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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Books
Young Hag by Isabel Greenberg
Graphic novelist Isabel Greenberg's latest fantastical tale retells Arthurian legend from a female perspective Read more »| 29 Mar 2024 -
Music
Spotlight On... Supermann on da Beat
Ahead of releasing new project BREATHE, featuring his own vocals for the first time, we shine a spotlight on Ayr-based artist Supermann on da Beat Read more »| 28 Mar 2024 -
Art
Double Trouble: RSA New Contemporaries 2024
This year’s RSA New Contemporaries exhibition celebrates two ambitious cohorts of Scottish art school graduates from both 2022 and 2023 Read more »| 28 Mar 2024 -
Film
Bodies in Space: Franz Rogowski on Disco Boy
Former dancer Franz Rogowski is one of the most exciting and in-demand actors in Europe. Ahead of his latest arthouse triumph, Disco Boy, he discusses his singular approach to acting Read more »| 28 Mar 2024 -
Music
Creeper @ La Belle Angele, Edinburgh, 25 Mar
Creeper celebrate a decade of constant reinvention with an incredible career-spanning set in Edinburgh, as part of their 12 Days Of Night Tour Read more »| 27 Mar 2024 -
Music
Madison Beer @ O2 Academy, Glasgow, 24 Mar
Armed with a natural stage presence and brilliant voice, Madison Beer steps away from the pageantry of her early career into a spotlight of her own making Read more »| 27 Mar 2024
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Film
Glasgow Short Film Festival 2024: The Award Winners
Annabel Moodie’s empathetic Friends on the Outside takes the top prize in Glasgow Short Film Festival’s Scottish Competition while Saleh Kashefi's And How Miserable is the Home of Evil won the Bill Douglas Award for Best International Short Film Read more »| 26 Mar 2024 -
Books
Before The Queen Falls Asleep by Huzama Habayeb
Expertly capturing the everyday lives of displaced Palestinians, Before the Queen Falls Asleep is a timely translation into English of Huzama Habayeb's acclaimed Arabic novel Read more »| 26 Mar 2024 -
Music
The Smile @ SEC Armadillo, Glasgow, 20 Mar
The Smile – Radiohead members Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood, and former Sons Of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner – make a triumphant return to Glasgow Read more »| 25 Mar 2024 -
Music
Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard @ Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh, 22 Mar
Welsh retro rockers Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard bring livewire energy, crunchy riffs and endless banter to Edinburgh on their UK tour Read more »| 25 Mar 2024 -
Film
Drift
Cynthia Erivo's performance is the main draw in Drift, a refugee story that otherwise holds you at a distance Read more »| 25 Mar 2024 -
Film
The Sweet East
Talented cinematographer turned director Sean Price Williams – a regular collaborator with the Safdie Brothers and Alex Ross Perry – brings his sharp eye to this quixotic road movie starring Talia Ryder Read more »| 25 Mar 2024 -
Art
Scottish cultural workers announce their boycott of Israel
Many of the biggest names in Scotland's cultural community – Young Fathers, James Kelman, Darren McGarvey and Kathryn Joseph – have united in opposition to the ongoing atrocities in Gaza with a boycott of Israel Read more »| 22 Mar 2024 -
Music
Yard Act @ O2 Academy, Glasgow, 15 Mar
As part of their current tour celebrating the disco-fuelled Where’s My Utopia?, tonight we’re welcomed to step into Yard Act’s ace office and it’s mostly class Read more »| 21 Mar 2024 -
Music
Spotlight On... Aylee
Following the release of her endometriosis-fuelled song Sick To My Stomach, we shine a spotlight on Glasgow singer-songwriter and producer Aylee Read more »| 21 Mar 2024