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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MusicNew Albums This Week: Mugstar, Låpsley & more
The best new albums hitting the shelves this week, including the Rock Action debut of one of Liverpool's finest psych bands, and the much-anticipated debut from Låpsley. Read more »| 04 Mar 2016 -
ComedyEleanor Morton: Comedy Spotlight
Eleanor Morton returns for Glasgow Comedy Festival to her university city. Much missed on the local scene, she's offering an early glimpse of the Fringe show she's developing based around throwing a birthday party. Read more »| 04 Mar 2016 -
TheatreI Am Not Myself These Days @ Liverpool Playhouse
A pacy adaptation of Josh Kilmer-Purcell's best-selling autobiography, I Am Not Myself These Days is not exactly a quiet night at the theatre, and it's defin... Read more »| 04 Mar 2016 -
ComedyRick Molland & Sully O'Sullivan: Comedy Spotlight
Rick Molland is a liberal, but he's going head to head with comedy partner Sully O'Sullivan for a late night debate on freedom of speech. We give them some early test questions on the concept... Read more »| 04 Mar 2016 -
Comedy
Larry Dean on Out Now!'s last hurrah
Larry Dean returns home to say goodbye to one show and hello to another. Read more »| 04 Mar 2016 -
ComedySix Shows to See at Glasgow Comedy Festival
The Glasgow International Comedy festival is a chance to see actual, fresh free-range comedians and not just smug twats from 8 Out of 10 Cats. Robin Grainge... Read more »| 04 Mar 2016
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Clubs
The Orb film premieres at Manchester Film Festival
Lunar Orbit, a new film on ambient pioneers The Orb, is set for its debut showing at this year's Manchester International Film Festival. The documentar... Read more »| 04 Mar 2016 -
Comedy
Nev: Comedy Spotlight
Nev is co-founder of CHUNKS, an anarchic and manifesto-less collective fast growing into a full scale comedy movement on the Scottish live scene. Ever-versatile, he's also big on bees. Ahead of his Glasgow shows we venture deep into his hive... Read more »| 04 Mar 2016 -
Clubs
DJ Chart: Ryan Martin (All Caps)
Fresh from last month's Boiler Room party in Glasgow, All Caps selector Ryan Martin shares 10 tracks you need to hear. Read more »| 04 Mar 2016 -
Film
Glasgow Short Film Festival: Time to get Transgressive
Glasgow Short Film Festival is back, and it's proposing all film schools be blown up and all boring films never made again. Director Matt Lloyd tells us more Read more »| 04 Mar 2016 -
Art
Geographies of Dust and Air @ Mary Mary
Mary Mary shows less is more in a group show of works that work on a tight economy of artists means. Read more »| 03 Mar 2016 -
Books
Ten of the Best Book Podcasts and BookTubers
In need of a quick dose of fiction on the go? Fancy some in-depth book club discussions without the reading schedule? Behold, our guide to some of the best book podcasts and literary YouTubers (or 'BookTubers', don'tchaknow...) Read more »| 03 Mar 2016 -
Film
Ghostbusters trailer: Wiig & McCarthy get bustin'
Director Paul Feig reveals the trailer for his new take on 80s classic Ghostbusters, with Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones the ... Read more »| 03 Mar 2016 -
Comedy
Crystal Baws: March 2016 Horoscopes
ARIESGod made us in his own image, but also in his own flavour. Take a lick of your arm – it tastes just like God’s, but less hairy. TAURUSAfter... Read more »| 03 Mar 2016 -
Comedy
Stuart Goldsmith: The Interviewer's Interview
Embarking on his first tour and welcoming a newborn baby, comedian and founder of the revered Comedian's Comedian podcast Stuart Goldsmith lets us in on... Read more »| 03 Mar 2016