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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MusicTori Amos @ Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 6 November
One could be forgiven for expecting a rigidly structured 'play the album in full' style show to support Night Of Hunters, Tori Amos' recent boundary crossing... Read more »| 11 Nov 2011 -
MusicDananananaykroyd @ O2 ABC, 29 October
It’s in no way a slight to suggest United Fruit are pretty peripheral to tonight’s euphoric highs. They hurl out riff after riff with dependable ... Read more »| 11 Nov 2011 -
Theatre
Spain @ Citizens
A sharp contrast to James Ley’s last Glasgay! entry – an urgent yet funny look at one teacher’s nervous breakdown – Spain takes... Read more »| 11 Nov 2011 -
FilmMilton Jones: The Lion Whisperer DVD
Milton Jones has produced that rarest of beasts: a U-certificate comedy DVD. Not that it’s a kid’s show as such; stoned students and families dig... Read more »| 10 Nov 2011 -
Comedy
New Act Of The Month: James Stewart
Name: James Stewart Age: 26 Based: Edinburgh Number of gigs to date: 150 How did you get into comedy? I knew I always wanted to do it. I watch endless Am... Read more »| 09 Nov 2011 -
ComedyHoward Marks is Mr. Nice
Structured loosely around tales drawn from the autobiography Mr Nice, this show allows Howard Marks to combine elements of straightforward storytelling with ... Read more »| 09 Nov 2011
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FilmAlan Carr: Spexy Beast DVD & BluRay
Alan Carr emerges onstage at Manchester's MEN Arena in a kimono Hugh Hefner would be proud of. The Playboy look, unsurprisingly, doesn't last long and is soo... Read more »| 09 Nov 2011 -
Film
Page One: Inside the New York Times
Page One opens inside the New York Times' mammoth printing press. Alongside it, the stately monolith of its Manhattan headquarters is a statue to t... Read more »| 09 Nov 2011 -
Theatre
CH-CH CHANGES @ Citizens Theatre
In Bette Cavette, the brilliant sell-out show of 2010, Grant Smeaton, theatre’s own Swiss Army Knife, did not rely on easy caricature or impe... Read more »| 09 Nov 2011 -
Film
Three Things I've Learned From The Walking Dead
Fred Fletch pays tribute to the US zombie thriller, and offers his survival advice for a surprisingly mundane zombie apocalypse Read more »| 08 Nov 2011 -
Music
Ugly Duckling: Still Rocking The Gold Chain
Long Beach, CA legends Ugly Duckling are back with a new album that recaptures the energy and passion of hip-hop's golden era Read more »| 08 Nov 2011 -
Film
Crash: Some Damn Fine Pre-Coital Moves
Steph ponders on the reasons why actors in 90s films have sex with their on-screen companions, and whether learning your seduction techniques from the movies is a good idea, or not Read more »| 08 Nov 2011 -
Music
200 Years – 200 Years
Wild White and West Hartford, the stripped down laments that introduce 200 Years, exemplify the chemistry between Ben Chasny (Six Organs Of Admittance) ... Read more »| 08 Nov 2011 -
Theatre
Two From Glasgay! Edwin Morgan and a Strange Hunger
Glasgay! gets diverse: from cabaret through to poetic theatre Read more »| 08 Nov 2011 -
Music
The Cubical – It Ain't Human
Whether it’s due to shame or ambition, there’s little to link the The Cubical's bluesy swagger to their Scouse homesteads. No, this is more Lou... Read more »| 08 Nov 2011