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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Theatre
Dance and Physical Theatre
in a Fringe that has been criticised for high prices and a lacklustre selection, which of these venues can claim to be 2007's definitive dance centre? Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
ComedyStephen K Amos - More of Me
With effortless charm Amos weaves together personal stories with political asides, cultural references and audience participation in a neatly constructed hour. Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
ComedyNick Wilty
Taking the 'man in the pub' approach, Wilty talks in gravely tones about his career in the army, his naivety and the struggles of the war, often relying on 'barracks' type humour. Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Music
Metal Up Your Ass - September, 2007
Three gut-busting line-ups Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
MusicKing Creosote - Painting the Fence
It's been a long time coming, but Fence Collective lynchpin King Creosote is poised to cast his net far wider than the East Neuk of Fife with his superb new LP, Bombshells, this month. Paul Mitchell catches KC in a reflective mood seldom seen since Superman III... Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Music
Frightened Rabbit
"We've got Phil Collins on drums, Bono's going to sing one line really high and emotionally, and Status Quo will be providing the drugs." Read more »| 08 Sep 2007
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Music
The Twilight Sad @ Bannermans, 19 Aug
On their first visit, the Twilight Sad just might have left Bannermans with the greatest night it has ever seen Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Music
Foo Fighters @ Meadowbank Stadium, 21 Aug
Dave Grohl is the consummate stadium rock host Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Theatre
Venus As A Boy
Tragic, shocking and even humorous at times, this is a beguiling contemporary imagining of the modern messiah Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
BooksAya de Yopougon, by Marguerite Abouet, illustrated by Clément Oubrerie
Abouet and Oubrerie revive an utterly enchanting world Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Film
Pulp Friction
Quentin Tarantino talks to The Skinny about all things Grindhouse, and the controversy surrounding its very existence. Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Music
ILiKETRAiNS @ King Tut's
If you're feeling like a good pogo, it's perhaps best to avoid this lot Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Music
Slint @ ABC, 20 Aug
Who could possibly complain about seeing Slint live? Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Clubs
Odd Nosdam: Music for the advancement of shoegazing
"I have a lot of emotions inside of me that can get pretty intense, art is the only thing I can do to keep myself sane." Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Clubs
House of Techno Highlights September 2007
Eclecticism seems to be the key this month Read more »| 08 Sep 2007