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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Theatre
La Niña Barro @ Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh
La Niña Barro is a stunning, experimental inquest into bodies and femininity. Read more »| 18 Mar 2024 -
Music
Adrianne Lenker – Bright Future
Adrianne Lenker's latest solo record Bright Future is raw, unvarnished, and painted in plentiful colour Read more »| 18 Mar 2024 -
Music
Waxahatchee – Tigers Blood
Katie Crutchfield follows up the masterful Saint Cloud with more gorgeously expressive Americana Read more »| 18 Mar 2024 -
Film
Robot Dreams
Man's best friend is a dog, and Dog's best friend is a mail-order robot in Robot Dreams, an inventive and bittersweet tale of love and loneliness Read more »| 18 Mar 2024 -
Music
Tierra Whack – WORLD WIDE WHACK
Tierra Whack is making mainstream hip-hop interesting on WORLD WIDE WHACK, an album where no two songs are alike Read more »| 15 Mar 2024 -
Theatre
Hamilton @ Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Hamilton stands as a timeless, ever-relevant masterpiece, showcasing the enduring power of this theatrical phenomenon Read more »| 14 Mar 2024
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Music
Spotlight On... Dancer
Ahead of releasing their debut album, 10 Songs I Hate About You, we shine a spotlight on Glasgow quartet Dancer Read more »| 14 Mar 2024 -
Comedy
The Skinny On... Liam Withnail
Ahead of taking his acclaimed Fringe show Chronic Boom on tour across the UK, Liam Withnail takes on our Q&A. We discover his favourite pizza joint in Edinburgh, his Letterboxd top four, and his admiration for Hayao Miyazaki Read more »| 14 Mar 2024 -
Comedy
Marjolein Robertson @ The Stand, Edinburgh
Shetland storyteller Marjolein Robertson delights with Marj, her Selkie tale come-to-life Read more »| 13 Mar 2024 -
Comedy
Jessica Fostekew @ Monkey Barrel, Edinburgh
Powerhouse comic Jessica Fostekew shows us her mettle in her brand new hour of stand-up Read more »| 13 Mar 2024 -
Art
AdesignStorie: Design for Climate Change
We meet Alicia Storie, award-winning eco-interior designer and the founder of AdesignStorie, the Edinburgh-based design studio bringing sustainability to the core of a variety of design processes and projects Read more »| 12 Mar 2024 -
Clubs
The Practice and Proliferation of Visual Artistry
We meet some of Scotland's leading digital artists and VJs to learn more about the optical artistry involved in melding the production values of the mainstream and the underground to create immersive club environments Read more »| 12 Mar 2024 -
Film
Følkløric: Glasgow Short Film Festival's folk horror strand
One of the highlights of Glasgow Short Film Festival this year is Følkløric, a two-part strand of shorts exploring traditional and contemporary visions of folklore. The strand's co-curators, Grace Feinmann and Heather Bradshaw, introduce their concept Read more »| 12 Mar 2024 -
Books
Lobster by Hollie McNish
In a blend of poetry and prose, acclaimed poet Hollie McNish tackles the (im)possibility of love in a flawed world Read more »| 11 Mar 2024 -
Film
Monster
Hirokazu Kore-eda takes the audience to unexpected places in a consciously elusive tale of compassion Read more »| 11 Mar 2024