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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TheatreJoanna Bowman on climate crisis play The Trials
In Dawn King's The Trials, teens hold adults accountable to a catastrophic climate in the near-future. Our writer speaks to director Joanna Bowman about exploring praxis through theatre in times of crisis Read more »| 03 Mar 2026 -
MusicShabaka – Of The Earth
Shabaka trades meditative stillness for propulsive movement and cosmic chaos in his sophomore album Read more »| 03 Mar 2026 -
FilmDead Man's Wire
There are shades of 70s classic Dog Day Afternoon in this excellently constructed nail-biter from Gus Van Sant Read more »| 03 Mar 2026 -
BooksScottish Books Events: March 2026
StAnza, St Andrews' poetry festival, returns this month while elsewhere there are book launches from Isabel Waidner, Kiran Millwood Hargrave and Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah Read more »| 03 Mar 2026 -
ArtTrongate 103: Glasgow arts organisations face uncertain future
A host of arts organisations face the prospect of leaving their Trongate home – GMAC Film have spoken out, saying they were given an "ultimatum" by their council-owned landlord Read more »| 02 Mar 2026 -
MusicBill Callahan @ Mono, Glasgow, 27 Feb
Legendary singer-songwriter Bill Callahan gives a brisk belt through his new album, My Days of 58 Read more »| 02 Mar 2026
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TheatreThe Events @ Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
The Events pulls the audience into its community before probing the psychology of white supremacist violence. While provocative and timely, emotionally and politically, it doesn't quite go far enough Read more »| 02 Mar 2026 -
MusicLate Night Tales: Barry Can't Swim
On his Late Night Tales compilation, Barry Can't Swim curates a chilled-out collection that's much more Balearic than Barrowlands Read more »| 02 Mar 2026 -
ArtMeet Agora, Glasgow's feminist creative collective
We meet AJ Duncan and Séania Strain of Agora, the collective building space and community for Glasgow’s creative feminists Read more »| 02 Mar 2026 -
ComedyThe Skinny on... Amy Matthews
Ahead of her work-in-progress show at Glasgow International Comedy Festival, Amy Matthews takes on our Q&A and provides probably actually the definitive guide to surviving Scottish winter Read more »| 02 Mar 2026 -
FilmSound of Falling
This century-spanning drama from Germany tells the story of trauma across generations through the eyes of four young protagonists Read more »| 02 Mar 2026 -
MusicAndrew Wasylyk – Irreparable Parables
Irreparable Parables pulses with a sense of human spirit that’s awe inspiring Read more »| 02 Mar 2026 -
Film"Hope is a Privilege": Raoul Peck on Orwell 2+2=5
In Orwell 2+2=5, Raoul Peck uses the life and writing of George Orwell as the connective tissue to tell a wider history of totalitarian power and media manipulation, past and present. We find out more from this trenchant political filmmaker Read more »| 02 Mar 2026 -
MusicScottish Live Music Highlights: March 2026
March brings Scottish tours from Andrew Wasylyk & Kathryn Joseph and Fergus McCreadie, nights with GLOSS and Counterflows, and a whole host of big names on tour Read more »| 01 Mar 2026 -
ClubsScottish Clubbing Highlights: March 2026
Spring forward into March and fall back into the club. Top picks for this month include Assyouti, Peder Mannerfelt and The Blessed Madonna Read more »| 01 Mar 2026