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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MusicEmmy the Great @ Deaf Institute, Manchester, 4 Jun
Emmy the Great marks ten years of her debut album with a charmingly intimate show Read more »| 12 Jun 2019 -
TheatreThe Invisible Man @ Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Theater Artemis' production of The Invisible Man plays with perspective in a fresh manner, making its audience invisible to the cast onstage Read more »| 12 Jun 2019 -
MusicMeursault – Crow Hill
Meursault have never sounded so triumphant and full of conviction; Crow Hill harbours enough masterfully executed twists and turns to merit a seatbelt warning Read more »| 12 Jun 2019 -
ArtECA Degree Show 2019: Everyone's a Winner
Edinburgh College of Art showed off its newly renovated buildings and highly skilled new graduates in the 2019 degree show, with poignant, humorous and relatable responses to social and philosophical challenges Read more »| 12 Jun 2019 -
FilmBlue Black Permanent
The BFI’s re-release of Margaret Tait’s Blue Black Permanent acts as a neat greatest-hits collection for the Scottish artist Read more »| 12 Jun 2019 -
MusicHoneyblood @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 3 Jun
With Honeyblood's new three-piece outfit still a little rough around the edges, it's the old anthems which make clear that Stina Tweeddale's band are still on the up Read more »| 12 Jun 2019
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MusicPrimavera Sound: Going global or selling out?
With global expansions of the Barcelona festival's brand amidst the hip dystopia of commodified identity politics, we look back on the 2019 edition of Primavera Sound Read more »| 12 Jun 2019 -
Film270-degree 'movie experience' coming to Edinburgh
Edinburgh's Cineworld at Fountain Park will be the first cinema to get its own 270-degree screens Read more »| 11 Jun 2019 -
ArtGSA Degree Show: The Beat Goes On
The clubs sounds selected by Heidi Chiu ... burn through double sets of fire doors Read more »| 11 Jun 2019 -
BooksA Seat at the Table by Amy Raphael
Amy Raphael's new interview collection is a celebration of some of the most exciting faces in music today Read more »| 11 Jun 2019 -
MusicJulia Shapiro – Perfect Version
The new solo album from Chastity Belt's Julia Shapiro is a portrait in greyscale, dissecting the rules by which we live with nuance and compassion Read more »| 11 Jun 2019 -
TheatreAlice in Wonderland @ Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Ireland's Blue Raincoat Theatre Company brings Lewis Carroll's quirky, idiosyncratic Alice in Wonderland to life in this impressive adaption Read more »| 11 Jun 2019 -
MusicWovoka Gentle – Start Clanging Cymbals
Wovoka Gentle's latest album is a kaleidoscopic adventure in sound, without a dull moment in sight Read more »| 11 Jun 2019 -
TheatreInto The Mountain @ Cairngorm National Park
Take Me Somewhere's guided walk through the mountains, Into The Mountain feels unlike anything that's been attempted before Read more »| 10 Jun 2019 -
Theatre549: Scots of The Spanish Civil War @ Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
549: Scots of The Spanish Civil War is a beautifully moving tale of friendship, bravery and sacrifice Read more »| 10 Jun 2019