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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ClubsClub nights in Leeds this week: 6-13 Apr
KMAH Radio celebrate their second year of broadcasting with a special party at the HiFi this week, while Sub:terranea welcome John Heckle to Wire. Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
MusicLlorca – The Garden
15 years ago, Ludovic Llorca was an up and comer in the French house scene but also somewhat adjacent to it, pulling his samples from low-key jazz instead of... Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
FilmWatch the moving trailer for new Heath Ledger doc
I Am Heath Ledger features home movie footage shot by The Dark Knight star, as well as interviews with Naomi Watts, Ben Mendelsohn and Ang Lee A new documen... Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
Clubs
Club nights in Manchester this week: 6-13 Apr
Manchester starts ramping things up in preparation for the Easter bank holiday with a string of great nights taking you right through to Thursday, from Omar S at Hidden to a 12-hour party from Love Dose. Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
Music
Live music in Liverpool this week: 5-11 Apr
Brass-soaked party bands, former Spice Girls and a smattering of punk and metal make up your gig highlights for the week. Get involved Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
Clubs
Club nights in Liverpool this week: 6-13 Apr
It's all about the techno in Liverpool this week as the Melōs crew bring their fifth Wake Deeper party to 24 Kitchen Street, and a few days later Hamburg's Oliver Huntemann goes deep with Jolt. Read more »| 05 Apr 2017
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Music
Haley @ Night & Day, Manchester, 29 Mar
What's in a name? Everything and nothing. Haley Bonar's recent decision to continue under her christian name alone was borne of both courage and pride. Her r... Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
MusicAbiChan @ The Magnet, Liverpool, 31 March
Soulful as Aretha herself, Queen Abi Harding takes to the Magnet for her debut gig as AbiChan – the first new music we've heard from the saxophonist si... Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
Music
R. Stevie Moore / Jason Falkner – Make It Be
For a rock/punk/spoken word/experimental hybrid, Make it Be sounds surprisingly… just like you would expect it to. A collaboration between 60s DI... Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
Film
Pilot Light TV Festival: Mad Men, Brass Eye & more
Manchester's television festival returns with celebrations of Brass Eye, Mad Men, Sugar Rush and contemporary web series Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
Books
Mariana Enriquez: Black Magical Realism
Things We Lost in the Fire could be the most dark and thrilling short story collection you ever encounter, blending the sociopolitical horrors of dictatorshi... Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
Music
Sun Ra Arkestra @ Band on the Wall, Manchester, 2 Apr
With their sequin-ridden costumes winking under the lights, the thoroughly seasoned Sun Ra Arkestra file onstage with an air of immense calm, shortly before ... Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
Film
What to Watch this Week (3-10 Apr)
The best things to watch this week on the big screen, the small screen and your laptop screen, including the college cannibalism movie Raw, new Terence Davies joint A Quiet Passion and Netflix teen tragedy 13 Reasons Why Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
Theatre
Ask Auntie Trash: This Review is Bad
Our theatrical agony aunt takes on the thorny topic of negative reviews, and what to do about them Read more »| 04 Apr 2017 -
Music
Scottish Gigs of the Week: 4-10 April
This week's Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee gig guide, featuring The Ninth Wave, Counterflows Festival and visits from Stormzy, British Sea Power and Pulled Apart by Horses Read more »| 04 Apr 2017