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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TheatreBrexit Means Brexit! @ CCA, Glasgow
Glasgow's Take Me Somewhere performance festival kicks off with Brexit Means Brexit!, creating a space in which Remainers and Leavers can hear each other’s views Read more »| 17 May 2019 -
Tv RadioTuca and Bertie
In ten episodes, Tuca and Bertie creates a fleshed-out world with two messy, believable protagonists and their long-term, long-suffering relationship. Read more »| 16 May 2019 -
MusicGoodnight Louisa – Hollow God (Video Premiere)
Watch the music video for Hollow God by Edinburgh's Goodnight Louisa, the new solo project from SKJØR's Louise McCraw Read more »| 16 May 2019 -
ArtPia Camil @ Tramway, Glasgow
Pia Camil's Bara Bara Bara is a stunning repurposing of worn out t-shirts and jeans, making an ambitious space for interaction and imagination Read more »| 16 May 2019 -
MusicGods of Rap @ SSE Hydro, Glasgow, 12 May
Despite a quantity over quality approach, Wu-Tang Clan, Public Enemy and De La Soul offer enough genuine delights in Gods of Rap to prove that all hope isn't lost just yet Read more »| 15 May 2019 -
MusicThe National – I Am Easy to Find
The indie stalwarts' eighth full-length is a thrillingly ambitious, deeply collaborative game-changer Read more »| 15 May 2019
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ClubsGrahame Ward on La Cheetah, Room 2 & Riverside Festival
As Glasgow's La Cheetah Club celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, the club’s booker, programmer and resident DJ Grahame Ward (aka Wardy) discusses the venue's ongoing success Read more »| 15 May 2019 -
MusicSouthern Exposure: Pictish Trail chats to Bossy Love
Ahead of this year's Southern Exposure festival at Summerhall, Lost Map Records label boss Johnny Lynch (aka Pictish Trail) sits down for a chat with Bossy Love Read more »| 15 May 2019 -
TheatreThe Red Lion @ The Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh
The Red Lion – Patrick Marber's portrait of football champions – depicts a swindler, a nostalgic fool and a talented hopeful, revealing that every hero has an inner antagonist Read more »| 15 May 2019 -
MusicDigitalanalogue – Spiel Protokoll (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video for Spiel Protokoll by Digitalanalogue, the solo electronic side project of Broken Records' Ian Turnbull Read more »| 15 May 2019 -
Tv RadioBlack Mirror season five trailer and date announced
Charlie Brooker's technophobic Black Mirror returns with episodes centred around Miley Cyrus, Anthony Mackie and Andrew Scott Read more »| 15 May 2019 -
MusicInterpol – A Fine Mess EP
Interpol's new EP might be their strongest post-hiatus release yet Read more »| 14 May 2019 -
MusicFat White Family @ SWG3, Glasgow, 7 May
How do you fix a reputation after it almost kills your band, stone dead? For garage rock hell-raisers Fat White Family, it’s by going mostly – and spectacularly – disco Read more »| 14 May 2019 -
FilmToo Late to Die Young
Dominga Sotomayor's semi-autobiographical Too Late to Die Young follows a 16-year-old who's beginning a new life with her family at a secluded commune Read more »| 14 May 2019 -
MusicBroken Chanter – Wholesale (Video Premiere)
Watch the music video for Wholesale, the new single from Broken Chanter – the new project from Kid Canaveral’s David MacGregor Read more »| 14 May 2019