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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ArtCove Park summer arts residencies announced
The artists, filmmakers, writers and craftspeople awarded this year's Cove Park arts residences have been revealed Read more »| 07 Apr 2017 -
Music
Under the Influence: Clean Cut Kid
The Liverpool band guide us through tracks that inspired their forthcoming debut album Read more »| 07 Apr 2017 -
Music
Tropical Thunder: Paradise Palms Records
We speak to Paradise Palms Records' boss Aaron Main about championing local music and the importance of community Read more »| 07 Apr 2017 -
ClubsMano Le Tough @ La Belle Angèle, Edinburgh, 31 Mar
At the heart of any club night lies a good sound system, and (optionally) a lighting rig to boost it. Since relocating to La Belle Angèle, local promo... Read more »| 07 Apr 2017 -
Music
Record Store Day 2017: Scottish events guide
Record Store Day is the one day of the year when over 200 independent record shops all across the UK come together to celebrate their unique culture – we take a look at the Scottish shops getting involved to help you plan your RSD17 adventure Read more »| 07 Apr 2017 -
MusicLush Purr – (I Admit It) I'm a Gardener (Video Premiere)
Watch the music video for Lush Purr's (I Admit It) I'm a Gardener Read more »| 06 Apr 2017
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Comedy
Who the Fuck is Roy Chubby Brown?
Blue comedian Roy Chubby Brown is one of the most successful comics in the UK but rarely in the press for comedy Read more »| 06 Apr 2017 -
Music
Public Service Broadcasting and The Race for Space
12 April sees the celebration of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, and Public Service Broadcasting hail the first man in space with a very special Edinburgh show Read more »| 06 Apr 2017 -
Comedy
Lena Dunham’s Girls spoof The Golden Girls
The edgy comedy about the friendship of four 20-something Brooklynites became, for a night, the classic 80s sitcom about four retired women who share a home in Miami Read more »| 06 Apr 2017 -
Theatre
Dance International Glasgow Returns
The Skinny talks to Dance International Glasgow's programmer Tim Nunn, about the festival, the Scottish dance scene and what Scotland has to offer the artform Read more »| 06 Apr 2017 -
Music
Stormzy @ O2 Academy, Glasgow, 5 Apr
Grime great Stormzy puts on a traffic-stopping, high-intensity Scottish debut at the O2 Academy Read more »| 06 Apr 2017 -
ClubsScottish Clubbing Highlights: 6-12 April
This weekend's Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee clubbing guide, featuring KiNK, Counterflows Festival, Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club and Kornél Kovács Read more »| 06 Apr 2017 -
Clubs
Sub Club XXX – Harri & Domenic @ Sub Club, Glasgow, 1 Apr
As we know, age is just a number – and evidently so, as a 30-year-old Sub Club has all the youthful exuberance of any other burgeoning club in our dear... Read more »| 06 Apr 2017 -
MusicAlexandra Savior – Belladonna of Sadness
The Portland singer-songwriter turns in an occasionally beguiling, but largely predictable debut Read more »| 06 Apr 2017 -
Music
H.Grimace – Self Architect
H.Grimace, post-punkers based in London, have issues with society and would like to tell you all about it. Singer Hannah Gledhill makes pointed observations ... Read more »| 06 Apr 2017