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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TheatreStones In His Pockets @ King’s Theatre, Edinburgh
Lindsay Posner’s Stones In His Pockets is the story of what happens when a major Hollywood production decides to take over a landscape for its own purposes Read more »| 09 Apr 2019 -
TheatreKith @ Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh
Primal Dream Theatre ask us how we find our way home when we don’t know our origins in new play Kith, a far-from-linear modern folktale Read more »| 08 Apr 2019 -
MusicThe Skinny on EH-FM: Show Four (Listen Again)
Listen back to our fourth show on EH-FM, with guests Chuchoter as well as music from Carly Rae Jepsen, Aidan Moffat & RM Hubbert, Annie Booth, Lowkey and Darude. Yes, Darude Read more »| 08 Apr 2019 -
ClubsGuest Selector: Mallorca Lee
Scottish DJ and producer Mallorca Lee talks us through some of the tracks that influenced his new album Acid & Eve Read more »| 08 Apr 2019 -
FilmJessie Buckley on Glasgow music drama Wild Rose
Wild Rose stars Jessie Buckley as a country singer with dreams of making it big in Nashville; we talk to Buckley, and the film's writer Nicole Taylor Read more »| 08 Apr 2019 -
TheatreMatilda the Musical @ Playhouse, Edinburgh
The RSC's acclaimed musical version of Roald Dahl's Matilda is a life-affirming piece with an excellent young cast Read more »| 08 Apr 2019
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TheatreDear Europe @ SWG3, Glasgow
In Dear Europe, the many and varied aspects of Scotland's relationship with Europe are catalogued on one night in Glasgow's SWG3 Read more »| 08 Apr 2019 -
BooksThe Parisian by Isabella Hammad
A sweeping tale that charts many years in the life of a young Palestinian man, The Parisian's themes and characters will remain with audiences long after the novel is over Read more »| 08 Apr 2019 -
MusicWide Days 2019: Megan Airlie interview
Ahead of her appearance at Wide Days' Showcase in Edinburgh on 12 April, we speak to Megan Airlie about the opportunities an event like Wide Days can offer emerging artists Read more »| 08 Apr 2019 -
MusicStand Atlantic @ King Tut's, Glasgow, 1 Apr
King Tut's plays host to Australia's pop-punk up-and-comers Stand Atlantic on a night highlighted by infectious hooks and singalongs Read more »| 07 Apr 2019 -
BooksOnly Americans Burn in Hell by Jarett Kobek
Jarett Kobek's new novel reads like Kurt Vonnegut meets Stewart Lee meets a Twitter-thread wormhole Read more »| 07 Apr 2019 -
ArtScottish Art Events and Opportunities: April 2019
Petra Bauer and SCOT-PEP's work comes to a head at Collective this month, plus details of exhibitions at Rhubaba and Embassy, and a collection of opportunities to look out for Read more »| 06 Apr 2019 -
Theatre(Can This Be) Home? @ Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
As Brexit rumbles on and on and on, Kolbrún Björt Sigfúsdóttir and Tom Oakes' (Can This Be) Home? is an impressive and honest account of what the referendum has done to them Read more »| 06 Apr 2019 -
MusicFRKWYS Vol. 15: serenitatem
The most influential modern proponents of the Japanese avant-garde ambient music of the 80s, Visible Cloaks, team up with the scene's forebears, Yoshio Ojima and Satsuki Shibano, for a collaborative work contrasting the natural with the synthetic Read more »| 06 Apr 2019 -
MusicJulia Jacklin @ Stereo, Glasgow, 2 Apr
Julia Jacklin brings a cool confidence to a sold-out Stereo, and through self-awareness and vulnerability makes most in the room cry at some point during the evening Read more »| 05 Apr 2019