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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TheatreAdvance Notice: Word of Warning's Autumn Season
Ever taken a shower at the theatre? Or drunk a bottle of rum in a bath? As director Tamsin Drury explains, Word of Warning's autumn season reduces the form to its bare bones, and stops asking: 'Is it art?' Read more »| 01 Oct 2013 -
TheatreVenue of the Month: Contact, Manchester
In Contact's new artistic director, Matt Fenton, we find an enthusiastic new voice behind a theatre of youthful excitement and near-reckless daring Read more »| 01 Oct 2013 -
ClubsDance Evolution: Daniel Avery on Drone Logic
Fostered by Erol Alkan and Andrew Weatherall but with a tunnelling, paranoid sound all his own, Daniel Avery is convinced that now is the most exciting time for electronic music in a long while – and we're pretty sure he's the ringleader Read more »| 01 Oct 2013 -
Comedy
Hirsutes You, Sir! Or, A Guide to Comedy Barnets
Why male comedians may put more into their appearance than you first thought Read more »| 01 Oct 2013 -
Music
Jon Hopkins @ Gorilla, Manchester, 24 September
A screen lowers, and a single synth-drone reverberates around the room before buzzing into Abandon Window from Jon Hopkins' latest album, Immunity. The twice... Read more »| 01 Oct 2013 -
Music
Down at the Mill: Islington Mill's autumn season
Reasons to visit Salford's premier home of the weird and wonderful this, er, fall. Yes, fall Read more »| 01 Oct 2013
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Clubs
Scotland Clubbing Highlights – October 2013
This month’s roundup includes Modeselektor, Dominik Eulberg, Ron Trent and Bok Bok Read more »| 01 Oct 2013 -
Art
Own Art: iota: One Stop Shop for Art
Operating from a busy street in Hyndland, iota is the corner shop of art galleries. Co-founder Monica McCarey gives us an introduction Read more »| 01 Oct 2013 -
ComedyCrystal Baws: October 2013 Horoscopes
ARIES You just can’t seem to empathise fully with others until you’ve walked around for a day in their skin and hair. It’s the only way you... Read more »| 30 Sep 2013 -
TheatreCrime and Punishment @ Liverpool Playhouse, 1-19 Oct
Although Dostoevsky's reputation rests on a number of hefty, fiercely inward-looking novels, his work attracts more theatrical adaptations than you might exp... Read more »| 30 Sep 2013 -
Theatre
Melody Loses Her Mojo @ Contact, Manchester, 1-5 Oct
Hip-hop, beatboxing, slam poetry and puppetry are at the heart of a brand new drama about the lives of young people in care. The latest touring production fr... Read more »| 30 Sep 2013 -
Film
Scotland Film Events Highlights – October 2013
All Night Horror Madness returns to Scotland this month with its usual selection of gore, guts and mayhem running from 11pm until the early hours of the morn... Read more »| 30 Sep 2013 -
Clubs
Sonic Assault: Ital and The Haxan Cloak at Abandon Normal Devices
The music programme of this year's Abandon Normal Devices festival promises to explore extremism and isolation, and challenge state surveillance. Participating artists Ital and The Haxan Cloak hint at what's in store Read more »| 30 Sep 2013 -
Film
Northwest Film Event Highlights – October 2013
The autumn leaves are beginning to turn a shade of red and so too are our movie screens as Grimmfest, Cornerhouse and Blackpool’s Outdoor Cinema serve up enough horror to see you through to All Hallows’ Eve Read more »| 30 Sep 2013 -
Clubs
Northwest Clubbing Highlights – October 2013
The nights are drawing in, and shit is getting dark in more than just this basic meteorological way. As our clubs calendar heaves into motion, it brings in the heavies from Four Tet to Paul Woolford via Deep Space Orchestra, and a swansong from DJ Derek Read more »| 30 Sep 2013