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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ArtSonia Boyce, Alberta Whittle, Simone Leigh at the Venice Biennale
This year’s Venice Biennale sees Black women of Caribbean descent representing Scotland, Britain and the United States – this is why this rendition of the Biennale is so important Read more »| 10 Jun 2022 -
BooksFigures of Speech takes you on a journey through Scottish books
Figures of Speech is a new cross-artform series of live events that will bring together writers and artists to take us on a road trip through Scottish literature. We look ahead to what's in store Read more »| 10 Jun 2022 -
TheatreTheatre on a budget: a short guide
The cost of living crisis means that going to the theatre can feel like a luxury we can't all afford. Here's how to do it on the cheap Read more »| 09 Jun 2022 -
ArtAbbas Akhavan: Study for a Garden
We meet Abbas Akhavan to discuss his enchanting site-specific commission at Mount Stuart on the island of Bute Read more »| 09 Jun 2022 -
MusicSpotlight On... Susan Bear
Ahead of releasing new record Alter, we shine a spotlight on Susan Bear (aka Good Dog) to find out more Read more »| 09 Jun 2022 -
FilmI’d Rather Be a Pig Than a Fascist: 30 Years of Porco Rosso
Porco Rosso, Hayao Miyazaki's enchanting adventure film about a first world war fighter pilot who helps battle fascists in Italy, even though he's transformed into a pig-man, turns 30. We look back at this anti-war masterpiece Read more »| 09 Jun 2022
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MusicLizzie Reid @ The Glad Cafe, 1 June
Fresh from supporting Paolo Nutini, Lizzie Reid wows a sold-out crowd at Glasgow's Glad Cafe, enchanting them with melodies of love, heartbreak, solitude and hope Read more »| 07 Jun 2022 -
ArtGSA 2022: Mackintosh School of Architecture
Re-use, adaptability and community-focused place-making emerge as themes among students at the Glasgow School of Art Mackintosh School of Architecture Read more »| 07 Jun 2022 -
MusicKelly Lee Owens – LP.8
A marked left turn from the lushness of Inner Song, Kelly Lee Owens' goes to back to basics with LP.8 – and sounds strangely anonymous Read more »| 07 Jun 2022 -
FilmIl Buco
Michelangelo Frammartino literally and figuratively plumbs the depths with new feature Il Buco, which is peppered with the same kind of gentle humour and moments of incidental magic we saw in his 2010 masterpiece Le Quattro Volte Read more »| 07 Jun 2022 -
MusicBright Side of the Moon: Moonchild Sanelly on her rise
Ahead of her latest record release, we speak to future ghetto funk force Moonchild Sanelly on beauty contests, bad breakups and the importance of being yourself Read more »| 07 Jun 2022 -
FilmSwan Song
German character actor Udo Kier takes a rare leading role in this wistful story of an ageing, small-town Ohio hairdresser looking to mend some bridges Read more »| 07 Jun 2022 -
FilmGen Z's gateway cultural education in Stranger Things
Gen Zs are discovering the delights of Kate Bush through coming-of-age sci-fi hit Stranger Things, and cultural gatekeepers are outraged. But they shouldn't get in such a tizzy. Classic art has always been recontextualised by contemporary pop culture Read more »| 06 Jun 2022 -
Tv RadioTV Guide: Meltdown, Chernobyl and Docudramas of Destruction
With docudrama Meltdown: Three Mile Island arriving on Netflix, we ask why television typically blends news and narrative when discussing nuclear disasters Read more »| 06 Jun 2022 -
MusicVieux Farka Touré – Les Racines
Vieux Farka Touré returns to his roots and explores the traditional blues of Northern Mali in his new album Les Racines Read more »| 06 Jun 2022