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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ArtEttie Wyatt Gosebruch: The Skinny Showcase
Ettie Wyatt Gosebruch is a photographer originally from London, currently living and working in Leeds. Her work looks at the role of ambiguity and illusion w... Read more »| 10 Mar 2016 -
ComedyRachel Jackson: Comedy Spotlight
Rachel Jackson's show about her attempts to find The One ran at the Free Fringe last year, and now Memoirs of a Bunny Boiler returns for a one-night stand at... Read more »| 10 Mar 2016 -
Film
Gavin Scott Whitfield interview
Gavin Scott Whitfield is a vibrant new voice in British independent filmmaking. His shorts are vivid and humane portraits of outsiders and the vulnerable in today's society. We speak to him ahead of a showcase of his work at HOME in Manchester Read more »| 10 Mar 2016 -
FilmJean-Pierre Jeunet: "It was easy to make Amélie"
Visionary French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet on the epic sets of The City of Lost Children, the freedom of Alien: Resurrection and painting his own version o... Read more »| 09 Mar 2016 -
Music
The Coral @ O2 ABC, Glasgow, 5 March
The Coral were so prolific in the 2000s that no one could begrudge them a break when they announced their hiatus. The Hoylake group released six albums and 1... Read more »| 09 Mar 2016 -
Music
Public Memory – Wuthering Dream
Discombobulation – that’s the effect ERAAS’ Robert Toher, aka Public Memory is aiming for on his solo debut; a suite of dislocated beats sw... Read more »| 08 Mar 2016
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Art
This Week in Scottish Art: CCA, Fruitmarket & More
This week, there are new exhibitions from Glasgow-based artists Sara Barker and Lizzie Hudson, as well as events in Rhubaba, Good Press and CCA. Read more »| 08 Mar 2016 -
Film
Peace Officer
Scott Christopherson and Brad Barber's Peace Office is a timely documentary investigating the militarisation of law enforcement in America’s police for... Read more »| 08 Mar 2016 -
Theatre
Private Lives @ Theatre Royal, 23 Feb
Elyot and Sybil, played by Tom Chambers and Charlotte Ritchie, are a couple of newlyweds honeymooning in the south of France alongside Amanda and Victor, pla... Read more »| 08 Mar 2016 -
Music
The Melvins team up with Krist Novoselic on new LP
The Melvins have announced the release of new album Basses Loaded on 3 Jun, which sees them team up with a series of guest bassists including Nirva... Read more »| 08 Mar 2016 -
Art
RSA New Contemporaries award winners named
Some of Scotland's best emerging artists have received more than £30,000 of awards and bursaries at this year's RSA New Contemporaries exhibition in Edinburgh. Read more »| 08 Mar 2016 -
Film
The Clan
Pablo Trapero’s real-life Argentinian drama is at once a thrilling and haunting look at the country's dark history Read more »| 08 Mar 2016 -
Film
Celebrating the Cinematography of The Witch
Ahead of its UK release, we take a look at the wickedly good visuals of period horror film The Witch via stills from the film and onset photography. The Wit... Read more »| 08 Mar 2016 -
FilmOne Floor Below
In this slow-burn thriller from Romanian director Radu Muntean, a bourgeois family man is left with a moral conundrum Read more »| 08 Mar 2016 -
Art
Wolfgang Tillmans @ GoMA
Tillmans' work returns to Glasgow after an excellent show in 2012; but this time the work loses its edge with a poor presentation in GoMA. Read more »| 07 Mar 2016