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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ComedyChristian Talbot on Do You Remember the First Time?
Christian Talbot chats about his new comedy podcast Do You Remember the First Time? Read more »| 13 Feb 2017 -
FilmThe Autopsy of Jane Doe
Trollhunter director André Øvredal's first English-language feature begins as a cerebral thriller before losing its way towards the finishing line Read more »| 13 Feb 2017 -
Theatre
La Causeuse (The Love Seat) @ Traverse
At manipulate, bodies are not the primary agents, nor are emotions necessarily human. Cue the luxurious red velvet armchair of Sens Equivoc’s La Causeu... Read more »| 13 Feb 2017 -
TheatreAsk Auntie Trash: R U Gettin' Enough
Just in time for Valentine's Day, Auntie Trash gets an email from a Fuckboi. She mad Read more »| 13 Feb 2017 -
BooksCharity Sex: 50 Shades for a Cause
The Skinny Books editor takes on the 50 Shades trilogy for a good cause. And doesn't enjoy it one single bit. No siree, honest, he swears. Not even the naughty parts Read more »| 13 Feb 2017 -
Music
A Tribe Called Quest slam Trump at Grammys
Watch A Tribe Called Quest's powerful anti-Trump Grammy performance, with a little help from Anderson Paak and as well as Consequence and Busta Rhymes. Read more »| 13 Feb 2017
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Film
BAFTAs 2017: La La Land wins big, Ken Loach slams Tories
All the results from this year's BAFTA awards, including five wins for Oscars hot favourite La La Land. Read more »| 13 Feb 2017 -
Music
Anna Meredith, Happy Meals to play SxSW
An exciting line up of Scottish bands are being supported to perform at SxSW in Austin, Texas this March Read more »| 10 Feb 2017 -
Music
Big Thief @ Soup Kitchen, Manchester, 7 Feb
There’s a confused atmosphere in Soup Kitchen tonight. Or at least that’s how it feels: while the roomful of 20-to-50-somethings (quite reasonabl... Read more »| 10 Feb 2017 -
Clubs
Club nights in Manchester this week: 10-17 Feb
It's Valentine's discos a-go-go in Manchester this week: choose from La Discothéque with Todd Terje at Albert Hall, a My Bloody Valentine-themed night from Remake Remodel, or HomoElectric's signature loved-up atmosphere Read more »| 10 Feb 2017 -
Theatre
The End of Things @ Traverse Theatre
A series of devised impressions, however cleverly wrought, do not necessarily create a cogent work. The End of Things by Company of Wolves falls prey to this... Read more »| 10 Feb 2017 -
TheatreA House in Asia @ Traverse Theatre
Agrupación Señor Serrano’s A House in Asia is a unique exploration of our post 9/11 world that spins between live video simulations, proj... Read more »| 10 Feb 2017 -
Film
Barry Jenkins on Moonlight
Director Barry Jenkins talks us through its inception of the gorgeous character study Moonlight Read more »| 10 Feb 2017 -
Music
Taupe – A Clown Drools: Video Premiere
Taupe, Newcastle’s resident chaotic punk-jazz maestros, release their second album Fill Up Your Lungs and Bellow on 24 Feb ahead of a UK tour playing d... Read more »| 10 Feb 2017 -
Music
Six Organs of Admittance – Burning the Threshold
One can’t keep the prodigious guitarist Ben Chasny quiet for long. Since 1998 Chasny has had a prolific output, releasing a Six Organs of Admittance re... Read more »| 10 Feb 2017