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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TheatreMeet the team behind 'Gaelic western' Stornoway, Quebec
As Stornoway, Quebec's tale of Gaelic bounty hunters prepares to tour Scotland, we meet playwright Calum L. MacLeòid and director Muireann Kelly Read more »| 24 Mar 2023 -
ComedyStuart McPherson @ The Stand, Glasgow
A glorious homecoming gig for Some Laugh Podcast and Scot Squad star Stuart McPherson at Glasgow Comedy Festival Read more »| 23 Mar 2023 -
MusicAlex G @ SWG3, Glasgow, 17 Mar
Playful, heartfelt and frequently surprising, Alex G’s crowd-pleasing live show perfectly encapsulates the mood of his latest record Read more »| 21 Mar 2023 -
MusicBABYMETAL – THE OTHER ONE
Returning from hiatus and restored as a duo, BABYMETAL ditch the 'baby' on their all-conquering, coming-of-age fourth album Read more »| 21 Mar 2023 -
MusicLåpsley @ Saint Luke's, Glasgow, 17 Mar
The Liverpool singer-songwriter's set is mostly made up of tracks from new album Cautionary Tales of Youth, and it's those new tracks which shine brightest Read more »| 21 Mar 2023 -
MusicLucinda Chua – YIAN
Lucinda Chua's debut solo record aches with a specific form of longing, inviting us to listen more closely Read more »| 21 Mar 2023
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BooksRadical Intimacy by Sophie K Rosa
Sophie K Rosa's groundbreaking manifesto Radical Intimacy invites us into a politically emancipatory conceptualisation of intimacy beyond capitalism and heteronormativity Read more »| 20 Mar 2023 -
MusicYves Tumor – Praise a Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
On their latest record, Yves Tumor attempts to rewrite the history of the rock gods we idolise Read more »| 17 Mar 2023 -
ComedySilliness and Wrestling: Phil Wang interview
Phil Wang takes silly seriously and realises an unlikely influence on his act ahead of his new tour show, Wang In There, Baby! Read more »| 15 Mar 2023 -
ArtCivic House: A 21st-Century Power Station
A former printing press for Glasgow’s political movements built in the 1920s, Civic House has been shortlisted for a prestigious AJ Retrofit Award after a radical transformation by Agile City in collaboration with Collective Architecture Read more »| 15 Mar 2023 -
ClubsThe Good Life: Glasgow's Radio Buena Vida
Fast becoming a hub for Glasgow's grassroots music and culture, we catch up with Southside-based community radio station Radio Buena Vida as they settle into their new studio and café on Victoria Road Read more »| 14 Mar 2023 -
ComedyDream Gig: Suchandrika Chakrabarti
Suchandrika Chakrabarti, stand-up and co-host of the But Is It Funny? podcast with Brian Logan and Jamal Khadar, shares her heavenly Dream Gig with us Read more »| 14 Mar 2023 -
MusicLVRA on Soft Like Steel
Ahead of releasing their latest project Soft Like Steel, we catch up with 2021 Sound of Young Scotland winner LVRA to find out more Read more »| 14 Mar 2023 -
Theatrefrisson @ Leith Arches, Edinburgh
Production Lines' frisson is a two-part, multimedia story about post-lockdown identity, capturing our current condition in humanistic fashion Read more »| 13 Mar 2023 -
FilmUkrainian musicians bring Kyiv love letter to HippFest
Ukrainian duo Roksana Smirnova and Misha Kalinin will be providing a new livescore to the poetic Kyiv documentary In Spring at this year's HippFest. They discuss the experience of representing their nation during its brutal invasion Read more »| 13 Mar 2023