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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ComedyBill Bailey returns with new show Larks in Transit
Best known for his often otherworldly humour, being a wildlife-obsessed ex-team captain on Never Mind the Buzzcocks and as hapless shop assistant Manny in Black Books, Bill Bailey is back on stage for his latest UK-wide tour Larks in Transit Read more »| 14 May 2019 -
MusicThe Skinny on EH-FM: Show Nine (Listen Again)
Flying Lotus, Courtney Barnett, Kelly Lee Owens, Crack Cloud, Georgia, Oh Sees and Holly Herndon all feature on our latest show on EH-FM – listen back Read more »| 13 May 2019 -
ArtDomestic Bliss @ Gallery of Modern Art
Gallery of Modern Art deconstructs home life in Domestic Bliss, a huge group show from the Glasgow public collections Read more »| 13 May 2019 -
MusicThe Case for a Queer and Radical Eurovision
With 2019's Eurovision Song Contest within touching distance, we make a case for a queer and radical Eurovision Read more »| 13 May 2019 -
MusicSanna – Carbon Compound Combinations
Leith three-piece Sanna's debut album is filled with poetic lyrics and a variety of sonic inventions Read more »| 13 May 2019 -
ArtImagining the City: Dundee Design Festival 2019
How can a city use design to shape its future? Poised to answer this question is the Dundee Design Festival, back this month for its third iteration and with not one, but two energetic new curators at the helm in the form of design studio Agency of None Read more »| 13 May 2019
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MusicSiobhan Wilson – The Departure
With The Departure, Siobhan Wilson has crafted a constantly captivating experience that's rich in both sound and spirit Read more »| 10 May 2019 -
FilmPokémon Detective Pikachu
Raymond Chandler and Psyduck collide in this live-action/computer-animated reinvention of the Pokémon franchise, with Ryan Reynolds providing the voice for a hard-boiled Pikachu P.I. Read more »| 10 May 2019 -
FilmDiamantino
Genre and gender blur in Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt idiosyncratic debuts that's an absolute joyous ride Read more »| 10 May 2019 -
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TheatreZinnie Harris on The Duchess [of Malfi]
We chat to Zinnie Harris about male rage, female resistance, and updating John Webster's 17th century play The Duchess of Malfi for the present day Read more »| 10 May 2019 -
MusicErland Cooper on music, nature and Scotland's islands
We speak to Erland Cooper about his three-album project inspired by his home on Orkney, part two of which – Sule Skerry – drops this month Read more »| 10 May 2019 -
FilmBeats: Meet the stars of the Scottish rave movie
Brian Welsh’s Beats follows two best friends as they experience the tail end of West Lothian's illegal rave scene in 1994. We speak to the film's talented young stars, Cristian Ortega and Lorn Macdonald Read more »| 10 May 2019 -
ArtCountryfile: Contemporary Art across Scotland
As the thought of leaving the house becomes more pleasant, let's take it a few (thousand) steps further and see what's going on in the art venues and galleries in the farther reaches of Scotland Read more »| 10 May 2019 -
BooksDenise Mina on true crime podcasts and new novel Conviction
Crime writing royalty Denise Mina is back with her new novel Conviction, following Anna as she dives deep into the world of true crime podcasts Read more »| 10 May 2019 -
BooksThe Bells of Old Tokyo by Anna Sherman
Anyone with an interest in Japan will benefit from Anna Sherman's inquisitive mind at work in her new book, The Bells of Old Tokyo Read more »| 10 May 2019