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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BooksAn Orphan World by Giuseppe Caputo
The almost-naive facade of Giuseppe Caputo's new novel hides an effortlessly multi-layered plot Read more »| 23 Oct 2019 -
Tv RadioSuccession
Succession is back and it’s as venomous and brilliant as ever Read more »| 23 Oct 2019 -
MusicThe Vegan Leather – Poor Girls / Broken Boys
Paisley pop royalty unleash a splash of much-needed energy into Scotland's indie scene with their debut album, Poor Girls / Broken Boys Read more »| 23 Oct 2019 -
TheatreBuild a Rocket @ Traverse, Edinburgh
Serena Manteghi shines in the funny and moving one-woman show Build a Rocket Read more »| 23 Oct 2019 -
TheatreFrankenstein @ King's Theatre, Edinburgh
A tonally messy production of Mary Shelley’s gothic classic unsuccessfully pulls in two different directions at once Read more »| 22 Oct 2019 -
MusicSaint Etienne @ The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, 19 Oct
Saint Etienne deliver a faithful rendition of 1994's Tiger Bay as well as all the hits, making for a somewhat fractured show but one that's been plenty earned by this wonderful band Read more »| 22 Oct 2019
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BooksCar Park Life by Gareth E. Rees
Gareth E. Rees' study of the car park is part psychogeographical study, part autobiography, and part satire of contemporary Britain Read more »| 22 Oct 2019 -
MusicHot Chip @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 19 Oct
Hot Chip bring a greatest hits show to Glasgow's Barrowland Ballroom Read more »| 22 Oct 2019 -
TheatreLove Song to Lavender Menace @ Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
Watching Love Song to Lavender Menace is a joyous and celebratory experience Read more »| 22 Oct 2019 -
MusicSlime City to release Glasgow is a Shitehole
Available to buy for one evening only, art-rock trio Slime City's new single will only be available to people with a Glasgow postcode Read more »| 22 Oct 2019 -
BooksDear Girls by Ali Wong
Dating, family, marriage, sex, food, pregnancy – stand-up comedian Ali Wong goes on a frank journey through the messiness of life in her new memoir Read more »| 22 Oct 2019 -
TheatreDance International Glasgow: Crowd @ Tramway
Gisèle Vienne's dance piece is meticulously crafted, but the concept is tired Read more »| 21 Oct 2019 -
TheatreThe Panopticon @ Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
The National Theatre of Scotland's adaptation of Jenni Fagan's novel creates an angry, defiant, magical and symbolic world Read more »| 21 Oct 2019 -
MusicThe Murder Capital @ Mash House, Edinburgh, 15 Oct
Tonight, The Murder Capital play their debut album more or less in full, but radically reordered to split the gig into a show of two halves Read more »| 21 Oct 2019 -
FilmA Good Woman is Hard to Find
Social realism and B-movie exploitation combine in this drum-tight horror from Northern Ireland Read more »| 21 Oct 2019