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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MusicSpotlight On... Elisabeth Elektra
Elisabeth Elektra, Glasgow's own high priestess of femme pop, has released another grimoire of gripping dance tracks. We shine our spotlight to try and understand the method behind the magic Read more »| 12 Jun 2025 -
MusicHarmony is Happening: Govanhill's Big Noise project
Govanhill’s Big Noise project offers a masterclass in community cohesion, we catch up with Alison Gornall to find out more Read more »| 12 Jun 2025 -
FilmOpen the Doors: Filmhouse returns
We're so back! After a heroic rescue effort, Filmhouse is very close to opening its doors again. Ahead of its 'soft launch' at the end of June, we chat to Andrew Simpson and Rod White, the directors heading up the new iteration of this wonderful cinema Read more »| 12 Jun 2025 -
TheatreMeme Girls @ Òran Mór, Glasgow
Despite knockout performances by its stars, this one act musical alienates its own subjects Read more »| 12 Jun 2025 -
MusicPulp @ OVO Hydro, Glasgow, 7 Jun
Pulp visit Glasgow with a show that's full of the wit and pomp that helped make them Brit Pop legends Read more »| 11 Jun 2025 -
Musiccaroline @ St Luke's, Glasgow, 7 June
Rolling into town off the back of their superb second record, caroline only fitfully capture its wonky majesty tonight. Read more »| 10 Jun 2025
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MusicKing Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Phantom Island
On Phantom Island, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard keep it fresh with an orchestral twist on their usual psych-rock formula Read more »| 10 Jun 2025 -
FilmWay of the Sword: John Maclean on Tornado
It's been ten years since John Maclean burst onto the movie scene with his stylish western Slow West. His second feature, Tornado, is another western riff, this time set in Scotland and centred on a young Japanese woman who's handy with a samurai sword Read more »| 10 Jun 2025 -
FilmTornado
The second film from John Maclean has an austere beauty and a unique premise – it's a samurai movie set in 1890s Scotland – but its lean script needs more flesh on its bones Read more »| 10 Jun 2025 -
MusicThe Skinny On... Snapped Ankles
Fresh from releasing their excellent new record Hard Times Furious Dancing, and ahead of their appearance at Hidden Door, Snapped Ankles' Austin Ankles takes on this month's Q&A Read more »| 10 Jun 2025 -
ArtSolange Pessoa, Pilgrim Fields @ Tramway, Glasgow
Brazilian artist Solange Pessoa’s exhibition at Glasgow’s Tramway probes humanity’s symbiotic relationship with the Earth through large-scale sculptural works created between Glasgow and Brazil Read more »| 05 Jun 2025 -
MusicSpotlight On... Azamiah
Since causing a buzz with their 2023 debut In Phases, jazz collective Azamiah have been collaborating in the studio and communing with nature; ahead of the release of their new EP Two Lands, we catch up with members INDIA BLUE and Norman Villeroux Read more »| 05 Jun 2025 -
FilmJavad Daraei on his screenings at Refugee Festival Scotland
Scotland-based director Javad Daraei welcomes us into his home to discuss Iranian cinema, the refugee experience and acts of defiance Read more »| 05 Jun 2025 -
MusicTime Based: Sonic Interventions
Ahead of their forthcoming collaboration at Sonic Interventions this month, we catch up with Ukraine's Alice Haspyd and Scotland's Genevieve Murphy to find out more Read more »| 05 Jun 2025 -
FilmFilmhouse announces date for its reopening
This summer marks the long-anticipated return of Edinburgh’s much-loved arthouse cinema, Filmhouse. Its doors reopen on 27 June Read more »| 05 Jun 2025