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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BooksNeil Mackay: Why Children Kill
Multi-award winning investigative journalist, broadcaster and documentary maker Neil Mackay has spent years reporting on the people at the centre of crime and violence. A good background, you might think, for his debut novel... Read more »| 07 Jun 2013 -
MusicCame Back Haunted: The Return of Nine Inch Nails
As Nine Inch Nails gear up for a world tour, Trent Reznor announces a new album, Hesitation Marks, will drop in September – listen to first track Came Back Haunted Read more »| 06 Jun 2013 -
BooksDavid Gaffney and Nicholas Royle: Head to Head
Authors David Gaffney and Nicholas Royle appear at Didsbury Arts Festival this month. Gaffney's sometime collaborator Sarah-Clare Conlon chairs a discussion between the two as they debate long versus micro fiction, and the influence of place on writing Read more »| 06 Jun 2013 -
Theatre
Art of the Thriller: New Work at The Royal Lyceum
The Royal Lyceum in Edinburgh is gearing up for a very special, thriller-packed new season, featuring world premieres of new works by Ian Rankin and David Haig Read more »| 06 Jun 2013 -
FilmRobot Rock: Kenji Kamiyama on 009 Re: Cyborg
Kenji Kamiyama, the writer-director behind Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, talks to The Skinny about his newest film project, the debut title from Glasgow-based distributor Anime Limited Read more »| 06 Jun 2013 -
Music
Nomadic producer Gold Panda reveals Half of Where You Live
To currently Berlin-based producer Gold Panda, the success of his debut LP Lucky Shiner came as a shock. He tells us how embracing his previous struggles – and travelling the world – has fed into his kaleidoscopic new album, Half of Where You Live Read more »| 06 Jun 2013
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ArtThe Skinny Showcase: Theo Vass
The Skinny Showcase: Theo Vass Theo Vass has just completed his BA in Fine Art at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU). During his three years livi... Read more »| 05 Jun 2013 -
Books
Here and Now: Selected Letters 2008-2011 - Paul Auster and J.M. Coetzee
Here and Now collects the correspondence between Paul Auster and J.M. Coetzee, two writers who occupy similar constellations in the literary imagination, wri... Read more »| 05 Jun 2013 -
Theatre
Apocalypse 2.0: Andy Field presents Zilla
Pull on some fuzzy monster slippers and play pocket god with Andy Field, as he hands us the power to bring our cities to the verge of collapse in his interactive theatre trilogy Zilla Read more »| 05 Jun 2013 -
Music
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 5 June
Joy Division – the video game; David Lynch announces second LP; Madlib speaks; The Smashing Pumpkins to expand The Aeroplane Flies High; new music from Palms, Beck, Wu-Tang Clan, Hot Chip and more; plus the latest festival and tour news Read more »| 05 Jun 2013 -
Clubs
Horse Meat Disco: Get Mucky
Forget flash-in-the-pan scandals: Horse Meat Disco have been dishing up disco dirt for a decade. We catch up with the crew's James Hillard and Severino Panzetta as they prepare to bring their party to Manchester Read more »| 05 Jun 2013 -
Theatre
Some Other Mother @ various venues, 6-27 Jun
Writer AJ Taudevin, whose new play Some Other Mother is part of Refugee Week Scotland, is unafraid to use her work as a sounding board and a rallyi... Read more »| 05 Jun 2013 -
Theatre
Venue of the Month: The Lass O’Gowrie, Manchester
A pub with a snug and a 30-seater theatre, The Lass O’Gowrie is at the heart of Manchester's fringe, and dedicated to doing things a little differently Read more »| 05 Jun 2013 -
Comedy
Judah Friedlander: Greatest Karate Person in the World, Ever
When we were offered karate-themed interview time with 30 Rock star Judah Friedlander there was clearly only one man up to the task – Hasselhoff interrogator Fred Fletch Read more »| 05 Jun 2013 -
Music
Hero Worship: Jim Jarmusch
Sparrow and the Workshop's Jill O'Sullivan muses on the iconic indie director's ear for a good film score Read more »| 05 Jun 2013