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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MusicStormzy @ O2 Academy, Glasgow, 5 Apr
Grime great Stormzy puts on a traffic-stopping, high-intensity Scottish debut at the O2 Academy Read more »| 06 Apr 2017 -
ClubsScottish Clubbing Highlights: 6-12 April
This weekend's Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee clubbing guide, featuring KiNK, Counterflows Festival, Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club and Kornél Kovács Read more »| 06 Apr 2017 -
ClubsSub Club XXX – Harri & Domenic @ Sub Club, Glasgow, 1 Apr
As we know, age is just a number – and evidently so, as a 30-year-old Sub Club has all the youthful exuberance of any other burgeoning club in our dear... Read more »| 06 Apr 2017 -
Music
Alexandra Savior – Belladonna of Sadness
The Portland singer-songwriter turns in an occasionally beguiling, but largely predictable debut Read more »| 06 Apr 2017 -
Music
H.Grimace – Self Architect
H.Grimace, post-punkers based in London, have issues with society and would like to tell you all about it. Singer Hannah Gledhill makes pointed observations ... Read more »| 06 Apr 2017 -
Music
Live music in Manchester this week: 6-11 Apr
This week we recommend checking out our five-star favourite Jesca Hoop in action, along with PWR BTTM at The Deaf Institute, Colin Hay at The Dancehouse doing a fundraiser for Band on the Wall and more Read more »| 05 Apr 2017
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MusicThe Strange Blue Dreams – Towards The Warm Place (Track Premiere)
Listen to the new track from Glasgow's The Strange Blue Dreams Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
Art
Coming Clean: Graham MacIndoe interview
New York-based Scottish photographer Graham MacIndoe speaks candidly about addiction and recovery ahead of a major show of self-portraits in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
Theatre
Scratch Special @ Platform
A one-off night at Glasgow's Take Me Somewhere, Scratch Special is three different performances of varying styles and mediums. The first act is a c... Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
Comedy
Bryan Ghosh crowned Edinburgh Revue Champion 2017
The annual Edinburgh Revue competition pitched 13 comedy hopefuls against each other at Teviot House Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
Art
Caribbean Queer Visualities @ Transmission
Transmission plays host to an exhibition curated by Small Axe Project, surveying the rich variety of different tones, disciplines and strategies amongst young, queer Caribbean artists presently. Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
Music
BooHooHoo – Fire (Video Premiere)
Watch the video for the new song by Glasgow trio BooHooHoo Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
MusicDeadwall – The Zero Cliff
As Mark E Smith’s fascination with Camus and countless other writers suggests, wonderful things can happen when music and literature collide. Insp... Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
Theatre
Avoidable Climbing @ Citizens Theatre
The latest project from writer/director Drew Taylor, Avoidable Climbing, was written as a direct response to the impending sense of extremist doom-and-gloome... Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
Theatre
Shoot the Sissy @ Art School
Nando Messias’ Shoot the Sissy packs its deceptively simple premise with striking visuals and deep emotional resonance. Superficially a sort of dr... Read more »| 05 Apr 2017