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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TheatreFemale Friendship and the AI Monster
We chat with Racheal Ofori about her new play FLIP!, directed by Emily Aboud, which centres on the relationship of two young Black women and their craving for social media fame and wealth Read more »| 25 Oct 2023 -
MusicColin Currie on the SCO's Steve Reich + performances
Ahead of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra's Steve Reich + performances this November, we catch up with world-renowned percussionist and director Colin Currie Read more »| 25 Oct 2023 -
MusicConfronting Demons: Gazelle Twin on her latest album
Exploring how childhood traumas can manifest in adulthood on her latest album Black Dog, we catch up with Elizabeth Bernholz, aka Gazelle Twin Read more »| 25 Oct 2023 -
BooksDeath Valley by Melissa Broder
Melissa Broder's third novel is a blackly comic exploration of grief via cavernous cacti and talking rocks Read more »| 24 Oct 2023 -
MusicHinako Omori – stillness, softness...
Hinako Omori finds herself amidst a darker, more driven soundscape on stillness, softness..., a natural progression from 2022's a journey... Read more »| 24 Oct 2023 -
FilmTypist Artist Pirate King
Monica Dolan brings energy and conviction to her performance as unsung artist Audrey Amiss in this biopic road movie from Carol Morley Read more »| 24 Oct 2023
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FilmBeyond Utopia
A heart-stopping documentary taking us inside North Korea following the people taking the treacherous journey to escape its totalitarian regime Read more »| 24 Oct 2023 -
TheatreDracula: Mina's Reckoning @ Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
The National Theatre of Scotland's ambitious, genderqueer retelling of the classic tale of Dracula offers interesting elements, but some flat characterisation lets it down Read more »| 23 Oct 2023 -
MusicGlen Hansard – All That Was East Is West of Me Now
On his latest album, Oscar-winning Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard reveals another one of his multiple selves Read more »| 20 Oct 2023 -
MusicSpotlight On... Lloyd's House
Ahead of releasing their latest EP, The Masochist, we catch up with Glasgow outfit Lloyd's House to find out more Read more »| 19 Oct 2023 -
MusicCortnë @ The Glad Cafe, Glasgow, 13 Oct
Southside singer-songwriter Cortnë celebrates her first EP Florescence with a sold-out show at The Glad Cafe Read more »| 18 Oct 2023 -
MusicPriya Ragu – Santhosam
Priya Ragu's Santhosam is a self-assured debut of an artist who has fully arrived and is ready to carve out a distinctive space of her own Read more »| 17 Oct 2023 -
ArtMirrl & Half Year Studio: Capitals
October ushers in Capitals, an exciting new collaboration in lighting by Mirrl and Half Year Studio, celebrating two of Glasgow’s most iconic historic designers – Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson and Charles Rennie Mackintosh Read more »| 17 Oct 2023 -
MusicEvian Christ – Revanchist
The decade-long wait for Evian Christ’s debut LP pays off; Revanchist is a work of real beauty and apocalyptic intensity Read more »| 17 Oct 2023 -
MusicCarla J. Easton – Sugar Honey
Anger is an energy, and on Sugar Honey, Easton is channeling every negative emotion into making these tracks soar Read more »| 17 Oct 2023