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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TheatreGame On: Joe McCann on his new play The Corinthian
As Scotland prepares for the World Cup, Joe McCann's new play restores Andrew Watson – the world’s first Black international footballer – to Scottish history Read more »| 29 May 2026 -
ArtÅsa Johannesson: The Queering of Photography @ Stills, Edinburgh
At Stills in Edinburgh, Åsa Johannesson's photography exhibition reconfigures the queer gaze and plays with the relationships between sitter, photographer and viewer Read more »| 29 May 2026 -
FilmErupcja
Charli xcx stars in this wry indie as a woman whose city break to Warsaw goes awry when she reconnects with an old friend in Pete Ohs' intimate slice-of-life drama Read more »| 29 May 2026 -
BooksScottish Books Events: June 2026
Book launches, zine making and a fantasy and sci-fi festival are here to meet all your literary needs this month Read more »| 29 May 2026 -
ComedyScottish Comedy Highlights: June 2026
Ah, June. The sweet calm before the almighty Fringe storm – drink it in with WIPs from Kate Hammer, Sam Lake, Eva Peroni, MC Hammersmith and more... Read more »| 29 May 2026 -
ArtGSA Degree Show 2026: Heads Up
The Degree Show isn’t the only event to look forward to at the GSA this summer. Here are some events, exhibitions and talks to keep an eye on Read more »| 28 May 2026
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ArtGSA Degree Show 2026: Architecture
From the conceptual reimagination of the Highlands to an analysis of the city of Copenhagen, the MSA Degree Show covers the breadth of the built environment today Read more »| 28 May 2026 -
ArtGSA Degree Show 2026: Design
Together, these emerging designers are challenging conventional boundaries while proposing thoughtful responses to contemporary life Read more »| 28 May 2026 -
ArtGSA Degree Show 2026: MDes Communication Design
For students on the MDes Communication Design programme this year, location and surroundings appear as a framework exploring how images, narratives and landscapes shape, fix, or unsettle the ways in which people are defined Read more »| 28 May 2026 -
ArtGSA Degree Show 2026: Fine Art
Students from the School of Fine Art have explored perception and scale across all degree programmes. Their installations invite immersion across diverse ideas, intentions and forms Read more »| 28 May 2026 -
ArtGSA Degree Show 2026: Innovation and Technology
The work of students at SIT embodies the space where future and present overlap, in the intersection of art and technology Read more »| 28 May 2026 -
MusicSpotlight On... Acolyte
Following the release of their debut EP The Blue Dark and ahead of a launch party this weekend in Edinburgh, we catch up with Acolyte Read more »| 28 May 2026 -
MusicMusic Now podcast: Kai Reesu on their SAY Award win and songwriting process
Paul Copeland and Jurnalist of Kai Reesu chat to us for the latest episode of our Scottish music podcast – listen to the episode here Read more »| 28 May 2026 -
ArtShame Parade: Bugarin + Castle's Scotland + Venice exhibition
At the Venice Biennale, Bugarin + Castle's Scotland + Venice pavilion reverberates against rising transphobia, reimagining cross-cultural traditions of public shaming through sound, sculpture and spectacle Read more »| 28 May 2026 -
FilmMitchell Robertson on his role in Richard Gadd's Half Man
Richard Gadd has followed up his blistering Baby Reindeer with the similarly intense Half Man, the story of two young men who forge a toxic codependent friendship. We speak to one of the show's young stars, Mitchell Robertson Read more »| 27 May 2026