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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FilmWild Rose
Jessie Buckley gives a knockout performance as a gallus ex-con from Glasgow with ambitions of being a country singer in Nashville in this delightful crowd-pleaser with rugged edges Read more »| 19 Oct 2018 -
ArtNEoN Digital Arts Festival: 2018 Preview
North East of North returns next month to fill Dundee with cutting-edge digital art – here's a guide to the GM plants, avant-garde music and computer game-assisted parties in store Read more »| 17 Oct 2018 -
MusicHistory Repeating: Lucy Dacus on Historian and boygenius
The Virginia singer-songwriter runs us through her banner year, from her critically-adored sophomore record to her collaboration with Julien Baker and Phoebe Bridgers Read more »| 17 Oct 2018 -
Music
Gigs in Glasgow and Edinburgh: 16-22 Oct
Horror maestro John Carpenter, 'space pop' artist Jane Weaver, indie icons Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, electronic producer Jon Hopkins and ex-Talking Heads frontman David Byrne all feature in this week's top gig picks Read more »| 16 Oct 2018 -
Theatre
Concert @ Tramway
This phantasmic duet between Colin Dunne and the late Tommie Potts pinpoints where beauty becomes art. Read more »| 16 Oct 2018 -
MusicBlack Peaks @ King Tuts, Glasgow, 14 Oct
With a brutal bagful of energy, Black Peaks pack their pulsating prog-rock into a crowded King Tut's Read more »| 16 Oct 2018
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Music
Caro Emerald @ Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 13 Oct
Delivering a rich mix of soul and jazz, Caro Emerald shines bright as she takes the stage of the Usher Hall Read more »| 16 Oct 2018 -
Theatre
Ballyturk @ Tron Theatre
Andy Arnold's revival of Enda Walsh’s absurdist hit is lively, but its heavy existentialist dint lacks clarity. Read more »| 16 Oct 2018 -
Art
V&A Dundee: First impressions
After years in the making, the much-anticipated £80m V&A Museum of Design in Dundee has finally opened its doors. But does it fulfil its architect's vision of a “living room for the city”? Read more »| 16 Oct 2018 -
Film
LFF 2018: Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
Ben Wheatley’s partly-improvised family drama Happy New Year, Colin Burstead is funny and frenzied, but some of the huge cast get lost in the melee Read more »| 15 Oct 2018 -
Music
Neneh Cherry – Broken Politics
Neneh Cherry's fifth studio album, Broken Politics may not always seem like an urgent inquisition into our times, but it may encourage a sense of reflection Read more »| 15 Oct 2018 -
Music
MØ – Forever Neverland
Scandi electro-pop has never looked so good; MØ returns with her second full length album Forever Neverland four years after her debut Read more »| 15 Oct 2018 -
Music
Spare Snare & De Rosa @ The Great Eastern, Glasgow, 12 Oct
The Great Eastern is an unexpected music venue, ordinarily a day centre for the elderly, but tonight it stages a powerful joint headline show from Spare Snare and De Rosa Read more »| 15 Oct 2018 -
Music
How to Dress Well – The Anteroom
For his fifth album using the How to Dress Well moniker as an intravenous exploration of the hold that music has over our fragile human hearts, Tom Krell has perfected his process Read more »| 15 Oct 2018 -
Film
Make Me Up
With Make Me Up, pop ironist Rachel Maclean invites us into another darkly hilarious world in which the candy-coloured computer generated images contrast sharply with the brutal satire within Read more »| 15 Oct 2018