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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MusicMeursault @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 17 Feb
In honour of the tenth anniversary of their debut album, Pissing on Bonfires / Kissing With Tongues is played front-to-back reimagined through the lens of 2018 Meursault with just a few surprises along the way Read more »| 19 Feb 2018 -
FilmNot Horsing Around: Charlie Plummer on road movie Lean on Pete
Rising talent Charlie Plummer speaks to us about his knockout performance in Andrew Haigh's downbeat road movie Lean on Pete, using acting to cure his shyness and just missing out on being Spider-Man Read more »| 19 Feb 2018 -
MusicMint Field – Pasar de las Luces
The Tijuana duo announce their arrival with an impressive and immersive debut Read more »| 19 Feb 2018 -
MusicIron & Wine @ Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 15 Feb
Sam Beam's return to Manchester with Iron & Wine is by turns entertaining and frustrating Read more »| 19 Feb 2018 -
Music
Zed Penguin – A Ghost, A Beast
A Ghost, A Beast is tactful and tactless, with just the right amounts of both revealing the expert showmanship of a band whose hard-won debut sounds nothing like a first attempt Read more »| 19 Feb 2018 -
Film
A Fantastic Woman
Transgender actress Daniela Vega gives a star-making turn in this stylish drama from Chilean director Sebastián Lelio Read more »| 19 Feb 2018
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Music
I Am Oak – Will I Wake (Video Premiere)
Watch the stunning hand-drawn animated new video for I Am Oak's latest single Will I Wake Read more »| 19 Feb 2018 -
Film
In Lady Bird, mother-daughter angst takes centre stage
The complicated bond between mothers and daughters often goes unexplored or ends up misrepresented in cinema, but two new films – Lady Bird and I, Tonya – put it front and centre Read more »| 16 Feb 2018 -
Film
Isle of Dogs
This gorgeous and rambunctious stop motion adventure set in a future Japan where dogs have been exiled sees Wes Anderson at his most imaginative and loose-limbed Read more »| 16 Feb 2018 -
Music
The Go! Team @ QMU, Glasgow, 9 Feb
The fun never stops for The Go! Team tonight at a packed out QMU in Glasgow Read more »| 16 Feb 2018 -
Music
Gitta De Ridder – The Wheel (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video for Gitta De Ridder's new single The Wheel Read more »| 16 Feb 2018 -
Theatre
Pressure @ King's Theatre, Edinburgh
David Haig excels in this surprisingly gripping and involving exposition of the weather conditions in the days before the D-Day landings Read more »| 16 Feb 2018 -
TheatreRita, Sue and Bob Too @ Citizens Theatre, Glasgow
Out of Joint's revival of Andrea Dunbar's play proves just as relevant in 2018 as it was at its premiere Read more »| 16 Feb 2018 -
Film
Pin Cushion
Pin Cushion, writer-director Deborah Haywood’s debut feature film, joins the ranks of Lady Macbeth, God’s Own Country and The Levelling as an example of the quality of excellence being produced by contemporary British filmmakers Read more »| 16 Feb 2018 -
Film
Faces Places
Two witty artists – photographer JR and legendary filmmaker Agnès Varda – collaborate on this joyful documentary about communities and memory that proves deeply moving by its conclusion Read more »| 16 Feb 2018