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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ArtScottish Art Highlights: December 2025
December offers Afrofuturist photography, a meditative film about land dispossession and a survey of Scottish portraiture Read more »| 02 Dec 2025 -
TheatreScottish Theatre Highlights: December 2025
December brings pantomime mayhem, reimagined fairytales and a few icy gems for those wanting seasonal theatre with teeth Read more »| 02 Dec 2025 -
ComedyScottish Comedy Highlights: December 2025
Time to get your festive funny fix with December’s comedy picks, plus a big name tries some exciting new stuff out at the beginning of next year Read more »| 01 Dec 2025 -
ClubsScottish Clubbing Highlights: December 2025
Let your elf loose if you’re a rebel without a Claus this Christmas. Top picks include Numbers, Caribou, Joy Orbison b2b Ben UFO, and John Talabot Read more »| 01 Dec 2025 -
FilmIt Was Just an Accident
Jafar Panahi’s brilliant, Palme-d’Or-winning drama It Was Just An Accident expertly probes the moral and psychological implications of revenge Read more »| 01 Dec 2025 -
FilmCover-Up
Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus deliver a portrait of legendary investigative reporter Seymour Hersh that's incomplete but powerful in the way it exposes the rotten heart of US journalism Read more »| 01 Dec 2025
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BooksPalestine -1, ed. by Basma Ghalayini
In Comma Press's latest anthology, 12 writers imagine the year leading up to the Palestinian Nakba Read more »| 28 Nov 2025 -
MusicThe Hives @ Saint Luke's, Glasgow, 25 Nov
Swedish rockers The Hives swagger into an intimate Glasgow warm-up show, proving that they’re still your new, old, and current favourite band Read more »| 27 Nov 2025 -
TheatreJohnny McKnight and Sally Reid on the Tron panto
With Gallus in Weegieland, panto veterans Johnny McKnight and Sally Reid reflect on the Tron’s tradition of self-aware pantomime – and how a certain scrappy joy remains at the heart of it all Read more »| 27 Nov 2025 -
ArtRethinking Roots: Shen Xin on Highland Embassy
We speak with Isle of Skye-based artist Shen Xin about the ecological and spiritual themes running through their exhibition at Collective in Edinburgh Read more »| 27 Nov 2025 -
MusicSpotlight On... Vagrant Real Estate
Aberdonian producer Vagrant Real Estate may have just put together the most Scottish record of 2025 – we catch up with the man behind the moniker, Nick Cronin, to find out more Read more »| 27 Nov 2025 -
MusicPeter Cat @ The Mash House, Edinburgh, 21 Nov
Peter Cat bring a challenging but alluring soundscape to The Mash House to launch their new album, Starchamber Read more »| 27 Nov 2025 -
MusicNourished by Time @ The Art School, Glasgow, 22 Nov
Marcus Brown, aka Nourished by Time, puts in a party-starting performance in Glasgow Read more »| 25 Nov 2025 -
MusicHayley Zalassi's Hogmanay Playlist
Ahead of her appearance at Edinburgh's Hogmanay Street Party, Glasgow DJ Hayley Zalassi picks 12 tracks to see in the New Year with Read more »| 25 Nov 2025 -
ComedyBraw or Naw? with Ayo Adenekan
It’s been a big year for Edinburgh comic Ayo Adenekan – a breakout Fringe show, award wins, gigs up and down the country and now a hefty set of Braws and Naws Read more »| 24 Nov 2025