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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FilmFilm, art and visual programming at Storyhouse
In Storyhouse, you can watch cinema in a hanging box structure, and time-based art runs through the building's corridors and foyers. We speak to the visual programmers of Chester's exciting new arts centre Read more »| 20 Dec 2016 -
TheatreTheatre at Storyhouse: from Shakespeare to Alice
Chester's major new arts venue Storyhouse brings a theatre back to the city for the first time in a decade, and will present a mixture of home-produced summe... Read more »| 20 Dec 2016 -
BooksIntroducing Storyhouse, Chester's new arts centre
Chester's brand-new arts centre, Storyhouse, opens in May 2017. A major renovation and extension of the city's old Odeon building, it houses two state-of-the... Read more »| 20 Dec 2016 -
MusicKing Tut's Revolution 2017: Meet the line-up
Now in its sixth year, King Tut’s New Year’s Revolution returns this January to brighten the winter gloom with a slew of acts representing Scotla... Read more »| 20 Dec 2016 -
Clubs
New Year's Eve clubs: Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds
Looking for the best New Year's Eve parties in Manchester, Liverpool or Leeds? With so much choice out there, we've been strict and limited ourselves to three parties per city, with tickets still available. Cut the bullshit and get booking Read more »| 20 Dec 2016 -
Film
Film in 2017: 24 films not to be missed
24 of the most interesting titles coming in 2017, some we've seen, some we're dying to see. Read more »| 20 Dec 2016
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BooksFallow by Daniel Shand
They say write what you know, and so many debut novels are rooted in the author’s everyday with the result as dreary and mundane as most lives truthful... Read more »| 19 Dec 2016 -
Clubs
Glasgow Clubbing picks: Christmas & Hogmanay
The end of the year in Glasgow means a packed clubbing calendar - here are the festive season club nights you shouldn't miss Read more »| 19 Dec 2016 -
Film
Blade Runner 2049: Gosling & Ford in first trailer
The first trailer for the long-awaited sequel to Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner is here, featuring Ryan Gosling and the 1982 film’s star, Harrison Ford. Read more »| 19 Dec 2016 -
Clubs
Edinburgh Clubbing picks: Christmas & Hogmanay
Our pick of the best festive season club nights in the capital, featuring Jackmaster, Slam, Harri & Domenic and more... Read more »| 19 Dec 2016 -
Film
David Lynch teases us with new Twin Peaks trailer
As well as being on directing duty, David Lynch is back in Twin Peaks as FBI Regional Bureau Chief Gordon Cole, and he really enjoys a donut in the latest teaser for the cult show. Read more »| 19 Dec 2016 -
Film
Liam Neeson on A Monster Calls & Silence
Neeson on starring in both kids' fairy tale A Monster Calls and Martin Scorsese's God-questioning epic Silence Read more »| 19 Dec 2016 -
Film
Silence
Martin Scorsese’s long-awaited Silence is one of the Raging Bull and Goodfellas director's greatest achievements The silence is deafening in Martin Sc... Read more »| 19 Dec 2016 -
Music
Cherryade Records' Twelve Songs of Christmas
As they launch the eleventh volume of their Very Cherry Christmas compilation series, Cherryade Records' Rachael Neiman gives us a seasonal playlist of obscure and alternative pop classics... Read more »| 19 Dec 2016 -
Music
The Coral @ Olympia, Liverpool, 10 Dec
Whether by accident or design, The Coral have now put together one of British pop’s finer back catalogues of the last 20 years. A host of top five albu... Read more »| 18 Dec 2016