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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TheatreSlice @ Oran Mor
A comedy writer for over twenty years, Mel Giedroyc is best known for her double act with Sue Perkins, as well as successful shows on Radio 4. Slice marks no... Read more »| 26 Mar 2012 -
TheatreVictim Sidekick Boyfriend Me @ Traverse
If you can get passed the awkward title it’s difficult not to enjoy the sinister journey of Victim Sidekick Boyfriend Me. A callous teenage studen... Read more »| 26 Mar 2012 -
TheatreBetrayal @ Citizens, Glasgow
With all the Pinterisms present and correct (verbal games of cat and mouse; awkward weighty pauses, endless filling and re-filling of wine glasses) the one m... Read more »| 26 Mar 2012 -
Theatre
Cirque du Soleil – Alegria @ SECC
Cirque du Soleil, despite having become the circus equivalent of Coldplay, began in 1984 as a group of street performers. Their evolution into a touring phen... Read more »| 26 Mar 2012 -
Music
In Pictures: The Sunshine Social @ Oràn Mór, 22 March
Previous Billy Kelly Award winner Calum MacDonald fronts The Sunshine Social during launch week for the 2012 initiative at Oràn Mór on Thursday... Read more »| 26 Mar 2012 -
Music
Various – Late Night Tales: Belle and Sebastian Vol. 2
In a 26-part history, Belle and Sebastian are only the second act to add a volume 2 to their Late Night Tales mix, and as before, they’ve cultivated so... Read more »| 26 Mar 2012
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Music
In Pictures: The Billy Kelly Songwriting Award Launch @ Oràn Mór, 20 March
The hunt for unsigned talent gets underway at the opening of the 2012 Billy Kelly Songwriting Award at Oràn Mór. Acts can submit their demos to... Read more »| 26 Mar 2012 -
Film
Crows Zero
Suzuran Senior High School for Boys is notorious as 'the toughest in the nation', an educational establishment where the droog-like pupils indulge in perpetu... Read more »| 26 Mar 2012 -
Clubs
O2 Love Music Column: Action Bronson | Skrillex | Picante
Action Bronson O2 Academy, Tue 3 Apr, 7pm, £10 advance Action Bronson is one of those rap stars who arrives seemingly from nowhere already fully... Read more »| 26 Mar 2012 -
Clubs
Blawan @ i AM, Sub Club
Hessle Audio, Clone and R & S ingenue Blawan arrives at i AM as one of a handful of acts to herald the Sub Club's 25th anniversary celebrations, quite th... Read more »| 25 Mar 2012 -
Film
Rivals: Rangers & Celtic – shades of green, blue and grey
Glasgow's notorious Old Firm is profiled in the first in a series of documentaries looking at rivalries across the globe. We spoke to journalist Kev Kharas, the host of Rivals: Rangers & Celtic Read more »| 23 Mar 2012 -
Film
GFF 2012: The Kid With a Bike
All you really need to know about the Dardenne brothers' new film is that it concerns a kid and his bike. Watching the work of this extraordinary filmmaking ... Read more »| 22 Mar 2012 -
Film
GFF 2012: Wild Bill
Treading the line between gritty social realism and slick gangster action, Wild Bill brings drugs, guns and family drama to Stratford, London. This directori... Read more »| 22 Mar 2012 -
Music
Father Murphy @ Nice n Sleazy, 14 March
For all their irreverent chat, Fat Janitor don’t mess around. Pummeling Nice n Sleazy with dense hardcore, the Jannys’ bracingly raw sound is eff... Read more »| 21 Mar 2012 -
Music
Heavy Metals: An Interview with Feist
From the Parisian studio where she recorded her previous album The Reminder, and mixed her latest, Metals, Leslie Feist discusses Record Store Day, her relationship with physical releases, and the sound she calls Modern Ancient Read more »| 21 Mar 2012