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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FilmScotland on Screen: David Mackenzie on Relay
David Mackenzie returns with the sharp and twisty Relay. We catch up with Scotland's most prolific filmmaker to discuss his success in the States, his channelling of 70s paranoid thrillers in Relay and why he tries to avoid repeating himself Read more »| 31 Oct 2025 -
ComedyScottish Comedy Highlights: November 2025
Oooh the nights are pure drawing in and we know you’ll be in need of some laughs to get you through the drudge that is November Read more »| 31 Oct 2025 -
ClubsScottish Clubbing Highlights: November 2025
Hats, gloves, and gun fingers at the ready. November’s top club picks include Timedance, Loose Joints, Iceboy Violet, George Riley, and 4am Kru Read more »| 31 Oct 2025 -
BooksScottish Books Events: November 2025
Two big festivals – Push the Boat Out and Edinburgh's Radical Book Fair – return to Edinburgh this month. Elsewhere, there's book launches at Porty and Glasgow Read more »| 31 Oct 2025 -
FilmScotland Loves Anime 2025: Our Top Five Picks
Scotland Loves Anime returns with a mouthwatering lineup of Japanese animation. Over 20 features screen across four venues in three cities – here are five of our favourites Read more »| 31 Oct 2025 -
MusicSpotlight On… Loris S Sarid
Ahead of releasing his latest project, Ambient $, we shine the spotlight on Glasgow-based producer and artist Loris S Sarid Read more »| 30 Oct 2025
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MusicWitch Fever – FEVEREATEN
In their second full-length album, Manchester's Witch Fever deliver a high impact, genre-bending rejection of hegemony Read more »| 30 Oct 2025 -
MusicU.S. Girls @ Stereo, Glasgow, 26 Oct
Meghan Remy and her shape-shifting band deliver a masterclass in controlled fury, spontaneous connectivity and an intuitive sense of musical affinity Read more »| 29 Oct 2025 -
Musicclaire rousay – a little death
On new album a little death, claire rousay re-embraces her diaristic style, turning the textures of everyday life into something quietly transcendent Read more »| 29 Oct 2025 -
TheatreScottish Theatre Highlights: November 2025
November boasts a buffet of classic and contemporary theatre perfect for those waxing nostalgic about Fringes past, or seeking fresh takes on favourite myths Read more »| 29 Oct 2025 -
MusicThe Skinny On... KT Tunstall
With the 20th anniversary reissue of The Eye to the Telescope: The Stargazer Edition out this weekend, KT Tunstall takes on our November Q&A Read more »| 29 Oct 2025 -
TheatreThe Digital Depths: Owen Sutcliffe on his debut play Òran
Owen Sutcliffe discusses his visceral debut play, Òran, and the ways in which young men find and lose each other in an online world Read more »| 28 Oct 2025 -
TheatreModernist Classic: Scottish Opera's La bohème returns
As its Scottish tour continues, we delve into Scottish Opera's revival of Puccini's La bohème by directors and designers Barbe & Doucet Read more »| 27 Oct 2025 -
BooksThe Hajar Book of Rage, ed. Farhaana Arefin
The first in Hajar Press' new elements anthology series, this book takes as its subject the power and politics of fiery rage Read more »| 27 Oct 2025 -
MusicAdmiral Fallow – First of the Birds
The Glasgow five-piece return with First of the Birds, a handsome, although occasionally uneven fifth LP Read more »| 27 Oct 2025