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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Theatre
EHF: Sycamore Grove @ Banshee Labyrinth, Edinburgh
This new suburban horror four-hander challenges norms of domesticity, but lacks clarity in key areas Read more »| 03 Nov 2023 -
Music
Scottish New Music Round-up: November 2023
Winter is creeping in, but alongside some great releases – this month a creative coven of Scottish songwriters give us records exploring love, loss, reality, dreams, and even magick Read more »| 03 Nov 2023 -
Music
TALsounds – Shift
TALsounds returns, delving deeper into the ephemeral, and bringing a further beauty to their work Read more »| 03 Nov 2023 -
Art
Scottish Art Events & Exhibitions: November 2023
New exhibitions across Scotland this month explore social class, institutional power and colonial legacies Read more »| 03 Nov 2023 -
Music
Spotlight On... Eyve
Ahead of releasing Um, Indecisive – the lead single from her new project – we shine a spotlight on Glasgow-based Zimbabwean songwriter, singer and rapper Eyve Read more »| 02 Nov 2023 -
Music
Mandy, Indiana @ The Hug & Pint, Glasgow, 28 Oct
Thanks to Manchester outfit Mandy, Indiana, tonight, The Hug & Pint basement rings out to the sound of synths and guitars being tortured into new and unusual shapes Read more »| 02 Nov 2023
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Comedy
Scottish Comedy Highlights: November 2023
The clocks have gone back and there's no escaping the dark. Good job we've got a stellar selection of November comedy to keep you cosy Read more »| 02 Nov 2023 -
Books
Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright
In a small Aboriginal town called Praiseworthy, locals confront the dust cloud of their ancestors and looming climate collapse in Alexis Wright's extraordinary experimental novel Read more »| 02 Nov 2023 -
Music
ENOLA - All Is Forgiven
ENOLA conveys post-punk grunge for new audiences in their own distinct styling on their searing debut EP, All Is Forgiven Read more »| 02 Nov 2023 -
Music
Laura Veirs – Phone Orphans
The prolific Portland songwriter mines eight years' worth of voice memos for this sparse collection of sketches Read more »| 02 Nov 2023 -
Music
Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee – Los Angeles
Together on Los Angeles, Lol Tolhurst, Budgie and Jacknife Lee celebrate their respective musical legacies and take post-punk to new, experimental places Read more »| 02 Nov 2023 -
Theatre
EHF: I See Red @ Banshee Labyrinth, Edinburgh
Silvestre Correia's ambitious multi-media horror unsettles and re-appropriates gender Read more »| 02 Nov 2023 -
Theatre
EHF: Tarmac Lullaby @ Banshee Labyrinth, Edinburgh
Erin Elkin's monologue tells spooky stories with magnetic energy, but some elements of its staging let it down Read more »| 01 Nov 2023 -
Books
Scottish Books Events: November 2023
Two big book festivals take place in Edinburgh next month, with book launches, poetry nights, and spoken word everywhere from Glasgow Women's Library and The Stand Read more »| 01 Nov 2023 -
Music
Scottish Live Music Highlights: November 2023
November is studded with stars from the Scottish music scene bringing live performances across Edinburgh and Glasgow, from Cloth, Brooke Combe, Malka, Theo Bleak and many more Read more »| 01 Nov 2023