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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TheatreThe Skinny Q&A: Kieran Hurley
Beats and Mouthpiece playwright Kieran Hurley was meant to debut his new play, The Enemy, this month, but the COVID-19 crisis has postponed the premiere. Here he reflects on other important topics, like what to cook on lockdown and when he last spewed Read more »| 09 Apr 2020 -
MusicHoly Fuck's Graham Walsh on Deleter
After 15 years and five records, Holy Fuck have deconstructed their own DNA – and made their best album yet Read more »| 08 Apr 2020 -
ComedyScotland's comedians improvising through the crisis
Most comedians are used to not knowing where their next paycheck is coming from, but today they don’t know when they’ll next perform at all Read more »| 07 Apr 2020 -
FilmLucio Castro on End of the Century
Lucio Castro discusses his elegant use of time, space and memory in the moving romance End of the Century Read more »| 06 Apr 2020 -
MusicGoth GF – Spooky Bitch EP
The debut EP from Glasgow trio Goth GF is a blur of riot grrrl energy and DIY spirit Read more »| 06 Apr 2020 -
Tv RadioTrue Story: The Great Unwatched
Jonah Hill and James Franco star in the under-appreciated True Story – we revisit the film in our streaming TV and movies column Read more »| 06 Apr 2020
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TheatreJackie Wylie on NTS' Scenes for Survival
Jackie Wylie, Artistic Director of the National Theatre of Scotland, tells us about Scenes for Survival, the NTS crisis project responding to the COVID-19 pandemic Read more »| 06 Apr 2020 -
BooksWendy Liu on Abolish Silicon Valley, technology and capitalism
Wendy Liu on the future of technology without capitalism, being a woman in a male-dominated industry and the pitfalls of corporate diversity Read more »| 03 Apr 2020 -
MusicDisco Dynamics: Walt Disco interview
We speak to Glasgow's Walt Disco about their new EP and how the coronavirus outbreak has affected them as a band Read more »| 02 Apr 2020 -
MusicYves Tumor – Heaven to a Tortured Mind
Yves Tumor's fantastic new record sends the message that there's always calmness to be found amid chaos Read more »| 02 Apr 2020 -
ComedyICYMI: Lauren Pattison on The Office
Prop'a Geordie lass Lauren Pattison meets the inimitable David Brent for the very first time in our TV comedy column Read more »| 01 Apr 2020 -
ComedyTarot on rehearsals and palm-reading with COVID-19
Ben Rowse, one-fifth of sketch super group Tarot, drops us a line about the group's comedy process – and Yu-Gi-Oh! Read more »| 01 Apr 2020 -
BooksScottish Poetry News: Online events & bookshop guide
As many IRL poetry events cancel due to COVID-19, events, workshops and bookshops move online Read more »| 01 Apr 2020 -
MusicAnna Burch – If You're Dreaming
If You're Dreaming sees Anna Burch walk through a thoughtfully crafted narrative arc, ideal for hazy days in bed Read more »| 01 Apr 2020 -
MusicPurity Ring's Megan James on their new album WOMB
Purity Ring were once heralded as the future of pop. But a decade since they burst onto the scene, pop music has completely changed. With their third record, WOMB, they are coming to terms with their place in that landscape Read more »| 31 Mar 2020