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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MusicLes Amazones d’Afrique @ Saint Luke's, Glasgow, 2 Feb
With songs rooted in feminist empowerment and liberation, West African supergroup Les Amazones d'Afrique deliver a compellingly fun show as part of Celtic Connections Read more »| 06 Feb 2024 -
FilmHippFest 2024 programme revealed
The Hippodrome Silent Film Festival is back with another knockout lineup of silent cinema, featuring early cinematic visions of Scotland, some of the biggest stars of the silent era and loads of rarities, all performed with live music Read more »| 06 Feb 2024 -
ArtMonumental Manifestations: Josie KO on the year ahead
We catch up with Josie KO, the recipient of The Skinny Prize 2023, to find out more about her practice and her exciting plans for 2024 Read more »| 06 Feb 2024 -
BooksAlphabetical Diaries by Sheila Heti
Sheila Heti's meticulously alphabetised editing of a decade's worth of her diary entries is a cerebral, romantic exploration of the connections and questions that weave throughout her life Read more »| 06 Feb 2024 -
MusicKali Malone – All Life Long
US composer Kali Malone returns with an album that seeks to wrest devotional music from its religious connotations Read more »| 06 Feb 2024 -
MusicChelsea Wolfe – She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She
She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She is another successful reinvention from the Californian artist who continues to be an impenetrable force Read more »| 06 Feb 2024
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MusicDepeche Mode @ OVO Hydro, Glasgow, 31 Jan
A reinvigorated Depeche Mode sock it to an eager Glasgow crowd with new material and a host of old favourites Read more »| 05 Feb 2024 -
ComedyPaddy Young and Dan Tiernan on Success in Comedy
Both nominated for Best Newcomer by The Edinburgh Comedy Awards, northern lads Paddy Young and Dan Tiernan are taking their hit debut hours on tour Read more »| 05 Feb 2024 -
MusicZara Larsson – Venus
Out of step with the current pop landscape, Larsson’s fourth studio album is something Capital FM would’ve eaten up ten years ago Read more »| 05 Feb 2024 -
MusicHelado Negro – PHASOR
PHASOR is a rich and absorbing record that truly transports; placing the listener in a languid, half-lit morning where you’re never quite asleep and never fully awake Read more »| 05 Feb 2024 -
MusicSlowdive's Simon Scott on their return to touring
Ahead of shows in Glasgow and Edinburgh as part of a tour celebrating their fifth studio album, Everything Is Alive, we catch up with Slowdive drummer Simon Scott Read more »| 02 Feb 2024 -
MusicSpotlight On... Silvi
Ahead of releasing her latest single Visions, we catch up with West Lothian alt-pop artist Silvi to find out more Read more »| 01 Feb 2024 -
MusicScottish New Music Round-up: February 2024
We are so ready for February – there's great new music this month from Savage Mansion, George Demure, Aurora Engine, El Ghoul and more Read more »| 01 Feb 2024 -
TheatreScottish Theatre Highlights: February 2024
Manipulate Festival is an early highlight for the theatre scene in Scotland - but there's also great shows to see later in February too Read more »| 01 Feb 2024 -
TheatreScottish Opera explore Marx's years in London
We speak to director Stephen Barlow about the great thinker’s ‘fascinating’ years spent in London – and why they were great source material for a new comic opera produced by Scottish Opera this month Read more »| 01 Feb 2024