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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TheatreThe Cherry Orchard
When Chekhov wrote the Cherry Orchard his first audience was his wife, who promptly burst into tears upon finishing it, pissing the great man off no end; he had intended it as a comedy. Read more »| 21 Apr 2010 -
TheatreLooks That Kill
Burlesque gets back to the bump and grind Read more »| 21 Apr 2010 -
BooksThe Diary of Miss Idilia
The Diary of Miss Idilia is classified as a ‘Memoir’ and certainly the facts are there and provide the basis for a terrific story, but the superf... Read more »| 21 Apr 2010 -
Books
Googled: The End of the World As We Know It
Few companies or products gain such a strong public prominence in the world that their name becomes a verb. Those that do have invariably pushed thro... Read more »| 21 Apr 2010 -
Art
Spring 2010 Exhibition @ Axolotl Gallery
The Axolotl Gallery holds a deceptively sugary appeal from Dundas Street; its bright purple shop front displays colourful, surreal paintings promising an arr... Read more »| 21 Apr 2010 -
Music
jj - jj n° 3
Last year, Swedish dream-pop outfit jj scored a critical hit with the imaginatively titled n° 2. n° 3 follows quickly on its heels and unsurprisingly... Read more »| 21 Apr 2010
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Film
May Film Events
Indulge in some B-movie inspired sex and violence at the Filmhouse on the 1 May when Tarantino’s rarely screened Grindhouse double bill will show. Dea... Read more »| 21 Apr 2010 -
MusicThree Blind Wolves @ Stereo, 10 Apr
“Who’s that writin’?” wails frontman Sean Cumming of the John Knox Sex Club, leading the four chanting a capella voices in their insp... Read more »| 21 Apr 2010 -
Music
These New Puritans @ Cabaret Voltaire, 16 Apr
The dark, cavernous Cabaret Voltaire is an apt setting for a Friday evening in the company of These New Puritans, short of a forest clearing at midnight. Ini... Read more »| 20 Apr 2010 -
MusicTigerfest 2010 @ Various Venues, 5-22 May
Returning for its sixth consecutive year, 2010 finds Tigerfest showcasing a rich vein of musical talent along Scotland’s East coast. Setting up camp in... Read more »| 20 Apr 2010 -
Music
Deftones - Diamond Eyes
With long-awaited album Eros on indefinite hold, Diamond Eyes proves that Deftones are still in the game and swinging for the fences – stand-in bass pl... Read more »| 20 Apr 2010 -
Music
The Peryls - I Have Not Slept One Wink EP
Average English folksy type fail to capitalise on palpable potential. Read more »| 20 Apr 2010 -
Music
Conflict Diamonds - Two City Tales
Edinburgh duo Conflict Diamonds' debut album has been a fair while coming, but thankfully it delivers just what we've come to love about their live performan... Read more »| 20 Apr 2010 -
Art
Lost and Found @ Street Level Photoworks
Anyone who’s ever attempted to face GI’s opening weekend can attest to the number of shows which, when combined with the Saturday shoppers, can q... Read more »| 20 Apr 2010 -
Music
Songdog - A Life Eroding
Like Nick Cave before him, Songdog frontman Lyndon Morgan’s lyrics sketch life – in all its tragicomic glory and horror – over elegant arra... Read more »| 20 Apr 2010