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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FilmWhat's Up Doc? Scotland's lively documentary scene
Scottish documentary appears in rude health. We speak to some of the emerging voices in this nurturing doc scene to get a flavour of what makes it so vibrant and discover what's been enabling this success Read more »| 07 Oct 2021 -
MusicThe Skinny On... AiiTee
With her debut record Love Don't Fall now shortlisted for the 2021 SAY Award, Emma Aikamhenze – aka AiiTee (pronounced 'Aye-T') – takes on our monthly Q&A Read more »| 07 Oct 2021 -
MusicThe 2021 SAY Award Shortlist
The ten-album shortlist for this year's Scottish Album of the Year Award has been announced, while Frightened Rabbit's classic Midnight Organ Fight album will also be celebrated at this year's ceremony Read more »| 07 Oct 2021 -
TheatreGo On and Krapp's Last Tape @ Tron Theatre, Glasgow
Niall Buggy captivates as the cranky, cantankerous Krapp in this double bill delivered by the Citizens Theatre Read more »| 07 Oct 2021 -
FilmHalloween Kills
More Michael Myers chaos from David Gordon Green and Danny McBride, but their second sequel to John Carpenter's 1978 classic is an object lesson in the law of diminishing returns Read more »| 06 Oct 2021 -
ArtNew Histories: Talking Statues with Scottish Storytelling Festival
The Scottish International Storytelling Festival returns with a hybrid programme including a strand, Talking Statues, which asks us to reimagine who we choose to publicly memorialise Read more »| 06 Oct 2021
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BooksCase Study by Graeme Macrae Burnet
The genre-busting new novel from Booker Prize nominee Graeme Macrae Burnet is a masterclass in diversion Read more »| 06 Oct 2021 -
ArtSharon Hayes introduces her Ricerche film works
Sharon Hayes' series of art films, Ricerche, see her interviewing large groups of people all at once. The simple premise belies the complexity of the work that emerges, and its sharp insights on sex and sexuality Read more »| 06 Oct 2021 -
FilmECA Animation Graduates Look to the Future
While most of the film industry ground to a halt during the pandemic lockdowns, animators continued to work industriously in isolation. We speak to three recent graduates from Edinburgh College of Art to hear what their future holds Read more »| 05 Oct 2021 -
ArtCat and Éiméar McClay on their Market Gallery residency
Cat and Éiméar McClay are recent graduates who are crafting a singular body of work surrounding religious oppression and queer ways of being, through a heady combination of experimental writing and cutting-edge digital media technologies Read more »| 05 Oct 2021 -
MusicGive and Take: Norwich post-punks Sink Ya Teeth
Norwich post-punk electro-funk duo Sink Ya Teeth are finally getting to share their pre-pandemic album with the world – we catch up with them ahead of two Scottish dates Read more »| 05 Oct 2021 -
BooksOldladyvoice by Elisa Victoria
A foul-mouthed nine-year-old narrator makes for an extremely unconventional coming-of-age tale from Elisa Victoria, translated by Charlotte Whittle Read more »| 05 Oct 2021 -
MusicScottish New Music Round-up: October 2021
October is another stacked month for new Scottish music, with releases continuing to arrive at a rate that's hard to keep up with, but we’ll do what we can. Here goes. Read more »| 04 Oct 2021 -
ArtArt Events in Scotland: October 2021
Our pick of October's best art events across Scotland, from Jupiter Artland's last month of 2021 to a host of IRL events in Dundee as part of The Ignorant Art School Read more »| 04 Oct 2021 -
FilmScottish Film Events: October 2021
October brings a brand new cinema to Edinburgh (kinda), and more festivals than you can shake a stick at Read more »| 04 Oct 2021