Margaret 'Maggie' Wallace, an original striker, discuss Stand and Deliver: The Lee Jeans Sit-In – the story of a Greenock uprising fit for the stage Read more »| 16 Apr 2026 -
MusicCowboy Hunters on EPeepee and festival season
We catch up with Cowboy Hunters about their new EP, unrecorded songs they're keen to whip out for festival season and how their sound is more rooted in pop than punk Read more »| 16 Apr 2026