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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BooksSamar Yazbek on Your Presence Is a Danger to Your Life: Voices From Gaza
We speak to Syrian journalist Samar Yazbek about her latest book, a collection of testimonials from Gazans living under genocide Read more »| 12 May 2026 -
ComedyThe Skinny on… Stuart McPherson
This spring, Stuart McPherson takes Crisps and a Lie Down, his celebrated Fringe show from last year, on tour. Ahead of the tour's conclusion in Glasgow, we subject him to our monthly Q&A Read more »| 12 May 2026 -
MusicPlay Time: Meet Scotland's Music Instrument Libraries
Music Broth, We Make Music Instrument Libraries and GLOSS tell us about the role of music instrument libraries in overcoming barriers to music tuition, reducing waste and connecting communities Read more »| 11 May 2026 -
FilmSailm nan Daoine takes us on a tour of Gaelic psalm singing
Documentary Sailm nan Daoine brings audiences along on an intimate road trip exploring the emotional and cultural resonance of Gaelic psalm singing. Director Jack Archer and musician Rob MacNeacail tell us more Read more »| 11 May 2026 -
FilmNormal
John Wick creator Derek Kolstad teams up with star Bob Odenkirk and director Ben Wheatley for B-movie throwback Normal. Unfortunately the results are a lot less than the sum of their parts Read more »| 11 May 2026 -
MusicSHHE – THALASSA
As Su Shaw continues to live by and document our bodies of water, on her latest album she has honed her ear for ambient music that is urgent and foregrounded Read more »| 11 May 2026
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MusicMUNA – Dancing on the Wall
MUNA's Dancing on the Wall sees the band swap the sun-soaked confessional catharsis of their last record for something altogether more edgy and tightly wound Read more »| 08 May 2026 -
ArtECA Degree Show at risk amid staff and student boycotts
Some ECA final year students have threatened a “Grad Show Boycott” as ECA teaching staff continue a Marking and Assessment Boycott in response to potential job cuts Read more »| 08 May 2026 -
FilmEdinburgh Film Festival to open with Scottish comedy The Incomer
Louis Paxton’s debut feature The Incomer, a buzzy title from this year’s Sundance Film Festival, will open the 79th edition of Edinburgh International Film Festival this August Read more »| 08 May 2026 -
MusicSpotlight On... Fright Years
Following the release of their new single Never Been Wrong and ahead of shows at The Great Escape, we catch up with Edinburgh band Fright Years Read more »| 07 May 2026 -
MusicCola – Cost of Living Adjustment
As the Montreal outfit Cola release their third album, the former Ought members are steadfastly standing on their own terms Read more »| 07 May 2026 -
BooksThe Colony by Christiana Spens
A woman heads to a commune on a remote Scottish island in this skewering of the wellness industry and how we grapple with our past traumas Read more »| 07 May 2026 -
MusicLoraine James – Detached From the Rest of You
Loraine James's self-styled "IDM popstar album" finds the London producer confronting imposter syndrome head-on Read more »| 07 May 2026 -
ArtTrongate 103: Community, Creativity, and Glasgow's Cultural Crisis
Glasgow's art scene is under threat. In light of City Property's decision to quadruple rent for tenants at Trongate 103, we question the profit-motivated decisions damaging the arts community Read more »| 06 May 2026 -
TheatreSusannah Wapshott on Scottish Opera's Marriage of Figaro
Scottish Opera’s Susannah Wapshott on accessibility, Mozart’s near-perfect score and why The Marriage of Figaro still resonates now Read more »| 06 May 2026