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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ComedyCelebrity Big Brother – It's Time
It's hard to connect to people. We are all so different. Each of us a unique individual with near infinite variations of tastes, likes, dislikes, passions a... Read more »| 07 Sep 2011 -
TheatreThe Big Picnic @ Govan Pearce Institute
The Big Picnic was originally written by Bill Bryden in 1994. He directed and debuted it in Govan, to which Shoogalie Road Productions now bring it home seve... Read more »| 07 Sep 2011 -
MusicJohn Cale – Extra Playful EP
You’d never guess that John Cale’s been drawing his pension for the past four years after listening to the Extra Playful EP. The snappily entitle... Read more »| 06 Sep 2011 -
Comedy
Young Justice: Kids in hot-pants fight crime and dignity
Never underestimate the influence television can have on the soft-cabbagey head of a child. We've all heard the story about the kid who saw Superman and... Read more »| 06 Sep 2011 -
Music
PJ Harvey @ Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 4 September
Given the conceptual character of PJ Harvey’s latest LP Let England Shake, and her decision to play the Royal Concert Hall, it could be expected that t... Read more »| 06 Sep 2011 -
Music
Hot Water Music @ Òran Mór, 27 August
For the eternal teenagers who have waited the best part of a decade for Florida punks Hot Water Music to return to Scotland, this is a big one. As expected, ... Read more »| 06 Sep 2011
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FilmTrollHunter
André Øvredal’s charming mockumentary following curmudgeonly troll dispatcher Hans (Jespersen) features a great deal of wit, but perhaps ... Read more »| 05 Sep 2011 -
TheatreScottish Ballet Autumn Season
This double bill from Scottish Ballet - one new commission from Jorma Elo and a revival from artistic director Ashley Page - meditates on the question of con... Read more »| 05 Sep 2011 -
Music
Tori Amos – Night of Hunters
Eyebrows were raised when Myra Ellen Amos recently announced that her twelfth album would be released on prestigious classical label Deutsche Grammophon, but... Read more »| 05 Sep 2011 -
Film
Heavenly Creatures
When did it all start to go so right? Well, for Kate Winslet and director Peter Jackson it was in 1994 with this film based on a crime that shocked 1... Read more »| 05 Sep 2011 -
Film
Julia's Eyes
The rich visual influence of producer Guillermo del Toro is unmistakable in – and unfortunately the best thing about – this witless farce that de... Read more »| 04 Sep 2011 -
Comedy
Finding Bigfoot (They Don't)
I love the Animal Planet Network. Launched in 1997, The Animal Planet Network originally consisted of 24 saccharine-filled hours of cute and fluffy anim... Read more »| 02 Sep 2011 -
Art
The Skinny Showcase: Oliver Braid
Oliver Braid makes work which is a true rarity in the art world: it is actually enjoyable to experience. It could be perceived, sometimes, at first glance, a... Read more »| 02 Sep 2011 -
Film
The Hedgehog
Mona Achache’s film, The Hedgehog (Le Hérisson), might have easily descended into a cloying tale of the miseries of Paris’ bourgeoisie. El... Read more »| 01 Sep 2011 -
Music
iconAclass: "We didn't invent poverty and violence"
As tabloid tattlers blame his beloved genre for the London riots, Dälek MC Will Brooks steps out with iconAclass – a new project of pure hip-hop Read more »| 01 Sep 2011