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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BooksScottish Poetry News: September 2022
With a plethora of collections getting released and events getting closer, September is a good time for poetry fans around Scotland Read more »| 01 Sep 2022 -
FilmEIFF 2022: My Small Land
Coming-of-age drama My Small Land explores the struggles of a Kurdish girl attending high school in Japan Read more »| 31 Aug 2022 -
TheatreScottish Theatre Highlights: September 2022
Even after the frenzy of the Edinburgh festivals, Scotland's theatres are continuing to offer a smorgasbord of invigorating productions, new and old Read more »| 31 Aug 2022 -
Tv RadioTV Guide: What's Next For Netflix?
As Netflix seek out a post-Stranger Things flagship franchise to win the war against Disney+, we take a look at which of their streaming exclusives could qualify for its own cinematic universe Read more »| 30 Aug 2022 -
MusicLucy Dacus @ Leith Theatre (EIF), Edinburgh, 25 Aug
Playing for Edinburgh International Festival, Virginia singer-songwriter Lucy Dacus's warmth reaches all the way to the back of Leith Theatre tonight Read more »| 30 Aug 2022 -
MusicEzra Furman @ Leith Theatre (EIF), Edinburgh, 23 Aug
Ezra Furman plays the Edinburgh International Festival, the grandeur of her songs perfectly at home in the surrounds of Leith Theatre Read more »| 30 Aug 2022
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ArtArt Walk Porty: Stories in the Salt
This year’s Art Walk Porty examines the watery geographies of Portobello through residencies, workshops and film screenings Read more »| 30 Aug 2022 -
MusicScottish Live Music Highlights: September 2022
There's still loads more music festivals to catch up and down Scotland this September - Plus plenty gigs we think you'll love Read more »| 30 Aug 2022 -
ClubsScottish Clubbing Highlights: September 2022
Festival season isn't over, it's just getting started! Soma Skool, Shapes at the Jail and Cultivate Festival all return this month, alongside Goodfootin' Festival, FLY Open Air and AVA Connections Read more »| 30 Aug 2022 -
ArtScottish Art Events and Exhibitions: September 2022
A plethora of exciting new exhibitions are taking place across Scotland throughout September Read more »| 30 Aug 2022 -
FilmScottish Film Events: September 2022
Scottish cinemas have quite a lineup this month: saucy 30s Hollywood, Marilyn Monroe being an icon in the 60s, Kinuyo Tanaka addressing love and sex head-on in 60s Japan, David Cronenberg creeping us out in the 80s, and werewolves attacking in 1981 Read more »| 30 Aug 2022 -
MusicA Celebration of Culture: IYS and Scotland in Colour
As their Scotland in Colour festival returns for its fourth year, we chat with Chidera Chukwujekwu and Sara Elbashir from Intercultural Youth Scotland to find out more Read more »| 29 Aug 2022 -
FilmEIFF 2022: Black Mambas
Lena Karbe’s documentary explores issues of race, gender and class in South Africa’s all-female anti-poaching unit Read more »| 29 Aug 2022 -
ArtThe Skinny on…The Skinny
To mark the 200th issue of The Skinny, we interview The Skinny about all of their favourite things Read more »| 29 Aug 2022 -
BooksIndustry of Magic & Light by David Keenan
In the prequel to This Is Memorial Device, David Keenan explores an alternative 1960s via Airdrie and Afghanistan Read more »| 29 Aug 2022