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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TheatreSci-fi classic Solaris adapted for Edinburgh’s Lyceum
The Edinburgh Lyceum team up with Melbourne’s Malthouse Theatre for a stage adaptation of Solaris, Stanisław Lem’s classic science fiction novel turned into film by both Tarkovsky and Soderbergh Read more »| 03 Sep 2018 -
FilmThe Miseducation of Cameron Post
Desiree Akhavan's witty and heartfelt coming-of-age drama The Miseducation of Cameron Post is a potent study in teenage alienation and anxiety Read more »| 03 Sep 2018 -
ArtJanice Kerbel @ Western Baths
The Common Guild gallery invites Janice Kerbel to create a visual art project for the festival accompanying the 2018 European Championships; the result is an elegant statement on the power of collective action Read more »| 03 Sep 2018 -
BooksNormal People by Sally Rooney
Sally Rooney's second novel is a devastating love story that elevates the mundane to the magnificent Read more »| 03 Sep 2018 -
Music
SAY Award 2018: A closer look at the shortlist
Ahead of the 2018 SAY Award ceremony in Paisley on 6 September, we take a closer look at the albums and artists featuring on this year's shortlist Read more »| 03 Sep 2018 -
BooksTomi Adeyemi on Children of Blood and Bone
Tomi Adeyemi has created a new world through her young adult fantasy novel, Children of Blood and Bone. Six months on from its publication, she pauses to take stock and talk more about her story Read more »| 03 Sep 2018
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Film
Scottish Film Festival Calendar
Scotland's cultural calendar is overflowing with excellent film festivals. Below is just a taste of some of the smart, inventive and inclusive festivals that help make the Scottish film scene the most vibrant in the UK Read more »| 03 Sep 2018 -
Music
Neil Hilborn @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 23 Aug
Neil Hilborn delivers a lacklustre performance of poems without all of the passion and peculiar ticks that first endeared him to the audience Read more »| 03 Sep 2018 -
Music
The Weather Station @ The Hug & Pint, 27 Aug
Tamara Lindeman and her band breeze through a wonderful set tonight at The Hug & Pint keeping the audience in rapt attention throughout Read more »| 03 Sep 2018 -
Music
Buck Meek @ The Hug & Pint, Glasgow, 28 Aug
Big Thief guitarist Buck Meek celebrates the release of his recent self-titled solo album, enrapturing The Hug & Pint's crowd in the process Read more »| 03 Sep 2018 -
Music
Cassette Store Day returns for 2018
Tape heads rejoice! Cassette Store Day returns on 13 October with a plethora of special compact audio cassette releases and events to celebrate this gloriously old-school audio format Read more »| 31 Aug 2018 -
Music
Franz Ferdinand to headline Edinburgh’s Hogmanay Concert
Metronomy and Free Love join the Glasgow band at Edinburgh’s Hogmanay party, the biggest New Year celebration in the UK Read more »| 31 Aug 2018 -
Music
Darwin Deez – 10 Songs That Happened When You Left Me With My Stupid Heart
Indie-pop's near-cliché poster boy Darwin Deez returns with his established style of playful, happy-go-lucky electronica that walks the fine line between lovestruck sweetheart and sickeningly twee wallflower Read more »| 30 Aug 2018 -
Music
Menace Beach – Black Rainbow Sound
Black Rainbow Sound demonstrates a massive shift for Menace Beach; exuding the same visceral power and anthemic pop tunes we've come to expect but with a funky new twist Read more »| 30 Aug 2018 -
Theatre
This is Not My Nose: Revisiting Cyrano de Bergerac
Brian Ferguson and Jessica Hardwick discuss the newest Citz production, their revival of Edwin Morgan's translation of Cyrano de Bergerac Read more »| 30 Aug 2018