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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MusicAndrew Wasylyk – Irreparable Parables
Irreparable Parables pulses with a sense of human spirit that’s awe inspiring Read more »| 02 Mar 2026 -
Film"Hope is a Privilege": Raoul Peck on Orwell 2+2=5
In Orwell 2+2=5, Raoul Peck uses the life and writing of George Orwell as the connective tissue to tell a wider history of totalitarian power and media manipulation, past and present. We find out more from this trenchant political filmmaker Read more »| 02 Mar 2026 -
MusicScottish Live Music Highlights: March 2026
March brings Scottish tours from Andrew Wasylyk & Kathryn Joseph and Fergus McCreadie, nights with GLOSS and Counterflows, and a whole host of big names on tour Read more »| 01 Mar 2026 -
ClubsScottish Clubbing Highlights: March 2026
Spring forward into March and fall back into the club. Top picks for this month include Assyouti, Peder Mannerfelt and The Blessed Madonna Read more »| 01 Mar 2026 -
ArtScottish Art Highlights: March 2026
Edinburgh makes up for a quiet month for visual art in Glasgow and Dundee, with two new exhibitions opening at Fruitmarket and Collective Read more »| 01 Mar 2026 -
TheatreScottish Theatre Highlights: March 2026
Myth and musical nostalgia shape March’s theatre offerings, along with political reckonings and reliable bits of brightness Read more »| 27 Feb 2026
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MusicMitski – Nothing's About to Happen to Me
On her eighth album, Mitski weaves together anxious, wiry guitar and melancholic strings into sublime orchestral pop bruised by loneliness Read more »| 27 Feb 2026 -
FilmBroken English
Marianne Faithfull has the last word in this hybrid doc blending interviews, archive, and performance, framed by an imaginary institution fronted by Tilda Swinton Read more »| 26 Feb 2026 -
ComedyPhil Ellis: Bath Mat @ Monkey Barrel, Edinburgh
Freed from the hour-long confines of the Fringe, Taskmaster star Phil Ellis returns to Edinburgh with a tour show teeming with gags Read more »| 26 Feb 2026 -
MusicSpotlight On... The Foot & Leg Clinic
Following the release of single Where did all the fruit go? and ahead of releasing their debut album, we meet The Foot & Leg Clinic (fka The Wife Guys of Reddit) Read more »| 26 Feb 2026 -
FilmSeán Dunn on The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford
Edinburgh-born, New York-based filmmaker Seán Dunn discusses his new comedy, The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford, the use of Scotland as a Hollywood backdrop and finding inspiration on a Harry Potter tour Read more »| 25 Feb 2026 -
MusicThe Skinny On... Juanita Stein
Ahead of releasing their first record in over a decade, Howling Bells frontwoman Juanita Stein takes on this month's Q&A Read more »| 25 Feb 2026 -
ArtWe Contain Multitudes @ Dundee Contemporary Arts
From the vantage point of disability, four interdisciplinary artists challenge ableism in the arts in a new group show at Dundee Contemporary Arts Read more »| 25 Feb 2026 -
BooksLean Cat, Savage Cat by Lauren J. Joseph
In Lauren J. Joseph's Lean Cat, Savage Cat, a charismatic Bowie-like figure appears in a woman's life, opening up questions around ambiguity, identity and desire Read more »| 24 Feb 2026 -
BooksSuckerfish by Ashani Lewis
Ashani Lewis' highly atmospheric novel Suckerfish explores the tangled relationships between mothers and daughters Read more »| 24 Feb 2026