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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Theatre
Brave New Stages: Theatre design and COVID-19
Scotland's theatre industry is struggling to survive under the pressure of social distancing regulations. Meet the designers thinking outside the box to stage new work Read more »| 15 Sep 2020 -
Music
Kinbote – Hiemalis (Video Premiere)
Watch the video for Hiemalis by Kinbote, the latest artist to join the Lost Map roster Read more »| 15 Sep 2020 -
Music
The Skinny Q&A: Anna Meredith
Following her 2020 Mercury Prize nomination for new album FIBS, Anna Meredith takes some time out to tell us what she's been up to during lockdown, what scares her the most, and lets us in on a little secret Read more »| 14 Sep 2020 -
Film
Team Players: Sarah Gavron & Anu Henriques on Rocks
Rocks, the East London-set drama from director Sarah Gavron, is bursting with energy thanks to its cast of teenage newcomers. Gavron, and associate director Anu Henriques, speak to us about the film's uniquely collaborative production Read more »| 11 Sep 2020 -
Comedy
Tackling Harassment in Scottish Stand-Up Comedy
We speak to comedians Ruth Hunter, Kimi Loughton and Ashley Manning about sexual misconduct on the Scottish comedy scene, and the need for progress Read more »| 07 Sep 2020 -
Music
The Skinny's Bandcamp Friday Compilation
This Friday, grab your copy of our compilation of the bands we had lined up for Kelburn Garden Party this summer, featuring Free Love, Swim School and Squiggles Read more »| 03 Sep 2020
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Art
Local Heroes: Too Gallus
For the latest edition of our Local Heroes design column, we speak to Barrington Reeves about culture, creating creative experiences and the future for Too Gallus Read more »| 03 Sep 2020 -
Music
SAY Award 2020: Live at the Longlist stream details
The Scottish Album of the Year Award will reveal its longlist of 20 albums later this month, with performances from Free Love, Sacred Paws and Kinnaris Quintet Read more »| 03 Sep 2020 -
Music
Flip the Script: Overcoming Scottish music's toxic past
In a post-COVID world, could Scotland's music scene become safer and more inclusive for all? We speak to the Glasgow Accountability Network and Scottish Women Inventing Music who are working towards exactly that Read more »| 31 Aug 2020 -
Music
Sounds of the Summer: Scottish Music Round-up
With The Skinny on hiatus, we've missed A LOT of album releases from Scottish artists over the last six months, so here's our best effort at a round-up of sorts. To anyone we've missed, please forgive us Read more »| 31 Aug 2020 -
Comedy
ICYMI: Paul McDaniel on Friday Night Dinner
Regular Chunks-charmer Paul McDaniel takes in one of the best sleeper sitcom hits of the last decade Read more »| 31 Aug 2020 -
Art
Marilena Vlachopoulou's photos of lockdown Glasgow
Glasgow-based photographer Marilena Vlachopoulou shares some of the work she created in response to lockdown Read more »| 31 Aug 2020 -
Books
Shelf Reflection: 10 great books from lockdown
2020 has been a weird one, and as The Skinny returns it felt fitting to shout about some of the brilliant books that have come out during these strange past few months Read more »| 31 Aug 2020 -
Music
Callum Easter, under a bridge, Edinburgh
Callum Easter brings a little sunshine to Leith on an otherwise dreich summer day Read more »| 25 Aug 2020 -
Clubs
The LGBTQ+ club nights thriving in lockdown
With dancefloors placed out of bounds by coronavirus, a look at some of the LGBTQ+ club nights bringing queer communities together by the light of the computer screen Read more »| 10 Aug 2020