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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MusicAnnie Booth – Magic 8 (Video Premiere)
Watch the music video for Magic 8, the latest single from singer-songwriter Annie Booth Read more »| 02 Apr 2019 -
TheatreThe Month in Scottish Theatre: April 2019
The coming of spring brings with it not one but two stage adaptations of Greek myths, the Scottish premiere of a long-awaited musical, and stories of migration, change and hope Read more »| 02 Apr 2019 -
MusicPriests on their new album The Seduction of Kansas
Katie Alice Greer, Daniele Daniele and GL Jaguar of Washington, DC-based Priests discuss having to re-establish themselves as a band and working with John Congleton on new album The Seduction of Kansas Read more »| 02 Apr 2019 -
FilmPet Sematary
Stephen King’s macabre novel is readapted for a new generation, but as the film reveals, sometimes it's better to leave things buried Read more »| 02 Apr 2019 -
BooksAyesha At Last by Uzma Jalaluddin
Compassionate, warm, and wholly satisfying, Ayesha At Last is a welcome take on Pride and Prejudice, set in a Muslim community in Toronto Read more »| 02 Apr 2019 -
MusicThe Skinny on EH-FM: Show Three (Listen Again)
Listen back to our third show on EH-FM, featuring music from Her's, Interpol, Lafawndah, Callum Easter and MC Carol, with a guest mix from producer and DJ Exterior Read more »| 01 Apr 2019
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FilmWatch trailer for Bill Murray zombie movie The Dead Don't Die
Jim Jarmusch’s zombie movie The Dead Don’t Die looks like a riot, with a knockout cast that includes Bill Murray, Adam Driver and Chloë Sevigny as deadpan cops and Tilda Swinton as a Scottish mortician who's also handy with a samurai sword Read more »| 01 Apr 2019 -
MusicCallum Easter – Here or Nowhere
Callum Easter's much-anticipated debut album is the sound of an artist constantly reinventing himself Read more »| 01 Apr 2019 -
ClubsScottish Clubbing Highlights: April 2019
This month's best parties feature a globe-spanning range of DJs in all your favourite Scottish clubs, as well as an unmissable late night Glasgow party in a secret location Read more »| 01 Apr 2019 -
TheatreIn the Spotlight: LGBTQ+ Theatre in Scotland
We look at what can be done to keep LGBTQ+ stories on the Scottish stage year-round Read more »| 01 Apr 2019 -
ComedyKieran Hodgson's 75 tackles Britain's history with Europe
We speak to Kieran Hodgson as he brings ’75 – his 2018 Fringe show about Britain's initial forays into Europe – back to Scotland Read more »| 01 Apr 2019 -
FilmAgnès Varda's curious mind will be deeply missed
The great French director Agnès Varda has passed away at the age of 90. Her long career was full of surprise, and brilliant from the off (and she probably kick-started the French New Wave) Read more »| 29 Mar 2019 -
MusicNoname @ SWG3, Glasgow, 25 Mar
Noname commands attention in her radiant Glasgow debut Read more »| 29 Mar 2019 -
TheatreThe Girl on the Train @ King's Theatre, Edinburgh
This stage adaptation of Paula Hawkins' bestselling thriller The Girl on the Train struggles to build tension Read more »| 29 Mar 2019 -
MusicTy Segall and the Freedom Band – Deforming Lobes
Deforming Lobes sees Ty Segall infallibly cement himself as a tyrant of stoner rock: it excites in its furious passion Read more »| 29 Mar 2019