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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MusicThe Great Escape 2017: Shogun Q&A
Ahead of his debut performance at The Great Escape festival in Brighton, we catch up with Paisley artist Shogun Read more »| 17 May 2017 -
FilmThe Other Side of Hope
Aki Kaurismäki is back with a bittersweet drama about the unlikely bond between a Syrian refugee and a Helsinki gambler Read more »| 17 May 2017 -
Clubs
Club nights in Manchester this week: 18-25 May
It's a relatively quiet week on Manchester's clubs scene in terms of big names – presumably bottling them all up 'til the bank holiday – but there's still plenty to dig, including another Fiktion night with beats from Portugal's Príncipe Discos label Read more »| 17 May 2017 -
Clubs
Sam Gellaitry @ Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh, 10 May
Witness – the midweek party-in-a-box at Sneaky Pete’s – continues the venue’s propensity to book big acts in small spaces by bringing... Read more »| 17 May 2017 -
Film
Mike Leigh's new film documents Peterloo Massacre
Cameras start rolling next week on Mike Leigh’s Peterloo The next film from British filmmaker Mike Leigh, the celebrated director of Secrets & Lie... Read more »| 17 May 2017 -
MusicIron Maiden @ Manchester Arena, 8 May
The queues for the toilets stretch into the distance. Nearly 20,000 metal-heads cram into the Arena and every one of them nurses a pint. Before Iron Maiden t... Read more »| 17 May 2017
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FilmWhat to Watch this Week (16-22 May)
The best things to watch this week on the big screen, the small screen and your laptop screen, including candy-coloured sitcom Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Snatched, in which Goldie Hawn and Amy Schumer play mother and daughter Read more »| 16 May 2017 -
Art
Unstable Creations: The Skinny Showcase
Unstable Creations is the alias for designer and digital artist Martin Sweeny. Over the last few years, Martin has been developing his take on projection map... Read more »| 16 May 2017 -
Comedy
Jonny & the Baptists on Eat The Poor
As musical comedy act Jonny & the Baptists tour their hit show Eat the Poor, the satirical duo's Paddy Gervers tells us about deliberately taking a polit... Read more »| 16 May 2017 -
MusicLive music in Manchester this week: 17-23 May
Gonna be one soggy week in Manchester... Best dive indoors for this week's best gigs, including Metronomy at Albert Hall and Jane Weaver at Band on the Wall Read more »| 16 May 2017 -
Film
A Xenomorph reviews the Alien franchise
As Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant hits cinemas, we invite a Xenomorph to cast an eye over the franchise and – in the name of balance – EXCL... Read more »| 16 May 2017 -
Theatre
Sara Shaarawi introduces Megaphone
The Skinny talks to the playwright, performer and co-founder of The Workers Theatre about the company’s phenomenally successful Kickstarter campaign for artists of colour in Scotland Read more »| 16 May 2017 -
Clubs
Mind Yer Self & Giving A Funk About Mental Health
Think clubbing can't be synonymous with mental wellbeing? Three Glasgow students are challenging that misconception with their new club night, Mind Yer Self Read more »| 16 May 2017 -
Books
Gravel Heart by Abdulrazak Gurnah
Gravel Heart, Abdulrazak Gurnah’s ninth novel, fits neatly into the author’s established oeuvre, as he returns to familiar themes of immigration,... Read more »| 16 May 2017 -
Art
Scottish Art News: 16-22 May
This week's art round-up includes the Dundee degree show, and exhibitions at CCA, Celine and Summerhall Read more »| 16 May 2017