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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TheatreMacbeth @ Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
With not a word spoken, The Paper Cinema crafts a fine example of Shakespeare’s quintessential work Read more »| 14 Feb 2019 -
MusicAnother Sky @ YES Basement, Manchester, 11 Feb
With a short seven song set, Another Sky impress the packed out Manchester venue, managing to sound unlike anyone else Read more »| 14 Feb 2019 -
TheatreSleeping Beauty @ Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Collette Garrigan brings the Sleeping Beauty tale to life in this new version at manipulate Festival Read more »| 14 Feb 2019 -
TheatreART @ King's Theatre, Edinburgh
If you don’t hate them, are they even your friends? That's the question posed by Yasmina Reza’s monstrously successful play, ART, which has all the trimmings that a high-billed touring production should have Read more »| 14 Feb 2019 -
FilmJoe Cornish on The Kid Who Would Be King
The Attack The Block director on his all-new family film, his experiences with Hollywood, and the 'hereditary privilege' at the heart of fantasy storytelling Read more »| 14 Feb 2019 -
FilmBerlinale 2019: Knives and Skin
You've never seen a coming-of-age film quite like Jennifer Reeder's wild and imaginative teen movie Knives and Skin Read more »| 13 Feb 2019
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MusicGigs in Glasgow and Edinburgh: 13-18 Feb
CHVRCHES, Nils Frahm, BODEGA and bis are just some of the stellar gigs happening across the central belt this week Read more »| 13 Feb 2019 -
Tv RadioIn the Dark & 5 more investigative crime podcasts
Our latest podcast column delves into the murky world of true crime investigate with the fantastic In The Dark podcast Read more »| 13 Feb 2019 -
MusicWild Nothing @ YES, Manchester, 11 Feb
Jack Tatum brings the latest iteration of Wild Nothing to Manchester and continues to make the case for being one of the city's adopted musical sons Read more »| 13 Feb 2019 -
MusicJohn Grant @ Albert Hall, Manchester, 10 Feb
John Grant offers a mixed bag of songs from his back catalogue tonight, flitting between beautiful arrangements and headache-inducing sounds Read more »| 13 Feb 2019 -
TheatreImages & Words: A Double Bill @ Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Images & Words combines two short films which both use spoken word and video, but which couldn’t be more different Read more »| 13 Feb 2019 -
MusicEmma Pollock on Help Musicians Scotland's Creative Programme
Emma Pollock speaks to Help Musicians Scotland about the highs and lows she's gone through since her launching her music career in 1994 Read more »| 13 Feb 2019 -
MusicHoliday Ghosts – West Bay Playroom
The sprightly, jukebox days of rock'n'roll are given a cheeky, 21st century makeover on Holiday Ghosts’ sophomore album West Bay Playroom Read more »| 13 Feb 2019 -
FilmMid90s
Jonah Hill becomes the latest Hollywood star to move behind the camera with Mid90s; a coming of age film centred on a 13-year-old boy who falls in with an LA skate gang, it's an impressive and stylish directorial debut Read more »| 13 Feb 2019 -
MusicWhite Lies @ The Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 11 Feb
White Lies bring a slick performance to a sold out Liquid Room in support of new release Five Read more »| 13 Feb 2019