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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Music!!! (Chk Chk Chk) interview: Trust your Gut
!!! (Chk Chk Chk) frontman Nic Offer details the self-scrutiny, silliness and tally charts which went into making rambunctious sixth album As If Read more »| 03 Nov 2015 -
FilmSaoirse Ronan on Brooklyn, family & musicals
Saoirse Ronan, Ireland's best young acting export of the last decade, heads into adult leading roles with Brooklyn, an adaptation of Colm Tóibín's beloved novel. The Skinny talks to the star about immigrant stories, career goals and doing a musical Read more »| 03 Nov 2015 -
ComedyNish Kumar interview: Leftwing Comedy and the BBC
Ahead of his gig at the Lowry, Newsjack host Nish Kumar talks political correctness, leftwing comedy and the many benefits of giving your shows incomprehensible names Read more »| 03 Nov 2015 -
Music
Oneohtrix Point Never on Garden of Delete
Daniel Lopatin reminisces over alt metal, and conjures up a parallel universe known as Garden of Delete. Read more »| 03 Nov 2015 -
BooksHelle Helle: Beautiful Tales of Forgotten People
The unknown 'debut' novelist Helle Helle is a multi-award-winner and apparently Denmark's most popular author, writing since the early 90s. It's just taken the English-speaking world time to catch up. Here she explains the banal beauty of her work. Read more »| 03 Nov 2015 -
Books
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wins Baileys 'Best of the Best'
Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's novel Half of a Yellow Sun has won the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction's ‘Best of the Best’ award, deemed to be the finest winner from the award’s second decade. Read more »| 03 Nov 2015
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Music
Northwest Gig Highlights – November 2015
Remember remember, er, all of November, because it's full of musical dynamite, from Jenny Hval to Ex Hex and the return of MONEY Read more »| 03 Nov 2015 -
Books
Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett
A nameless woman is lost in her solitude, her thoughts and wishes. Nature and the mundane objects around her come to life and find their voice in Pond, a col... Read more »| 03 Nov 2015 -
Comedy
Crystal Baws: November 2015
Mystic Mark peers once more into your certain fate, bringing news of flatulence chambers and unfortunate genital occurences Read more »| 03 Nov 2015 -
Film
Brand: A Second Coming
“I’d rather you shoot my pets than release this film.” So Russell Brand is reported to have told director Ondi Timoner prior to a premiere ... Read more »| 03 Nov 2015 -
MusicDavid Mackenzie on Starred Up Film Music Reworked
On its release last year, David Mackenzie’s Starred Up turned heads and earned plaudits for its intense portrayal of prison life. Now the film’s score has undergone the remake treatment, Mackenzie explains why he's still immersed in the music Read more »| 02 Nov 2015 -
Theatre
Ghosts @ The Tron, 17 Oct
If you're looking for a faithful adaptation of Ibsen’s famously scandalous play, prepare to be very disappointed. However, if you have opened your mind... Read more »| 02 Nov 2015 -
Theatre
Martyr @ the Traverse, 15th Oct
There is no doubt that Marius von Mayenburg’s new play Martyr touches on a sensitive contemporary nerve. It is about extremism and tolerance; religious... Read more »| 02 Nov 2015 -
Theatre
Chrysalis Festival at the Traverse: Preview
Here's The Skinny run down of what to expect from the Traverse's inaugural Chrysalis festival. Read more »| 02 Nov 2015 -
Film
Dragon Inn
It’s 15th-century China. A noble minister has been executed and his children exiled by ferocious eunuch Cao (Ying). Despatched to murder the exiles bef... Read more »| 02 Nov 2015