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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Clubs
The Drum and Bass Curriculum - December
Whether you've been into drum and bass for a while or an old hand, you will know that after a spirited year in Scottish dnb, things just keep getting bigger.... Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Theatre
2007 (pt 1)
That's the thing about hindsight and end of year lists too: you don't know what you're missing until aux escaliers your rusting critical apparatus crunches a... Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Theatre
2007 (pt2)
I thought Peer Gynt was an absolutely fantastic production of what's considered to be a difficult play. It just shows what we can do: Dominic Hill wanted to ... Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Comedy
Laugh if you wanna Go Faster
There is a forbidden quality to a good night of stand up; it's best suited to small dark rooms where comics dare to whisper their unspeakable thoughts out loud. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Theatre
Endgame
Director Robert Rae's staging ultimately fails to deliver Beckett's absurdist punchlines, preferring instead to wallow in the shallows of the text's unrelenting misery. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Theatre
A Soldier's Tale
Inspired direction, refreshingly innovative lighting design, excellent spatial development and a happily disconcerting Surrealist film compliment Read more »| 07 Dec 2007
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Music
Malcolm Middleton takes on X-Factor
PQ: ""It's as good a time as any to think about mortality"" Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Clubs
Akiko Kiyama - Get What You Deserve
Get What You Deserve shows awareness of, if never fully exploring, some brave new territories. One to watch Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
ClubsKevin Gorman - Chemistry Lock
Sounds like Model 500 and Detroit Grand Pubahs sweatily conceiving bastards on a Wurlitzer Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Clubs
The Lo Fidelity All-Stars, King Tuts, Glasgow, 2 Dec
It's a crime that their funky techno-based gruff electro style has been so overlooked Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Clubs
Switch, How's Your Party, The Sub Club, Glasgow, 13 Dec
This is one half of the oh-so-very-few Brit acts that can compete with the bombast of the European and Parisian-spearheaded house sound Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Clubs
Skream, Electric Eliminators, The Art School, Glasgow, 14 Dec
For those unaccustomed to the pleasures of skanking to heavyweight bass, this will no doubt be a perfect introduction Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Clubs
Semifinalists Live at Sick Note, Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, 6 Dec
Fronted by the ex-Test Icicle Ferry Guow, the old school disco/experimental rock group are promising a sneak preview of some of the tracks due to appear on their follow-up album Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Clubs
Departure Lounge Hogmanay, The Caves, Edinburgh, 31 Dec
Jah sing me de mighty Auld Lang Syne Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Clubs
Black Devil (Disco Club), Black Rabbit Whorehouse, [SECRET VENUE], Glasgow, 7 Dec
The latest in the seemingly sporadic, venue-non-specific and word-of-mouth promoted sister nights of Optimo (Espacio) Read more »| 07 Dec 2007