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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MusicPersonal Trainer @ The Mash House, Edinburgh, 16 Feb
The Dutch collective continue their upward trajectory with a casual ease that only hints at the intricacy underneath Read more »| 18 Feb 2025 -
MusicThe Skinny On... Georgia Cécile
Ahead of releasing her latest EP, City Girl, and a show at The Queen's Hall to mark the occasion, Glasgow jazz and soul star Georgia Cécile takes on this month's Q&A Read more »| 18 Feb 2025 -
MusicBaths, Gut and Queer Melancholy
One writer explores the companionship he's found in Baths' music over the years, catching up with Will Wiesenfeld to discuss new record Gut and queer acceptance Read more »| 18 Feb 2025 -
FilmHead Canon: Being John Malkovich in the social media age
Twenty-five years after its UK release, Being John Malkovich offers a prescient look at celebrity, parasocial relationships, and the horror of being inside your own head Read more »| 18 Feb 2025 -
FilmVera Drew on becoming The People’s Joker
Following the flop of Folie à Deux, you might think the world domination of comic book movies is coming to an end – but Vera Drew, director of supervillain satire The People's Joker, has united hundreds of artists in the crossover event of the century Read more »| 17 Feb 2025 -
TheatreMary Poppins @ Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
This new take on Mary Poppins brings an irresistible blend of innovative staging, excellent performances and classic songs Read more »| 17 Feb 2025
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BooksDengue Boy by Michel Nieva
In this surrealist fable, a half-human, half-mosquito boy encapsulates themes of climate catastrophe, hybridity and transformation Read more »| 17 Feb 2025 -
MusicColin Self – respite ∞ levity for the nameless ghost in crisis
Colin Self is back with their grandest, most ambitious record yet – when it hits, it feels truly divine Read more »| 17 Feb 2025 -
FilmI'm Still Here
Brazilian actor Fernanda Torres earns herself an Oscar nomination for her intricate performance in this true-life drama from Walter Salles Read more »| 17 Feb 2025 -
FilmThe People's Joker
Vera Drew mines DC Comics' IP to tell a wildly inventive and freewheeling superhero origin story satire about a plucky trans kid from Smallville trying to make it big on Gotham City's comedy scene Read more »| 17 Feb 2025 -
MusicSpotlight On... Lacuna
Ahead of releasing their latest single, Shelley, on Valentine's Day, we catch up with Emily Beckwith of Glasgow outfit Lacuna to find out more Read more »| 13 Feb 2025 -
BooksThe National Telepathy by Roque Larraquy
An Argentinian satirical science fiction novel unlike anything you’ve ever read, newly translated into English by Frank Wynne Read more »| 13 Feb 2025 -
ClubsInside the world of Go-Go Dancers in Scotland
With Glasgow’s club scene evolving, the lives of go-go dancers within queer spaces are changing too – what does the future of performance look like in Scotland’s clubs? Read more »| 13 Feb 2025 -
FilmLaura Carreira introduces On Falling
On Falling takes us inside the empty life of a picker at an Amazon-like warehouse. Edinburgh-based writer-director Laura Carreira tells us why she wanted to explore the physical, financial and spiritual toll of working within the gig economy Read more »| 13 Feb 2025 -
MusicBartees Strange – Horror
Exploring the concept of fear, the third album from Bartees Strange is a sonic odyssey Read more »| 12 Feb 2025