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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BooksPoetry News – Scotland, November 2015
We consider the pen and page with two exciting new collections and the announcement of the Saltire poetry book award nominees. We also chat to the newly appointed BBC Scotland Poet in Residence, Rachel McCrum – also one half of Rally & Broad. Read more »| 10 Nov 2015 -
TheatreNational Theatre of Scotland unveil 2016 plans
The National Theatre of Scotland have unveiled plans for their 10th birthday season, with a host of world premieres and returning plays. Read more »| 09 Nov 2015 -
Art
Jordan Alex Smith: The Skinny Showcase
Jordan Alex Smith "Not so much meat on the bones. An interview with my thoughts if my thoughts were wearing clear-frame glasses. The Swedish artist Tobias K... Read more »| 09 Nov 2015 -
BooksEscaping East: Shuntaro Tanikawa
Ahead of the publication of his New Selected Poems, we look at the work of Shuntaro Tanikawa, one of Japan's best-kept literary secrets Read more »| 09 Nov 2015 -
Music
Killing Joke @ O2 ABC, Glasgow, 3 Nov
Jaz Coleman of Killing Joke stands before us, his eyeliner seeping into the pores of his former years as he prances across the stage of the ABC. He haunts ou... Read more »| 09 Nov 2015 -
Comedy
Ultimate Bill Hicks
This new DVD box set brings together some of Bill Hicks most famous performances – sounds like an essential item for comedy fans, but the Ultimate Bill Hicks offers no better alternative to what's already available. Read more »| 07 Nov 2015
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Music
New Albums This Week (6 Nov): Floating Points & more
Our weekly round-up of the best new albums released this Friday, including new records from Floating Points, USA Nails, Found and !!! (Chk Chk Chk). Read more »| 07 Nov 2015 -
Art
The Skinny Gift Guide: Northwest Experiences
Objects are so 2014. It's all about the journey, man! With that in mind, we've put together a selection of experiential gift ideas, from foraging for mushrooms to, uh, scrambling up an ice wall, for the adventurous loved one in your life Read more »| 06 Nov 2015 -
Clubs
Hidden: Shaking up Manchester's clubbing scene
In a UK-wide climate of club closures, one writer takes a look at the impact (so far) of Manchester's newest music and arts hub, Hidden, and what it might mean for the city's clubbing scene Read more »| 06 Nov 2015 -
Comedy
The Stand-Up Archive: Interview with Dr Oliver Double
The British Stand-Up Comedy Archive's Dr Oliver Double on archiving something as ephemeral as live performance Read more »| 06 Nov 2015 -
Art
National Galleries Surveys Woman Artists 1885-1965
The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art gives attention to women artists not appreciated by a male-dominated narrative of Scottish art at the turn of the 20th century until the 1960s. Read more »| 06 Nov 2015 -
Art
CCA Highlights – November/December 2015
The CCA lives up to its name this autumn with a fine spread of contemporary art, music, and film events – we big up some faves Read more »| 06 Nov 2015 -
FilmSean Baker on Tangerine and shooting on an iPhone
Tangerine is the most exciting and invigorating indie film of the year. Its director, Sean Baker, talks us through the ins and outs of creating this vivid slice-of-life comedy about two transgendre LA sex workers and capturing it all on an iPhone lens Read more »| 06 Nov 2015 -
Art
Ai Weiwei @ Royal Academy of Art, London
It’s Friday 23 October and I'm sat on a train from Manchester to London; I'm travelling to see an exhibition of work by China’s most recognisable... Read more »| 05 Nov 2015 -
Film
Tangerine
"Merry Christmas Eve, bitch!" So goes the opening line of Tangerine, a single-night screwball set on the West Hollywood strip that comes at you like a Jim Ja... Read more »| 05 Nov 2015