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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ArtEdinburgh Art Festival announce 2023 programme
Edinburgh Art Festival returns in August for its nineteenth year, under the new curatorial direction of Kim McAleese Read more »| 01 Mar 2023 -
MusicScottish New Music Round-up: March 2023
From electronic dance hits that explore the intersection of mind and body, to folkloric anthems brought into the 21st century, March has it all Read more »| 01 Mar 2023 -
ArtPortraits of Home: Matthew Arthur Williams at DCA
Matthew Arthur Williams’ revelatory exhibition Soon Come contemplates meanings of home and how the labour of certain communities is rendered invisible Read more »| 01 Mar 2023 -
ComedyScottish Comedy Highlights: March 2023
The biggie this month is Glasgow International Comedy Festival, but there’s plenty of laughs to be had even before the festival starts. Read more »| 01 Mar 2023 -
ClubsScottish Clubbing Highlights: March 2023
Spring has nearly sprung, and March's clubbing picks include Hawkchild DIY, Voight-Kampff’s return to Glasgow, and Ismus Berlin’s debut Scottish party Read more »| 01 Mar 2023 -
FilmAndrew Cumming on stone age horror Out of Darkness
Andrew Cumming’s debut Out of Darkness takes us back to paleolithic Scotland where a band of early humans are being picked off one by one by a mysterious threat. We speak to Cumming about his early influences and honing his craft in unlikely places Read more »| 28 Feb 2023
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BooksCouplets: A Love Story by Maggie Millner
A poet takes the intimate form of the couplet to tell a tale of breaking apart and new passion in Maggie Millner's lyrical novel Read more »| 28 Feb 2023 -
FilmLuke Fowler on his Margaret Tait film Being in a Place
Glasgow-based artist, filmmaker and musician Luke Fowler discusses his new film Being in a Place – a complex portrait of fellow Scottish filmmaker Margaret Tait Read more »| 28 Feb 2023 -
BooksScottish Books Events: March 2023
Scotland's international poetry festival StAnza returns, Loud Poets are back, and not one but two members of The Skinny books team launch new work Read more »| 28 Feb 2023 -
ArtScottish Art Events and Exhibitions: March 2023
As winter turns to spring, RSA New Contemporaries returns alongside a host of new exhibitions and screenings in Glasgow, Stirling and Edinburgh Read more »| 28 Feb 2023 -
ComedyA Comedians' Guide to Glasgow
A whole host of Scotland-based comedians give their insider's guide to the fair city ahead of Glasgow International Comedy Festival Read more »| 27 Feb 2023 -
FilmDoc 'n' Roll: Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir on Band
Described as performance art meets Spinal Tap, Band follows a real-life Icelandic female punk collective during a creative crossroads. We speak to Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir, the director of Band and a member of the band, about blending fact and fiction Read more »| 27 Feb 2023 -
FilmSoda Jerk on Trump-era satire Hello Dankness
Soda Jerk, mashup heroes of our times, take satire to higher levels with Hello Dankness, a hilarious collage film retelling the Trump era using the rejuvenated ashes of your favourite stoner movies Read more »| 27 Feb 2023 -
BooksYour Driver Is Waiting by Priya Guns
Priya Guns’ debut is a five-star ride, dripping in vivid sensuality: a Taxi Driver for the Uber generation and a heart-rending tale of queer lust across social strata Read more »| 27 Feb 2023 -
BooksWandering Souls by Cecile Pin
Cecile Pin's timely debut novel explores the long history of refugee narratives through the story of three Vietnamese siblings in Thatcherite Britain Read more »| 27 Feb 2023