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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ArtArt Events and Opportunities in Scotland: May 2019
May brings new exhibitions, events and the beginning of a five-month reading group in Market Gallery. There's also a top pick of the best opportunities for residencies and open calls with deadlines coming up soon Read more »| 30 Apr 2019 -
Musicwojtek the bear – tonic youth (video premiere)
Watch the Kris Boyle-directed music video for tonic youth, the latest single from wojtek the bear Read more »| 30 Apr 2019 -
ClubsScottish Clubbing Highlights: May 2019
From festivals in castles and stately homes to club nights in your favourite sweaty basements, look no further than below this very text for May's best parties across Scotland Read more »| 30 Apr 2019 -
MusicTacocat's Emily Nokes on This Mess is a Place
In a world where the next bout of US elections is starting to ramp up, we talk friendship, community and happiness with Tacocat's Emily Nokes Read more »| 30 Apr 2019 -
FilmThe Best Film Events in Scotland in May
The big screen movie happenings you should make time for this May, from several Hirokazu Kore-eda retrospectives to The Skinny's very own short film programme celebrating Scottish filmmaking talent Read more »| 30 Apr 2019 -
MusicThe Skinny on EH-FM: Show Seven (Listen Again)
FKA twigs, Aldous Harding, Dream Wife, James Yorkston, Lucy Dacus, Nightwave and Foxygen all feature on our latest show on EH-FM – listen back below Read more »| 29 Apr 2019
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BooksScottish Poetry News: May 2019
Spring means the beginning of festival season, plus a host of exciting new publications - we round up the best literary and spoken word events taking place across Scotland Read more »| 29 Apr 2019 -
BooksThe Ice House by Tim Clare
Dense with poetic detail, Tim Clare's The Ice House is a fantasy tale that shines with originality Read more »| 29 Apr 2019 -
FilmBrady Corbet on Vox Lux, gun control and Scott Walker
Brady Corbet's bold new feature Vox Lux examines a heady brew of celebrity and violence in the 21st century. We speak to the filmmaker about star Natalie Portman, gun control in America and working with the late, great Scott Walker Read more »| 29 Apr 2019 -
TheatreScottish Theatre, Mental Health, and SMHAF
The Skinny chats to theatre director Ross MacKay and Andrew Eaton-Lewis of the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival and asks, how can the theatre industry be more mindful of mental ill-health? Read more »| 29 Apr 2019 -
FilmJoe Penna on survival thriller Arctic
Prolific filmmaker Joe Penna made his name on YouTube with his popular channel MysteryGuitarMan. He tells us how these early years making shorts online has informed his debut feature film Arctic, a survivalist thriller starring Mads Mikkelsen Read more »| 29 Apr 2019 -
MusicRoxanne Clifford on Patience debut album Dizzy Spells
Three years after the collapse of Veronica Falls and her synth-pop reinvention, Roxanne Clifford finally delivers her darkly danceable debut as Patience Read more »| 29 Apr 2019 -
BooksThe Doll Factory by Elizabeth Macneal
Elizabeth Macneal's debut novel is a well-crafted historical novel whose pages flirt with darkness and obsession Read more »| 28 Apr 2019 -
MusicTirzah @ YES, Manchester, 21 Apr
Tirzah and her band are on quietly eviscerating form in Manchester Read more »| 26 Apr 2019 -
ComedyICYMI: Christopher Macarthur-Boyd on Fleabag
Long live Fleabag creator and star Phoebe-Waller Bridge. May her knowing glances and wicked wit forever grace our screens 'cos she’s really good at it. Read more »| 26 Apr 2019