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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MusicRestless Natives: Happy Meals @ Collective, 14 May
It's Saturday night and the Calton is bouncing. The bars in and around the Gallowgate are stowed out. An Easter Rising commemorative march has finished just ... Read more »| 17 May 2016 -
ArtThis Week in Scottish Art: Dundee Degree Show
It's the first degree show of the year with Dundee stepping up to open the season officially. There are also closing parties from David Dale and Transmission, student presentations in The Art School, and a new publication from Collective Gallery. Read more »| 17 May 2016 -
MusicRestless Natives: Future of the Left @ St Luke's, 14 May
It’s a sparse crowd that greets last-minute addition Chrissy Barnacle, but those lucky early revellers are treated to something pretty special. Her off... Read more »| 17 May 2016 -
Art
ECA Degree Show 2016: Performance Costume Design
From epic Icelandic folktales to Caryl Churchill's explorations of feminist power structures, this year's Performance Costume graduates explore a fascinating array of sources and themes Read more »| 16 May 2016 -
Film
James Bobin interview: from Ali G to Hollywood
James Bobin helped bring the Muppets into the 21st century, but can he rescue Tim Burton's garish Alice in Wonderland series? We chat to the Hampshire-born ... Read more »| 16 May 2016 -
MusicMinor Victories @ The Art School, Glasgow, 6 May
There’s an argument to be made that this shouldn’t work. A project without location, material recorded remotely, its protagonists first together ... Read more »| 16 May 2016
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Music
Restless Natives: Ghostface Killah @ St Luke's, 13 May
“I want to see ONE THOUSAND PHONES,” bellows ol' Ghost with regal expectation, larger than life under St Luke’s stained glass windows. &ldq... Read more »| 16 May 2016 -
Music
On the Money: Maynard James Keenan interviewed
As Puscifer set sail for their European debut, founder Maynard James Keenan meditates on the influence of surrealist British comedy and the lingering threat of a Trumpian dystopia Read more »| 16 May 2016 -
MusicThe Grand Gestures Remixed: Album Premiere
Listen to an exclusive stream of The Grand Gestures' remix album, ahead of their final live show in Glasgow later this month. Remixed features re... Read more »| 13 May 2016 -
Theatre
Swan Lake @ Theatre Royal, Glasgow, 19 April
No doubt puritanical fans of Tchaikovky’s legendary ballet will have some criticism of Scottish Ballet’s newest production – within the cor... Read more »| 13 May 2016 -
Art
Marie Young: The Skinny Showcase
Kochi kochi is Japanese slang for kochira and translates in English as a polite way of saying “This way!” or “Over here!” Inspir... Read more »| 13 May 2016 -
Music
Christine Ott – Only Silence Remains
A studied enactment of both vision and virtuosity, Only Silence Remains is Christine Ott's latest solo work, following on from her 2009 debut Solitude N... Read more »| 13 May 2016 -
Film
Meet Nespresso Talents 2016’s Selected Filmmakers
The inaugural Nespresso Talents 2016 vertical film contest comes to a close, with three great filmmakers receiving 6,000€ as well as a trip to the world... Read more »| 13 May 2016 -
Books
Noon In Paris, Eight In Chicago by Douglas Cowie
Love: the greatest adventure; a high-stakes, perilous undertaking; a long-odds gamble, for the greatest reward. Its possibilities so often flail un... Read more »| 13 May 2016 -
Film
Whit Stillman on Love & Friendship
After years making period pieces in modern dress, Whit Stillman bites the bullet and makes a costume drama based on a forgotten Jane Austen novella. The results are as caustic and uproarious as any of his urban comedies of manners Read more »| 12 May 2016