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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TheatreDoris, Dolly and the Dressing Room Divas...at Christmas! @ Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre, Edinburgh
Doris, Dolly and the Backstage Divas...at Christmas! provides an intimate, and often hilarious, tribute to the queens of showbiz Read more »| 03 Dec 2018 -
BooksScottish Poetry News: December 2018
This month features a bumper Christmas bash from two of Scotland's top literary outfits, plus plenty of opportunity to discover some new voices before 2018 ends Read more »| 03 Dec 2018 -
ArtArt Highlights: December 2018
December brings a new set of exhibitions from DCA, as well as opportunities from the major residency providers across Scotland Read more »| 03 Dec 2018 -
Music
Strike the Colours' Jenny Reeve on their new album Flock
With the release of their third studio album, Flock, we speak to Strike the Colours frontwoman Jenny Reeve about touring and reuniting when the time felt right Read more »| 03 Dec 2018 -
MusicDiving Station – Feather Mouth EP
Anna McLuckie and Diving Station match musical ingenuity with impressive songwriting on their new EP, Feather Mouth Read more »| 30 Nov 2018 -
Music
Albums of 2018 (#1): Young Fathers – Cocoa Sugar
With Cocoa Sugar, Young Fathers have made a record that’s restless and messy, elliptical and enlightening; a record about life, and how if you stand still you’ll miss it Read more »| 29 Nov 2018
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Music
Malcolm Middleton @ The Caves, Edinburgh, 27 Nov
Airing most of his new album Bananas, as well as delving into his back catalogue, Malcolm Middleton provides a perfect evening of low-stakes entertainment Read more »| 29 Nov 2018 -
Film
Creed II
Creed II is a winner, but it can't match the succession of devastating blows delivered by Ryan Coogler’s original film Read more »| 29 Nov 2018 -
Music
LYLO – Nothin' New (Track Premiere)
Listen to Nothin' New, the new single from Glasgow five-piece LYLO Read more »| 29 Nov 2018 -
Music
Albums of 2018 (#2): Parquet Courts – Wide Awake!
As Parquet Courts slip in and out of styles on Wide Awake!, what has resulted is an urgent work about letting yourself go amidst a storm of terribleness Read more »| 29 Nov 2018 -
Music
Fatherson top The Skinny Scottish Album of 2018 vote
The Kilmarnock trio topped our readers' poll to find your favourite Scottish album of the past twelve months Read more »| 29 Nov 2018 -
Music
Kohla – S/he (Track Premiere)
Listen to S/he, the debut single from new Edinburgh artist Kohla Read more »| 29 Nov 2018 -
Music
Albums of 2018 (#3): Mitski – Be the Cowboy
Mitski channels sadness into euphoria in a way few others can, and the songs on Be the Cowboy will have you dancing through the pain Read more »| 28 Nov 2018 -
TheatreTraverse Theatre announces Spring 2019 programme
Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre has announced its January-April 2019 season, with a selection of home-grown and visiting productions set to take the stage Read more »| 28 Nov 2018 -
Film
Disobedience
Chilean director Sebastián Lelio's follow-up to A Fantastic Woman is the story of same-sex love within the Orthodox Jewish community, but it's a drab affair lacking passion and colour Read more »| 28 Nov 2018