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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TheatreSaint Joan @ Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
A piece of resistance for our modern times, Stewart Laing’s interpretation of Saint Joan is defiant, hopeful and delivered with clinical precision Read more »| 23 Mar 2026 -
MusicThe Twilight Sad – IT'S THE LONG GOODBYE
Almost twenty years after their debut album, IT'S THE LONG GOODBYE reveals the subtle evolution of indie veterans The Twilight Sad Read more »| 23 Mar 2026 -
MusicSnail Mail – Ricochet
Snail Mail’s third album combines honest alt-rock with orchestral flourishes Read more »| 23 Mar 2026 -
FilmGlasgow Short Film Festival 2026: The Award Winners
Klarissa Webster took home GSFF's Scottish Competition prize for her documentary Each to Their Own World, while Manal Issa, 2024 by Elisabeth Subrin won The Bill Douglas Award for International Short Film Read more »| 23 Mar 2026 -
MusicGeese @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 21 Mar
Firmly established as the Second Coming of Rock Music, Cameron Winter and Geese are at their peak as they return to Glasgow to headline the Barrowlands Read more »| 23 Mar 2026 -
MusicMadra Salach @ McChuills, Glasgow, 18 Mar
Madra Salach are well on course to carving out their own space in Ireland's music scene – the lucky few packed into McChuills tonight are unlikely to see them in such an intimate setting again Read more »| 23 Mar 2026
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MusicLeila Bordreuil & Kali Malone – Music for Intersecting Planes
This new collaboration between Leila Bordreuil & Kali Malone hints at both of their sublime solo work, but never quite finds a character for itself Read more »| 20 Mar 2026 -
MusicSpotlight On... Étain
With her debut album The Well out this weekend, we catch up with Edinburgh-based, Irish singer-songwriter and producer Étain Read more »| 19 Mar 2026 -
MusicMarlo De Lara in conversation ahead of Counterflows
Ahead of their performance at this year's Counterflows festival, we catch up with sound artist Marlo De Lara Read more »| 19 Mar 2026 -
MusicMusic Now podcast: Matthew Hickman of Brownbear on songwriting and ambitious gigs
On the latest episode of our music interview podcast, we catch up with Matthew Hickman, frontman of indie-soul outfit Brownbear Read more »| 18 Mar 2026 -
ArtGut Feelings: Tai Shani's The Spell
At Jupiter Artland, Tai Shani's sculpture of a blue giant rests in a glass coffin. In this creative response, our Art editor wonders what the hell it's doing there Read more »| 17 Mar 2026 -
TheatreA Grain of Sand @ Citizens Theatre, Glasgow
A lyrical solo performance about a child surviving Gaza’s devastation, A Grain of Sand blends folklore and testimony to insist on bearing conscious witness to genocide Read more »| 16 Mar 2026 -
MusicBreaking Traditions: Isa Gordon on 8Men
Ahead of releasing her brand new album on Lost Map Records, we catch up with Isa Gordon to talk all things cassette tapes, Robert Burns, reinterpretation and more Read more »| 16 Mar 2026 -
MusicIsa Gordon – 8Men
8Men is a hypnotic collection of traditional songs and covers from rising Lost Map-affiliated multitasker Isa Gordon Read more »| 16 Mar 2026 -
MusicLadytron – Paradises
On their eighth album Paradises, Ladytron head for the disco and relive the fun of 90s clubland Read more »| 16 Mar 2026