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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TheatreOn the Night: A Lovely Word
This month, we have a cuppa with Paddy Hughes, the man behind one of Liverpool's newest poetry nights – where 'lovely' proves a watchword for the event's ethos of positivity, inclusivity and accessibility Read more »| 11 Nov 2014 -
ComedyNo LOLs Barred: Wrestlers Can Be Funny Too!
From their larger-than-life personas to ridiculous stunts, wrestlers make surprisingly good comedians. As William Regal tours his standup show, host Chris Brooker picks his three fave funny fighters Read more »| 11 Nov 2014 -
ArtCurating the Cure: Innovative Art Space in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
This month, a radical new initiative comes to fruition as Suttie Arts Space opens its doors in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. Read more »| 10 Nov 2014 -
Art¡Viva la Revolution! Cuban Revolution posters at Glasgow School of Art
The Glasgow School of Art's exhibition of Cuban Revolution Posters was poignant, beautiful and raised issues of contemporary political communication Read more »| 10 Nov 2014 -
Art
Gregor Wright @ CCA
Is it weird to say the dinosaurs were down on their luck when the meteor hit? Prehistory and its misfortune come into contact in Gregor Wright’s Dinosa... Read more »| 10 Nov 2014 -
Art
Josh Faught @ Kendall Koppe
There’s a familiar attraction to Josh Faught’s textile work: that of the well arranged colour palette of a high street shop. Even though there ar... Read more »| 10 Nov 2014
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Film
The Old Ones: Jemaine Clement on his new vampire flatshare comedy
Jemaine Clement's preoccupation with vampires reaches its zenith with undead houseshare comedy What We Do in the Shadows. The Flight of the Conchords star explains where this fascination started and why being immortal would have its disadvantages Read more »| 10 Nov 2014 -
Clubs
Rejigged: The Unfolding Tale of Uffe Christensen
With a prime slot on this month’s Tartelet #30 EP, young Dane Uffe has come a long way from early arrangements on eJay Read more »| 10 Nov 2014 -
Film
Space Sisters: Teknowomen at GFT
With a film series celebrating women in sci-fi happening a Glasgow Film Theatre this month, we consider the outlook for female sci-fi heroes in today's cinema climate Read more »| 10 Nov 2014 -
Film
Life Itself
Life Itself is both an unflinching document of the last days of film critic Roger Ebert’s life and a densely packed celebration of his career. The form... Read more »| 10 Nov 2014 -
Art
The Skinny Showcase: Madeline Hall
Showcase: Madeline Hall Madeline Hall is an artist and former director of The Royal Standard, based in Liverpool. Alongside her practice Hall is working on ... Read more »| 10 Nov 2014 -
Music
Sleaford Mods / Saint Max and the Fanatics @ Broadcast, Glasgow, 5 November
The Broadcast crowd don’t quite know what to make of Saint Max and The Fanatics. There’s a predictably enthusiastic response for a song called Gl... Read more »| 07 Nov 2014 -
Music
Gut Feelings: An Interview with MJ from Hookworms
With second album The Hum on the horizon, Hookworms' MJ explains why he’ll never listen to it again Read more »| 07 Nov 2014 -
Clubs
Beneath the Label: 10 Years of Perc Trax
A decade into his industrial-leaning techno label venture, Perc discusses its hard-edged sound and looks to the future with the Slowly Exploding compilation Read more »| 07 Nov 2014 -
Music
Manic Street Preachers announce full details of The Holy Bible reissue
Welsh rockers Manic Street Preachers are set to re-release classic LP The Holy Bible in time for its 20th anniversary, making the album available on vinyl fo... Read more »| 07 Nov 2014