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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MusicSuperchunk @ Stereo, Glasgow, 27 May
After a 17-year absence, legendary 90s pop-punk rockers Superchunk return to Glasgow with a triumphant show off the back of their most explicitly political album Read more »| 07 Jun 2018 -
MusicCourtney Barnett @ Albert Hall, Manchester, 4 Jun
The Australian DIY poster girl brings her scintillating second LP to Manchester in its entirety Read more »| 07 Jun 2018 -
ClubsTheo Kottis discusses his debut LP Beautiful Strangers
Edinburgh DJ and producer Theo Kottis talks us through the making of his dance floor-focused debut album, Beautiful Strangers Read more »| 07 Jun 2018 -
FilmHereditary
Ari Aster's occult tale centred on a family in mourning is artfully visualised but let down by its farcical conclusion [contains spoilers] Read more »| 07 Jun 2018 -
Film
The Happy Prince
In his directorial debut, Rupert Everett creates a poignant portrait of the turbulent last few years of Oscar Wilde’s life Read more »| 07 Jun 2018 -
ArtAlice Rawsthorn on Scotland's design policy
It’s becoming a persistent question as Scotland’s design sector thrives and evolves: do we need a national design policy? This month, Local Heroes founder Stacey Hunter asks design critic Alice Rawsthorn for her opinion Read more »| 07 Jun 2018
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Art
A Barrage of Talent: GSA Degree Show 2018
At GSA, the 2018 cohort make a virtue of diversity and distinction, as The Skinny struggles to muster up some thematic patterns, before indulging in the barrage of talent in all its many forms. Read more »| 06 Jun 2018 -
Music
Laura Jean – Devotion
Memories of adolescence radiate in the dreamy, synth-pop sunshine on Laura Jean’s latest album, Devotion Read more »| 06 Jun 2018 -
Music
LUMP @ The Trades Club, Hebden Bridge, 2 Jun
Laura Marling and Mike Lindsay hand an assured debut to their ambitious new project in the Calder Valley Read more »| 06 Jun 2018 -
Film
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Jurassic World: The Fallen Kingdom attempts to rethink this 25 year old franchise, but forgets what made Spielberg's original so special Read more »| 06 Jun 2018 -
Art
Jonas Staal's plea for utopian realism
Jonas Staal's The Scottish-European Parliament sets out to address some of the most pressing political problems in Scotland today. We talk to the artist abou... Read more »| 06 Jun 2018 -
Art
Arts group resurrecting St Peter's Seminary to close
NVA, the innovative and forward-thinking Scottish arts organisation who hoped to renovate the dilapidated St Peter's Seminary, is to close following its loss of Creative Scotland funding Read more »| 06 Jun 2018 -
Music
Spoon @ Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, 3 Jun
The veteran Austin rockers play an intimate show in Leeds as the curtain begins to fall on the Hot Thoughts era Read more »| 06 Jun 2018 -
Music
Gigs in Glasgow and Edinburgh: 5-11 Jun
We've got your gigging needs covered, with this round up of the best ones happening across Glasgow and Edinburgh over the next week, including CARBS, Thom Yorke, HAIM and Souls of Mischief Read more »| 05 Jun 2018 -
Theatre
Amy Ross: Wicked in Edinburgh
In its final week, the star of Wicked, Amy Ross, swoops in to speak to The Skinny about the musical, Elphaba, and the women of Oz Read more »| 05 Jun 2018