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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TheatreWorkers Theatre on Something Has to Happen Festival
We catch up with the folk from The Workers Theatre about radical art, how a theatre cooperative works and why their upcoming festival – Something Has To Happen – couldn't be more timely Read more »| 06 Feb 2020 -
Tv RadioBojack Horseman: Season 6, Part 2
Bojack Horseman sends off its central characters almost too neatly, but its tone is near-perfect: the choice to continue living, trying, failing, and starting over is conveyed with cynicism, humour, and hope Read more »| 06 Feb 2020 -
MusicShopping – All or Nothing
Shopping add an electronic edge to their post-punk sound, offering a soundtrack for the frustrating times we live in Read more »| 06 Feb 2020 -
BooksA Tall History of Sugar by Curdella Forbes
Blending fantasy and history, A Tall History of Sugar is an epic, generation-spanning novel set in newly independent Jamaica Read more »| 06 Feb 2020 -
Tv RadioGrow Up: The Evolution of Coming-of-Age TV
Season two of Netflix’s Sex Education marks how far coming-of-age television series have come Read more »| 05 Feb 2020 -
MusicFatoumata Diawara @ Tramway, Glasgow, 31 Jan
On the last evening of January, Fatoumata Diawara and co provide some much-needed musical catharsis Read more »| 05 Feb 2020
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MusicPenelope Isles @ Gullivers, Manchester, 30 Jan
Although there could be a bit more showmanship on stage from Penelope Isles, you can’t help but thrill at the prospect of what they’re going to do next Read more »| 05 Feb 2020 -
MusicThe Ninth Wave @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 31 Jan
A double dose of Glasgow bands, The Ninth Wave and Savage Mansion, elevate their debut albums for a knockout live show at Summerhall Read more »| 05 Feb 2020 -
TheatrePride and Prejudice* (*sort of) @ Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
A memorable and proudly feminist retelling of the novel, with plenty of in-jokes that Jane Austen aficionados will appreciate Read more »| 05 Feb 2020 -
MusicScottish Gig Highlights: February 2020
Our round-up of the month ahead in Scotland's venues Read more »| 05 Feb 2020 -
MusicDan Deacon @ Classic Grand, Glasgow, 1 Feb
The uncategorizable synth-wizard brings his new album to Glasgow with a barrage of dancing, high fives and brilliant tunes Read more »| 04 Feb 2020 -
MusicAwkward Family Portraits @ Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh, 30 Jan
Glasgow's Awkward Family Portraits take us back in time for a night of old time Rockabilly and Americana, making us feel as if we're at a secret 1920s prohibition party Read more »| 04 Feb 2020 -
MusicRoaming Roots Revue @ Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow, 27 Jan
Roddy Hart & The Lonesome Fire, accompanied by the likes of Lisa Hannigan, Craig Finn and Karine Polwart, offer a joyous if occasionally uninspiring tribute to Bruce Springsteen Read more »| 04 Feb 2020 -
TheatreScottish Opera's Mathilda du Tillieul McNicol on Nixon in China and their Under 26 offer
Ahead of the Scottish Opera’s premiere of John Adams’ Nixon in China, the production's Assistant Director Mathilda du Tillieul McNicol tells us more about the opera and their Under 26 scheme Read more »| 04 Feb 2020 -
ComedyScottish Comedy Round-up: February 2020
This month's comedy round-up includes touring returns from John-Luke Roberts, Max and Ivan and Josie Long Read more »| 04 Feb 2020