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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TheatreAll Guns Blazing: Scottish Opera's The Merry Widow
We speak to John Savournin, director of Scottish Opera's new productions of The Merry Widow and Trial by Jury, on the updating of classic operetta for modern audiences and the experience of translating a piece through time Read more »| 15 Apr 2025 -
FilmAlchemy 2025: Maxime Jean-Baptiste on Kouté vwa
Maxime Jean-Baptiste returns to Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival with Kouté vwa, a hybrid documentary concerned with familial grief, coming-of-age and the shadow of colonialism in French Guiana. He talks to us about blending fact and fiction Read more »| 15 Apr 2025 -
ArtFarm to Plate: MOSS restaurant and ViViVi Studio
Our design writer speaks to Akiko Matsuda and Henry Dobson about their collaboration for new restaurant Moss and their plans for their future in Scotland Read more »| 15 Apr 2025 -
MusicLambrini Girls @ Saint Luke's, Glasgow, 9 Apr
The line between the stage and the crowd is entirely blurred at tonight's Lambrini Girls show as the pair have the Saint Luke's crowd in the palm of their hands Read more »| 11 Apr 2025 -
MusicDua Lipa’s domination: understanding a specious superstar
We hold a magnifying glass up to parenthetical pop star Dua Lip and ask, is her heart even in it? Read more »| 10 Apr 2025 -
MusicCounterflows 2025: The Report
Counterflows returns to Glasgow and remains one of the finest festivals the UK has to offer Read more »| 10 Apr 2025
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MusicSpotlight On... Pippa Blundell
Following the release of her latest single, wasted, and the announcement of her debut album, we catch up with Glasgow singer-songwriter Pippa Blundell Read more »| 10 Apr 2025 -
ComedyBehind the Mic: Hot Comedy
We shine a light on one of Edinburgh's newest regular comedy gigs, Hot Comedy, brought to you by stand-ups Nicholas Elliott and Eva Peroni Read more »| 10 Apr 2025 -
MusicThe Skinny on... Hannah Laing
Dundee DJ and producer Hannah Laing has a busy 2025 coming up as she brings her Doof events to stages across Europe. As her hometown festival Doof in the Park sold out in a matter of hours, we set her against the Q&A Read more »| 10 Apr 2025 -
ArtActs of Creation, and motherhood in the art world
This month, Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood, a Hayward Gallery Touring exhibition, arrives at Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA). We talk to curator Hettie Judah on the importance of making space for motherhood in the art world Read more »| 10 Apr 2025 -
TheatreNessie @ The Studio, Edinburgh
New musical Nessie is a beautifully made, child-centred look at climate breakdown and our relationship with the animal world Read more »| 09 Apr 2025 -
MusicGig Buddies on making music festivals more accessible
Gig Buddies with Thera Trust support adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults to take control over their social lives. Their Project Manager Sam Maggs discusses what can be done to break down access barriers in Scotland’s festival scene Read more »| 09 Apr 2025 -
BooksOn the Calculation of Volume (Book I) by Solvej Balle
In Solvej Balle's beautiful mediation on love and loneliness, a woman comes unstuck in time and repeats the same day on loop Read more »| 09 Apr 2025 -
FilmGlasgow Film Theatre reveal 2025 birthday programme
The Glasgow cinema will celebrate its 51st birthday this May with a month-long programme that includes a David Lynch season and loads of classics back on the big screen, with some screenings on 35mm and 70mm Read more »| 09 Apr 2025 -
MusicHit the Road: Music Festivals Outwith Scotland
Sometimes it's fun to double up your festival with a bit of a road trip or holiday, so we've picked out 12 festivals outwith Scotland for you to consider this year Read more »| 08 Apr 2025