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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Music
Giorgio Moroder @ Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 4 Apr
It's not clear what role Giorgio Moroder plays in tonight's proceedings but it’s hard not to respect the massive contribution he's made to popular music and impossible to begrudge him a victory lap Read more »| 10 Apr 2019 -
Music
Mixhell & Joe Goddard – Killer Whale (Video Premiere)
Watch the music video for Killer Whale by Mixhell and Hot Chip's Joe Goddard, shot by the politically-driven São Paulo collective Brechó Replay Read more »| 10 Apr 2019 -
Art
Art Against Ageism: Platform's Timefield exhibition
Platform in Glasgow host Timefield, a collaborative group show by five older artists who are above 50 but at the early stage of their art career, as part of this year's Outskirts festival Read more »| 10 Apr 2019 -
Books
Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor
In Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl, Andrea Lawlor manages to define queerness in a way few books have been able to achieve Read more »| 10 Apr 2019 -
Theatre
Unfix Festival 2019 @ CCA, Glasgow
UNFIX festival's focus on ecological issues unearths a whole host of subject matter, from middle age magic to modern hate Read more »| 10 Apr 2019 -
Theatre
Pepperland @ Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
A tribute to the iconic cover of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's, Pepperland is hypnotic at times and disjointed at others Read more »| 09 Apr 2019
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Film
Aquaman
Aquaman is not a flawlessly constructed film but takes the DCEU in a wonderful, welcome direction, enthralling with stunning visuals and grounding itself in humanity Read more »| 09 Apr 2019 -
Film
Yuli – The Carlos Acosta Story
A compelling and heartfelt biopic of Cuban dance sensation Carlos Acosta, following him on his journey from roughhousing on the streets of Havana to dancing in the world's great opera houses Read more »| 09 Apr 2019 -
Clubs
B2B: Helena Hauff x Tama Sumo interview
With Terminal V returning to Edinburgh's Royal Highland Centre for its Easter party this month, two of the DJs performing – Helena Hauff and Tama Sumo – discuss their respective careers Read more »| 09 Apr 2019 -
Theatre
Sarah Bebe Holmes on Egg
The Skinny chats to Sarah Bebe Holmes about her sell-out Fringe show, Egg, which uses aerial acrobatics to tell a true story of fertility and choice Read more »| 09 Apr 2019 -
Theatre
Nora: A Doll's House @ Tramway, Glasgow
Stef Smith's adaptation of Ibsen's classic play, Nora: A Doll's House kicks off the Citizens Women Season and explores, secrets, lies and possibilities Read more »| 09 Apr 2019 -
Theatre
Stones In His Pockets @ King’s Theatre, Edinburgh
Lindsay Posner’s Stones In His Pockets is the story of what happens when a major Hollywood production decides to take over a landscape for its own purposes Read more »| 09 Apr 2019 -
Theatre
Kith @ Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh
Primal Dream Theatre ask us how we find our way home when we don’t know our origins in new play Kith, a far-from-linear modern folktale Read more »| 08 Apr 2019 -
Music
The Skinny on EH-FM: Show Four (Listen Again)
Listen back to our fourth show on EH-FM, with guests Chuchoter as well as music from Carly Rae Jepsen, Aidan Moffat & RM Hubbert, Annie Booth, Lowkey and Darude. Yes, Darude Read more »| 08 Apr 2019 -
Clubs
Guest Selector: Mallorca Lee
Scottish DJ and producer Mallorca Lee talks us through some of the tracks that influenced his new album Acid & Eve Read more »| 08 Apr 2019