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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MusicGodflesh – PURGE
Thirty years since the release of Pure, Godflesh continue to sound as relevant as ever on their new album PURGE Read more »| 13 Jun 2023 -
TheatreFringe of Colour Films 2023: Programme preview
This year's Fringe of Colour offering, in new hybrid format, showcases tantalising theatre and film by artists of colour – here are six picks from the programme Read more »| 13 Jun 2023 -
ComedyDream Gig: Sam Lake
Ahead of his sophomore Edinburgh Fringe outing, Edinburgh-based comedian Sam Lake imagines his hun-tastic dream gig Read more »| 12 Jun 2023 -
TheatreFringe of Colour 2023: Ashanti Harris on Black Gold
Ashanti Harris's new Fringe of Colour commission explores extraction practices, colonialism, and our connection to the environment Read more »| 12 Jun 2023 -
TheatreCommunity Access: Jess Brough on Fringe of Colour
Fringe of Colour pushes the possibilities of performance through a hybrid format and focus on community – we catch up with its co-director Jess Brough Read more »| 12 Jun 2023 -
MusicAzamiah – In Phases
The debut album from Glasgow 'spiritual jazz' outfit Azamiah radiates a fresh unique vibrance, marking them as one to watch Read more »| 12 Jun 2023
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MusicSpotlight On... NANI
Ahead of releasing her latest EP, Honey, we shine a spotlight on Edinburgh-based musician NANI Read more »| 12 Jun 2023 -
MusicXiu Xiu @ Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh, 5 Jun
Xiu Xiu are typically metamorphic during their latest Edinburgh show at Sneaky Pete's Read more »| 07 Jun 2023 -
FilmScotland on Screen: Simone Smith on The Möbius Trip
Glasgow filmmaker Simone Smith talks us through her stunning new short The Möbius Trip and her drive to make bold, uninhibited work Read more »| 07 Jun 2023 -
FilmWar Pony
War Pony, the debut from Riley Keough and Gina Gammell, is a soulful, empathetic look at two teens making their way on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota Read more »| 07 Jun 2023 -
MusicFeeble Little Horse – Girl With Fish
Feeble Little Horse's secret weapon is vocalist Lydia Slocum, giving this tight 27 minute record a literary might beyond this band’s years Read more »| 07 Jun 2023 -
BooksBread and Circus by Airea D. Matthews
Philadelphia Poet Laureate Airea D. Matthews' new poetry collection is a formally and politically ambitious reckoning with racial poverty in the US Read more »| 07 Jun 2023 -
BooksRural by Rebecca Smith
In her nonfiction debut, Rebecca Smith charts working class histories through stories of land and rural life Read more »| 06 Jun 2023 -
MusicKing Krule – Space Heavy
With Space Heavy, the inimitability of King Krule is still as prominent as ever... nobody sounds like him Read more »| 06 Jun 2023 -
MusicHidden Door festival, Edinburgh, 1 June
Hidden Door has once again transformed an abandoned space in Edinburgh and turned it into a hive of art, music and creativity. We report back from a night at the festival with the likes of Flasher, Aku and the Hot 8 Brass Band on the bill Read more »| 06 Jun 2023