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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FilmScottish Film Events: October 2023
With Halloween coming up, it's horror madness on our screens this October, including two unmissable All Night Horror Madness lineups. Plus, new festival CineAstra and the early films of Hou Hsiao-hsien Read more »| 02 Oct 2023 -
MusicScottish Live Music Highlights: October 2023
Scottish gig super-fans have their hands full this October, with plenty festivals, all-dayers and record launches Read more »| 02 Oct 2023 -
BooksScottish Books Events: October 2023
Edinburgh International Book Festival closes out the year's programme with two October events, while indie press Thi Wurd holds a literary evening at Glasgow University Union Read more »| 02 Oct 2023 -
ArtScottish Art Events & Exhibitions: October 2023
October welcomes a dense and diverse set of new exhibitions, screenings and performances across the country – here are the highlights Read more »| 02 Oct 2023 -
BooksBrainwyrms by Alison Rumfitt
Alison Rumfitt's deliciously nauseating sophomore novel is an eviscerating exploration of queer dating and shame Read more »| 02 Oct 2023 -
MusicSufjan Stevens – Javelin
On Javelin, Sufjan Stevens sees himself as a blight on a beautiful world. When loved, his pain is suspended and he transcends, but such mercy is resigned to his past Read more »| 02 Oct 2023
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Musiccorto.alto – Bad With Names
Forward-thinking and exciting, Bad With Names marks a new high point for jazz in Scotland Read more »| 02 Oct 2023 -
BooksNot Your Usual: Heather Parry on writing the body
Not Your Usual is a new series from The Skinny and Glayva highlighting interesting and exciting artists from across the Scottish scene. For our third instalment we catch up with prolific author Heather Parry over a Jumping Bean glocktail Read more »| 02 Oct 2023 -
TheatreScottish Theatre Highlights: October 2023
Innovative opera, radical new theatre and a new musical about treason – here's our pick of the best theatre across Scotland this October Read more »| 29 Sep 2023 -
ComedyScottish Comedy Highlights: October 2023
October’s here and brings a bumper crop of comedy with it. From huge names on tour to a comedy festival by The Shore, there’s plenty of gigs to whet your comedy whistle this month Read more »| 28 Sep 2023 -
ClubsScottish Clubbing Highlights: October 2023
As festival season draws to a close, club nights reclaim the dance floor, as Scotland gets freaky in October with M.E.S.H., Loraine James, Scott Brown, Umru and Ziúr Read more »| 28 Sep 2023 -
FilmScotland on Screen: Paul Laverty on The Old Oak
Scottish screenwriter Paul Laverty talks to us about The Old Oak, his latest – and probably last – feature film with Ken Loach Read more »| 28 Sep 2023 -
ComedyLeith Laughs: Rosalind Romer on Leith Comedy Festival
In anticipation of its first full run, we sit down with Leith Comedy Festival's director Rosalind Romer to chat about community, accessibility, and comedy Read more »| 27 Sep 2023 -
MusicThe National @ OVO Hydro, Glasgow, 24 Sep
The National weaponise a near quarter-century of experience; a juxtaposition of the solemn and the sublime that enraptures Glasgow’s OVO Hydro Read more »| 26 Sep 2023 -
MusicNabihah Iqbal @ King Tut's, Glasgow, 21 Sep
If you’re searching for a striking, multilayered and beat-driven performance with equally ruminating sounds, Nabihah Iqbal's Dreamer is the show for you Read more »| 26 Sep 2023