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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MusicNorthwest Music News – 16 Sep: Stealing Sheep, Lake of Snakes + more
Our latest missive from the Northwest including details of Stealing Sheep's Mythopoeia III, new music from Cardinal Fuzz and much more... Read more »| 16 Sep 2015 -
BooksPetina Gappah interview: “My inspiration is – believe it or not – Margaret Thatcher”
Petina Gappah has been dubbed the voice of Zimbabwe and is a rising star of African writing. As her long awaited novel is released, The Skinny talks to Gappah about self-doubt, the tricks of memory, and her refusal to be categorised Read more »| 16 Sep 2015 -
Theatre
The Family Way @ Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Originally titled All in Good Time, this 1963 play from Bolton writer Bill Naughton is best known for its 1966 big screen adaptation as The Family Way starri... Read more »| 16 Sep 2015 -
Music
Future Islands / Dope Body / Du Blonde @ Glasgow Barrowlands, 9 September
It would take a formidable soul indeed to upstage a leading man as uniquely theatrical as Samuel T Herring, but tonight Future Islands' comrades are rising t... Read more »| 15 Sep 2015 -
MusicWarpaint’s Jenny Lee Lindberg announces solo album
Warpaint bassist Jenny Lee Lindberg will release her debut solo album as jennylee in December Read more »| 15 Sep 2015 -
Music
Get to Know... Weirds
Meet Weirds, hypnotic psych-rockers from Leeds who will be playing at The Deaf Institute, Manchester on 25 Sep in a special gig supported by The Skinny Read more »| 15 Sep 2015
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Art
Creative Edinburgh Awards nominations open
Nominations are now open for the 2015 Creative Edinburgh Awards, honouring the best of the city's creative talent. Read more »| 15 Sep 2015 -
Music
Darkstar – Foam Island
The cold landscapes of Darkstar’s work have always been permeated with glimmers of humanity. James Buttery’s vocals on North flickered like snatc... Read more »| 15 Sep 2015 -
Music
Starred Up Reworked: Track Premiere
Listen to 'Credit', the closing track from the reworked soundtrack to David Mackenzie's BAFTA Scotland-winning film Starred Up, due for a vinyl release this November Read more »| 15 Sep 2015 -
ArtThis Week in Scottish Art: Embassy, DJCAD & more
This week, there's a photocopier in CCA, books from the most well-known artists of the 20th century at Dundee's art college, and openings for exciting shows at Embassy, David Dale and Telfer Gallery. Read more »| 15 Sep 2015 -
Art
Tied Too Neatly: Tadeusz Kantor @ Summerhall
Summerhall don't show the requisite sensitivity in a recent exhibition of Taduesz Kantor Read more »| 15 Sep 2015 -
Theatre
Introducing Royal Exchange’s Company of Elders
Theatre can be empowering – whatever your age. We meet Brenda Hickey, who found a new lease of life after retirement when she joined the Royal Exchange’s Company of Elders Read more »| 14 Sep 2015 -
Art
The Skinny Showcase: Ant Hamlyn
Ant Hamlyn explores the performance of viewing through technological encounters with sculptural objects. Read more »| 13 Sep 2015 -
Art
The Skinny Showcase: Laura Porteous
Spatial understanding and representation is the main concept behind the work of Laura Porteous. Read more »| 12 Sep 2015 -
Theatre
Arthur Miller: Rapture Theatre on his centenary
Michael Emans talks about Arthur Miller's centenary and how Rapture Theatre chose to honour it this autumn Read more »| 11 Sep 2015