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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FilmRules Don’t Apply
Warren Beatty’s belated return to filmmaking isn't worth the wait Read more »| 18 Jan 2017 -
ArtThis Week in Scottish Art: 17-23 Jan
This week brings a whole selection of new events and shows from The Common Guild, Glasgow Women's Library, closing shows from The Modern Insitute, as well as events and screenings. Read more »| 17 Jan 2017 -
MusicBonobo – Migration
Haunting melancholy, fist-pumping house music and everything in between Read more »| 17 Jan 2017 -
MusicThe xx – I See You
The xx take a confident and assertive step forward on their third album, but run into a few growing pains along the way Read more »| 17 Jan 2017 -
Theatre
New Year theatre highlights in the North
Our guide to the best theatre in Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester this winter season, from fairytales with Opera North to period drama at the Playhouse. Read more »| 17 Jan 2017 -
Art
The Whitworth's Maria Balshaw is new Tate director
Tate looks north for its new leader – Maria Balshaw, the inspiring director of Manchester's Whitworth gallery who has helped inspire a cultural revival in the city during her tenure Read more »| 17 Jan 2017
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Music
Fuzzystar – High Friends: Track Premiere
Take a first listen to High Friends, from Fuzzystar's new album Telegraphing Edinburgh-based artist Andy Thomson, aka Fuzzystar, creates... Read more »| 17 Jan 2017 -
Music
Ed Dowie – The Uncle Sold
Back at the dawn of the millennium, Portsmouth's Brothers in Sound looked destined for biggish things. Label mates of The Beta Band, the trio's subtle rhythm... Read more »| 17 Jan 2017 -
Theatre
Pay What You Decide Theatre at The Lowry
The Lowry in Salford are launching a new season of theatre where you get to try before you buy Read more »| 16 Jan 2017 -
Art
Poppies @ Gallery of Modern Art
Poppies brings together artists Joanne Robertson and Max Brand, who bring a quick and expressive abandon to Gallery of Modern Art's middle floor, making for a messier and immersive environment of expressive paintings, sound and sculpture. Read more »| 16 Jan 2017 -
Music
Mark Eitzel – Hey Mr Ferryman
The concept of Mark Eitzel as the definitive critically acclaimed, commercially ignored songwriter has never really lost traction. Partly because Eitzel has ... Read more »| 16 Jan 2017 -
Music
Get to Know: Henge
Meet the extraterrestrial noisemakers behind Henge, the world's foremost exponents of a mysterious musical genre known only as 'cosmic dross' Read more »| 16 Jan 2017 -
Music
From a Land Down Under: 5 Great Australian Bands
From experimental instrumentalists to folk-pop duos, via California and sunny Glasgow, five Australian bands and musicians to check out in 2017 Read more »| 16 Jan 2017 -
FilmCameraperson
Kirsten Johnson uses unused footage from her career as a cinematographer to create an insightful memoir dismantling the myth of the objective documentary Read more »| 16 Jan 2017 -
Music
Run The Jewels announce 2017 UK tour
Dates unveiled for UK and Ireland, hot on the heels of latest album Run The Jewels 3 Killer Mike and El-P are back. Following Run The Jewels' unexpected Chr... Read more »| 16 Jan 2017