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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MusicCloth – Secret Measure
A meditative body of work specked with spots of boldness, Secret Measure weaves new colours into Cloth’s musical fabric Read more »| 01 May 2023 -
TheatreScottish Theatre Highlights: May 2023
In May, catch a wide variety of theatre for all ages across Scotland, from interactive ghost hunts to sweeping adaptations of literary classics Read more »| 01 May 2023 -
TheatreInchoate Buzz @ Tramway, Glasgow
Fernanda Muñoz-Newsome's experimental collaboration engages audiences through an immersive mix of props, sound art, and yoga-esque movement Read more »| 28 Apr 2023 -
ArtScottish Art Events and Exhibitions: May 2023
New exhibitions by Saoirse Amira Anis, Lis Rhodes and Kira Freije open across Scotland this month; here's our pick of May's best shows, events and exhibitions Read more »| 28 Apr 2023 -
FilmTick Tick Boom: Meet the team behind How to Blow Up a Pipeline
How to Blow Up a Pipeline might be the most important film of the year. It's certainly the most thrilling. We speak to the director and editor behind this nailbiting eco-thriller that's also a stunning political statement Read more »| 28 Apr 2023 -
ArtThe Skinny x Edinburgh Art Festival: Emerging Writers Open Call
We're joining forces with the Edinburgh Art Festival once again for an emerging writers' programme covering this year's festival Read more »| 28 Apr 2023
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BooksOrdinary Notes by Christina Sharpe
Christina Sharpe's experimental visual poetic work Ordinary Notes is a profound rumination on knowledge, loss, Black American life and memory Read more »| 27 Apr 2023 -
BooksFray by Chris Carse Wilson
Chris Carse Wilson's debut is a beguiling and hallucinatory tale of grief amidst the wilderness Read more »| 27 Apr 2023 -
FilmReturn to Seoul
Return to Seoul is a piercing, powerful character drama driven by a fearless debut performance by Park Ji-min Read more »| 27 Apr 2023 -
BooksEnter Ghost by Isabella Hammad
A woman leaves her home in London to return to her homeland of Palestine in Isabella Hammad's complex, tender meditation on art, family, and resistance Read more »| 26 Apr 2023 -
FilmNida Manzoor on her debut film Polite Society
We Are Lady Parts creator Nida Manzoor delivers a knockout with her debut feature film Polite Society, a riotously funny story of sisterly love featuring a heady blend of teen-girl hijinks, heist caper shenanigans and wuxia-style showdowns Read more »| 26 Apr 2023 -
BooksTrue Crime & Smuggling Snails: Alice Slater & Heather Parry in conversation
Authors Heather Parry and Alice Slater sit down over a shared Google Doc to discuss Slater's new book, the power of unlikeable characters, and grossness in fiction Read more »| 26 Apr 2023 -
MusicSkrillex, Fred Again.. and dance-pop as gateway and curse
We chat with two rising voices in Scottish dance music about pop crossovers, and why Skrillex is really just like Anakin Skywalker Read more »| 26 Apr 2023 -
MusicShonen Knife @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 20 Apr
Five decades into their career, Japanese pop-punk trio Shonen Knife are still effortlessly bringing the party with their undeniable energy Read more »| 26 Apr 2023 -
ComedyRich Hardisty @ The Stand, Edinburgh
Rich Hardisty’s debut, tackling addiction and mental health, is a well-intentioned but heavy-going hour Read more »| 25 Apr 2023