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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TheatreScottish Theatre Highlights: October 2022
There's tons of great shows touring theatres across the world – and this October, a good handful of them reach Scotland Read more »| 04 Oct 2022 -
MusicScottish Live Music Highlights: October 2022
Whether you're looking for festivals or one-off gigs, big names or local favourites, our monthly round-up of live music will keep you sorted through October Read more »| 04 Oct 2022 -
FilmScottish Film Events: October 2022
October is a jam-packed month for Scottish cinemas, featuring scary movies, 100-year-old movies, a plethora of film festivals and a fair few weird movies. Dive in! Read more »| 04 Oct 2022 -
FilmThe Skinny on... Bryan M Ferguson
Given it’s the spooky season, we’ve invited our favourite maker of creepy films, Bryan M Ferguson, to take this month’s Skinny Q&A Read more »| 04 Oct 2022 -
FilmMatt Palmer on All Night Horror Madness 2022
The Cameo's legendary horror extravaganza All Night Horror Madness returns for its 15th edition with an all-star lineup. Filmmaker and programmer Matt Palmer talks us through the origins of the night and this upcoming edition's knockout lineup Read more »| 04 Oct 2022 -
MusicLoraine James – Building Something Beautiful For Me
Loraine James’s second LP of the year, draws from the late, great Julius Eastman but is at its best when wearing his influence lightly Read more »| 04 Oct 2022
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MusicJockstrap @ Stereo, Glasgow, 30 Sep
Magnetic, dynamic and intimate, Jockstrap impress at Stereo in Glasgow on the opening weekend of their UK tour Read more »| 03 Oct 2022 -
BooksHellSans by Ever Dundas
The dark dystopian science fiction makes a fully immersive world, and confirms Ever Dundas as a writer to treasure Read more »| 03 Oct 2022 -
MusicGilla Band – Most Normal
Gilla Band are in experimental mood on new album Most Normal, with an overwhelmingly high hit rate Read more »| 03 Oct 2022 -
FilmAfter Blue (Dirty Paradise)
Bertrand Mandico's queer psychedelic space oddity imagines a post-apocalyptic world with no men, where a teenager has one mission: kill Kate Bush Read more »| 03 Oct 2022 -
MusicAlvvays – Blue Rev
Alvvays return with Blue Rev, their first new album for five years, and in a strangely radical way, it simply meets our ethereal shoegaze expectations Read more »| 03 Oct 2022 -
BooksHeather Parry on Orpheus Builds a Girl
Glasgow-based writer and editor Heather Parry introduces Orpheus Builds a Girl, her hotly-anticipated debut, a chilling story of deranged infatuation, medical abuse, coercion and power Read more »| 03 Oct 2022 -
MusicArmy of Me: The sonic evolution of Björk
As Björk releases Fossora, her tenth studio album, we take a look across her back catalogue and celebrate the ever-evolving, ever-shapeshifting Icelandic artist Read more »| 30 Sep 2022 -
MusicShygirl – Nymph
On her debut album Nymph, Shygirl has created an entire genre of her own Read more »| 30 Sep 2022 -
MusicSpotlight On... The Little Kicks
We shine a spotlight on Aberdeen's The Little Kicks to find out more about their new album People Need Love, and bring you a first listen ahead of its release Read more »| 29 Sep 2022