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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MusicThe Skinny on EH-FM: Show Seven (Listen Again)
FKA twigs, Aldous Harding, Dream Wife, James Yorkston, Lucy Dacus, Nightwave and Foxygen all feature on our latest show on EH-FM – listen back below Read more »| 29 Apr 2019 -
BooksScottish Poetry News: May 2019
Spring means the beginning of festival season, plus a host of exciting new publications - we round up the best literary and spoken word events taking place across Scotland Read more »| 29 Apr 2019 -
BooksThe Ice House by Tim Clare
Dense with poetic detail, Tim Clare's The Ice House is a fantasy tale that shines with originality Read more »| 29 Apr 2019 -
FilmBrady Corbet on Vox Lux, gun control and Scott Walker
Brady Corbet's bold new feature Vox Lux examines a heady brew of celebrity and violence in the 21st century. We speak to the filmmaker about star Natalie Portman, gun control in America and working with the late, great Scott Walker Read more »| 29 Apr 2019 -
TheatreScottish Theatre, Mental Health, and SMHAF
The Skinny chats to theatre director Ross MacKay and Andrew Eaton-Lewis of the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival and asks, how can the theatre industry be more mindful of mental ill-health? Read more »| 29 Apr 2019 -
FilmJoe Penna on survival thriller Arctic
Prolific filmmaker Joe Penna made his name on YouTube with his popular channel MysteryGuitarMan. He tells us how these early years making shorts online has informed his debut feature film Arctic, a survivalist thriller starring Mads Mikkelsen Read more »| 29 Apr 2019
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MusicRoxanne Clifford on Patience debut album Dizzy Spells
Three years after the collapse of Veronica Falls and her synth-pop reinvention, Roxanne Clifford finally delivers her darkly danceable debut as Patience Read more »| 29 Apr 2019 -
BooksThe Doll Factory by Elizabeth Macneal
Elizabeth Macneal's debut novel is a well-crafted historical novel whose pages flirt with darkness and obsession Read more »| 28 Apr 2019 -
MusicTirzah @ YES, Manchester, 21 Apr
Tirzah and her band are on quietly eviscerating form in Manchester Read more »| 26 Apr 2019 -
ComedyICYMI: Christopher Macarthur-Boyd on Fleabag
Long live Fleabag creator and star Phoebe-Waller Bridge. May her knowing glances and wicked wit forever grace our screens 'cos she’s really good at it. Read more »| 26 Apr 2019 -
TheatreScottish Mental Health Arts Festival 2019: Theatre Highlights
Ahead of this year's Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival, we pick out five theatre productions from the programme that you need to look out for Read more »| 26 Apr 2019 -
MusicGang of Four – Happy Now
The result of Gang of Four's attempts to assimilate different elements of rock history on Happy Now is like a terrifying amalgamation of Muse and Duran Duran Read more »| 26 Apr 2019 -
MusicThe Spook School's Niall McCamley unveils new project
With The Spook School soon to embark on their farewell tour, Niall McCamley reveals his new project, Squiggles Read more »| 26 Apr 2019 -
ArtShadi Habib Allah on his Free Rein exhibition at CCA
Artist Shadi Habib Allah discusses the social isolation of inner city neighbourhoods in Miami, where city planning failures have created food deserts and illegal economies centred around small convenience stores form an alternative infrastructure Read more »| 25 Apr 2019 -
MusicThe Ninth Wave: Under the Influence
With part one of their two-part album Infancy set for release on 3 May, The Ninth Wave tell us what albums have inspired them over the years Read more »| 25 Apr 2019