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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TheatreDracula @ Contact, Manchester, 10-11 Oct
Turning a book into a dance piece is never easy; with Bram Stoker's Dracula, it is doubly difficult. A long, twisting tale told through newspaper fragme... Read more »| 30 Sep 2014 -
Film
Northwest Film Event Highlights – October 2014
Unsurprisingly, horror dominates this month's film happenings: The Exorcist, Beetlejuice and Hocus Pocus liven up Halloween, the Ghostbusters are back on the big screen after three decades and gorehounds make their annual pilgrimage to Grimmfest Read more »| 30 Sep 2014 -
Books
IDP: 2043
Commemorating the Edinburgh International Book Festival's 30th Birthday, IDP: 2043 harnesses the talents of ten acclaimed writers and artists to tell the sto... Read more »| 29 Sep 2014 -
MusicNew look Idlewild return from hiatus
Much-loved Scottish indie band Idlewild look set to announce their full-scale return next month following a lengthy hiatus. The band – whose 100 Broke... Read more »| 29 Sep 2014 -
Music
Owls @ The Deaf Institute, Manchester, 17 Sep
“Sorry for the mind games!” Tim Kinsella blinks. In the customary fashion, Owls have just returned to the stage following the climax of their mai... Read more »| 29 Sep 2014 -
Music
First Aid Kit @ Albert Hall, Manchester, 20 Sep
Tonight's opener, Jo Rose, has thankfully recovered from his on-stage collapse at the start of this tour, although his guitar hasn’t. Having ... Read more »| 29 Sep 2014
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Theatre
Hamlet @ Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
In one of 2014’s most anticipated productions, Shakespeare’s classic tragedy is given new life by the inspired casting decision of a female Hamle... Read more »| 29 Sep 2014 -
TheatreWicked @ Liverpool Empire
The Wizard of Oz has delighted both child and adult for over eighty years: Judy Garland’s Dorothy is the fresh-faced heroine of little girls' dreams, h... Read more »| 29 Sep 2014 -
Film
Life After Beth
Life After Beth is a romantic zombie comedy drama. Or, as anyone fond of cinematic abbreviations might say, a rom-zom-com-dram. Dane DeHaan plays Zach, a gri... Read more »| 29 Sep 2014 -
Music
Thom Yorke releases surprise new album via BitTorrent
Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has caught the music world off-guard – yet again – by releasing brand-new solo album Tomorrow’s Modern B... Read more »| 26 Sep 2014 -
MusicKate Bush: Before the Dawn
35 years after she last performed a full concert, we finally get to see Kate Bush live Read more »| 26 Sep 2014 -
Music
North Atlantic Oscillation – The Third Day
Hardly original but big on heart and soul, this is sophisticated and intelligent dream pop. With the genre tropes of the late 80s shoegaze scene increasingly... Read more »| 26 Sep 2014 -
Film
Silver Scream: Grimmfest 2014
Are you looking forward to the sixth Grimmfest? Horror fans can expect a long weekend of werewolves, vampires, killers and, er, beavers Read more »| 26 Sep 2014 -
Film
Ghost in the Shell
It’s no exaggeration to say that Ghost in the Shell is one of the most influential sci-fi films of the last two decades. Set in a futuristic cyberpunk ... Read more »| 25 Sep 2014 -
Film
300: Rise of an Empire
Part prequel, part sidequel (parallelquel?) and part sequel, this belated follow-up to 300 takes place before, during and after the events of Zack Snyder&rsq... Read more »| 25 Sep 2014