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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TheatreDance House: Creative Labs
Both Dance House in Glasgow and Edinburgh’s Dancebase are known for their wide range of classes and programmes. They also provide another service to the Scottish dance communities by offering space for choreographers to develop their work. Gareth K Vile speaks to Karen Wood, Creative Director at Dance House Read more »| 02 Feb 2009 -
TheatreNRLA - National Review of Live Art 2010
Even on its thirtieth anniversary, The National Review of Live Art remains provocative. Read more »| 01 Feb 2009 -
MusicFabrizio Moretti: A Fine Modern Gentleman, With No Regard For The Smoking Ban
“We can’t smoke in there?”, asks Fabrizio Moretti, drummer of some band called the Strokes, understanding but a little flabbergasted as we ... Read more »| 01 Feb 2009 -
Clubs
Friday Night Takeaway @ The Arches, 6 Feb
Gorge yourself on an all-you-can-hear buffet this month as The Arches serves up a healthy portion of full-fat musical delights. From some of the team behind ... Read more »| 30 Jan 2009 -
Music
A Camp - Colonia
Second LP from The Cardigans singer Nina Persson's solo outlet. Read more »| 30 Jan 2009 -
Music
Live Music Highlights - February, 2009
Spread the word: Edinburgh's filthiest glam/punk sons The Vivians play their homecoming gig on 6 February at Cabaret Voltaire and it's free entry, so this on... Read more »| 30 Jan 2009
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Music
Grand Duchy - Petit Fours
"My oldest boy, he likes his tomato sauce with pasta so sometimes I've got to make it really quickly but I don't like using jars of sauces. So the first thin... Read more »| 30 Jan 2009 -
TheatreTam Dean Burn: Year of the Horse
Tam Dean Burn is a legend of Glasgow theatre. Gareth K Vile catches up with his latest projects Read more »| 30 Jan 2009 -
Clubs
Brodinski: French Bliss
Energetic and prodigiously accomplished, Brodinski is one of the fasting rising DJs and producers in the business. Chris Duncan profiles him ahead of his appearance at Death Disco this month. Read more »| 30 Jan 2009 -
Film
Doubt
"The dragon is hungry." Father Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman) thus describes Sister Aloysius (Meryl Streep), principal of St Nicholas School in the Bronx. Fo... Read more »| 30 Jan 2009 -
Music
Sky Larkin @ King Tut's, 26 Jan
After appearing in just about every ‘Tips for 2009’ feature, now Sky Larkin have to show the newly-intrigued that they’re worthy of such ea... Read more »| 29 Jan 2009 -
Music
M. Ward - Hold Time
Hold Time stands at 5’ 8”. She has tumbling auburn hair, wears a frail sash emblazoned with her country of origin, and stands on the catwalk with... Read more »| 29 Jan 2009 -
Music
A Muso's Top 10: Parts & Labor
"The impetus for starting this band was that Dan [Friel, keys] had composed the first Parts & Labor songs on this broken toy keyboard from the 80s that h... Read more »| 29 Jan 2009 -
Music
Magazine: A Second Read
The post-punk pioneers turned New Wave nearly-men reunite after almost 30 years apart this month, Gillian Watson asks Howard Devoto why now? Read more »| 29 Jan 2009 -
Music
Sparrow & The Workshop: They've Got It All
Chicagoan Jill O'Sullivan was attracted to Glasgow by its musical culture: now she's becoming a part of it. Ally Brown gets gushy over Sparrow & The Workshop Read more »| 29 Jan 2009