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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ComedyIsma Almas Bombs Review by Ariadne Cass-Maran
Isma Alma's show opens with her burkha-clad alter ego, Mrs. Hussein, who delivers some self deprecating jokes about Muslim ladies which, were they delivered ... Read more »| 20 Aug 2009 -
MusicGang of Four @ HMV Picture House, 18 Sep
The original 'Gang of Four' shaped Mao Zedong's political apparatus for a ten year spell; polemical post-punk outfit Gang of Four, on the other hand, are ent... Read more »| 20 Aug 2009 -
Film
Greek Pete
Male escort Pete has landed in London and aims to earn enough riches to retire, but juggling work with his new boyfriend (fellow hustler Kai) is proving diff... Read more »| 20 Aug 2009 -
ComedyGagarin Way Review by Ariadne Cass-Maran
Gagarin Way is bleak, claustrophobic, and savagely funny; and in this, it is very Scottish indeed. Gregory Burke's tale of ideology gone violently wrong in t... Read more »| 20 Aug 2009 -
Music
The Phantom Band @ Electric Circus, 19 Aug
Perhaps fittingly, Glaswegian motorik-prog rock bastards The Phantom Band are tonight playing a venue mere feet away from some of the world's most haunted ba... Read more »| 20 Aug 2009 -
Music
Camille O'Sullivan @ Assembly Halls, 9 Aug
Camille is known for her cabaret style renditions of Nick Cave and David Bowie, as well as traditional favourites. If the Dark Angel lacks her stunning versi... Read more »| 20 Aug 2009
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Comedy
Carey Marx: The Doom Gloom Boom Comedy Review
Not as gloomy as you might think, given the title, Carey Marx takes childish and razor sharp joy in arguing with people's apathy, and the doomy gloom the wor... Read more »| 20 Aug 2009 -
TheatreVox Motus
From puppets to the Black Arts: Vox Motus keep on moving. Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
Music
Okkervil River @ Òran Mór, 9 Sep
Will Sheff takes his inimitable stage show to Glasgow Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
Art
Nigel Peake @ Schop
A cross between Edward Monkton graphic-like charm and the precision and dedication of William Playfair, this exhibition will appeal to both the trained and u... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
Clubs
Taking Care of Business
A common theme amongst contemporary house producers is their unbelievable work ethic, and Pennsylvania’s lost son is no exception. With two albums down and one more to go, David McNamara steals some time with the formidable force that is Jay Haze. Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
Music
Emmy the Great - Edward EP (First Songs)
Emmy the Great revisits her juvenilia (well, perhaps juvenilia is a bit much…she’s only 25), and it’s a chance to witness her ingén... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
ClubsXplicit
Xplicit draws a line under the festival with a knees up at The Picturehouse. Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
Art
Milestone @ ECA
My first thought is "Am I early?" Day four of the Milestone exhibition and the sculptures sit as large lumps of shapeless rock. However, the whiz of chainsaw... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
Art
Bob & Roberta Smith @ The Grey Gallery
Hawke and Hunter is an unusual venue but currently the ideal choice for those desperately seeking midnight encounters with art. Turn a blind eye to the bling... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009