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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FilmSound of Falling
This century-spanning drama from Germany tells the story of trauma across generations through the eyes of four young protagonists Read more »| 02 Mar 2026 -
MusicAndrew Wasylyk – Irreparable Parables
Irreparable Parables pulses with a sense of human spirit that’s awe inspiring Read more »| 02 Mar 2026 -
Film"Hope is a Privilege": Raoul Peck on Orwell 2+2=5
In Orwell 2+2=5, Raoul Peck uses the life and writing of George Orwell as the connective tissue to tell a wider history of totalitarian power and media manipulation, past and present. We find out more from this trenchant political filmmaker Read more »| 02 Mar 2026 -
MusicScottish Live Music Highlights: March 2026
March brings Scottish tours from Andrew Wasylyk & Kathryn Joseph and Fergus McCreadie, nights with GLOSS and Counterflows, and a whole host of big names on tour Read more »| 01 Mar 2026 -
ClubsScottish Clubbing Highlights: March 2026
Spring forward into March and fall back into the club. Top picks for this month include Assyouti, Peder Mannerfelt and The Blessed Madonna Read more »| 01 Mar 2026 -
ArtScottish Art Highlights: March 2026
Edinburgh makes up for a quiet month for visual art in Glasgow and Dundee, with two new exhibitions opening at Fruitmarket and Collective Read more »| 01 Mar 2026
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FilmScottish Film Events: March 2026
This month choose between two great film festivals (HippFest and GSFF), explore the films of John Schlesinger and Andrzej Wajda, and check out GSA's new cinema season Read more »| 27 Feb 2026 -
TheatreScottish Theatre Highlights: March 2026
Myth and musical nostalgia shape March’s theatre offerings, along with political reckonings and reliable bits of brightness Read more »| 27 Feb 2026 -
MusicMitski – Nothing's About to Happen to Me
On her eighth album, Mitski weaves together anxious, wiry guitar and melancholic strings into sublime orchestral pop bruised by loneliness Read more »| 27 Feb 2026 -
FilmBroken English
Marianne Faithfull has the last word in this hybrid doc blending interviews, archive, and performance, framed by an imaginary institution fronted by Tilda Swinton Read more »| 26 Feb 2026 -
ComedyPhil Ellis: Bath Mat @ Monkey Barrel, Edinburgh
Freed from the hour-long confines of the Fringe, Taskmaster star Phil Ellis returns to Edinburgh with a tour show teeming with gags Read more »| 26 Feb 2026 -
MusicSpotlight On... The Foot & Leg Clinic
Following the release of single Where did all the fruit go? and ahead of releasing their debut album, we meet The Foot & Leg Clinic (fka The Wife Guys of Reddit) Read more »| 26 Feb 2026 -
FilmSeán Dunn on The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford
Edinburgh-born, New York-based filmmaker Seán Dunn discusses his new comedy, The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford, the use of Scotland as a Hollywood backdrop and finding inspiration on a Harry Potter tour Read more »| 25 Feb 2026 -
MusicThe Skinny On... Juanita Stein
Ahead of releasing their first record in over a decade, Howling Bells frontwoman Juanita Stein takes on this month's Q&A Read more »| 25 Feb 2026 -
ArtWe Contain Multitudes @ Dundee Contemporary Arts
From the vantage point of disability, four interdisciplinary artists challenge ableism in the arts in a new group show at Dundee Contemporary Arts Read more »| 25 Feb 2026