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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ArtThe Discovery of Spain @ National Galleries
The problem with this exhibition is its lack of cohesion. While there are some Goyas, Picassos, El Grecos and Velazquezes, they are few and far between. The ... Read more »| 14 Sep 2009 -
Music
Sunset Rubdown @ Stereo, 10 Sep
Prog is not a dirty word. It’s occasionally worth reminding ourselves of that. The authority-baiting allure of punk can convince many an adolescent psy... Read more »| 11 Sep 2009 -
MusicPastels/Tenniscoats @ Stereo, 2 Sep
There's something of a coming-of-age about tonight's opening set from boxfresh Glasgow indie-poppers Veronica Falls (***). Roxanne Clifford and Patrick Doyle... Read more »| 11 Sep 2009 -
Theatre
Abigail's Party
Can seventies social satire be redeemed in our post-computer age? The Patter Merchants say yes - as long as it is funny. Read more »| 10 Sep 2009 -
Theatre
Iago
The villain gets to say his piece. Read more »| 10 Sep 2009 -
Music
Okkervil River @ Òran Mór, 9 Sep
Okkervil River are good to their UK fans, making the trip to our shores at the drop of a hat these days. Tonight there’s no new record to promote and (... Read more »| 10 Sep 2009
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Clubs
The Skinny & Ten Tracks Birthday Party
We're turning four this October, so come out and stay up way past your bedtime Read more »| 10 Sep 2009 -
Theatre
Alternatives
Cabaret goes beyond the quick thrill of burlesque and shakes hands with new music Read more »| 10 Sep 2009 -
TheatreScottish Ballet
Something old, something borrowed, something new: Scottish Ballet creates a marriage that is sometimes in heaven. Read more »| 10 Sep 2009 -
MusicTori Amos @ Royal Concert Hall, 8 Sep
Reputations are mysterious things. Rumours of past gigs had painted Tori Amos as a humourless virtuoso who’d sooner tell talkative fans to sling their ... Read more »| 09 Sep 2009 -
MusicChrist. @ The GRV, 26 Sep
Deep in the darkest recesses of the Cowgate (well, Guthrie Street) you will find The GRV, a multi-media arts venue which will soon play host to the equally ... Read more »| 09 Sep 2009 -
Music
The Twilight Sad's Forget the Night Ahead: Track-By-Track, By the Band
Reflection of the Television We weren't really sure if this one was going to be on the album; we had the chords and vocal line, and thought we'd give it a go... Read more »| 08 Sep 2009 -
Music
Versus: Meursault vs The Foundling Wheel vs Dead Boy Robotics @ The Voodoo Rooms, 10 Sep
This September stimulate your auditory senses with the return of VERSUS to Edinburgh’s award-winning Voodoo Rooms. The evening promises live music pack... Read more »| 08 Sep 2009 -
Music
The Gullivers - Legerdemain EP
A Wall Against The Noise kicks off this second offering from Oxford four-piece, The Gullivers, creeping in with a wash of keyboard ambience and skeletal, gui... Read more »| 07 Sep 2009 -
Film
Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde’s gothic classic about the perils of yearning for everlasting youth, has been updated by director Oliver Parker (An Ideal Husband, St Trini... Read more »| 07 Sep 2009