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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Comedy
April Comedy Preview
With March over so is the Glasgow Comedy Festival and from all reports it's been another leap forward as this year has again set records for the number of sh... Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Theatre
Gorgeous Avatar
Gorgeous Avatar defines 'Scottish culture' as something modern and dynamic. Playwright Jules Horne talks about stylistic innovation in the Borders. Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Theatre
Enemy lines
While some may believe that changing a play's geographical and cultural location doesn't always preserve its meaning, the success of Tara Arts since the 1970s has done nothing but prove otherwise. Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Music
Live Music Roundup for April
Peculiar, indefinable, and utterly wonderful; American six-piece The Spinto Band play the Barfly on April 22 Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Books
Vampire Nation - Arlene Russo
If your imagination is captured by the insert to 'Vampire Nation', with its promise to reveal the history and secrets of the UK's thriving vampire scene, don... Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Clubs
Nightmares On Wax : Taking it Back to the Essence of N.O.W
Vibe doesn't lie. If it feels right, then it's right! I truly believe that. - George Evelyn, N.O.W. Read more »| 16 Apr 2006
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Clubs
Martin Landsky, Off The Record, Soundhaus, Glasgow, Mar 3
Landsky's set brought home his impressive credentials and eclectic tastes in a smouldering couple of hours that culminated in dancefloor carnage Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Clubs
Starf**cker - Boy George
Boy George started to DJ when he was 17, one of the reasons being that "the booth was raised, so we were up above everybody, the freaks in the pulpit." Tonig... Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Theatre
Puppet Lab
The puppets are beautifully made and manipulated, but the recorded voiceover detracts from their lifelike movements Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Clubs
Xtrabass at Xplicit with Fabio, Grooverider, Sappo & Bailey
With a bag full of the freshest dubs from across the spectrum and with an appearance on the mic of Xplicit's MC BZ, Bailey rolled out the most memorable set of the night. Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Clubs
WhoMadeWho - Out The Door
Gomma's deliciously sexy dico-rock troupe WhoMadeWho unleash a quality slice of German disco punk-funk Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Clubs
Mylo, Errol Alkan, Death Disco vs. Salt Lick, The Arches, Glasgow, April 15
This versus gig isn't a battle of music, more like an exciting, illicit affair between crowds. Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Clubs
My Robot Friend - '23 Minutes In Brussels'
The Super Jazzy Extended Version is neither super, nor jazzy.
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Clubs
The Rise of Discopia
With contributions from Twitch, Greg Wilson, and some legendary disco-figureheads, a weekly radio show - Discopia has all you need to know about disco music today Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Clubs
MC Lushlife, Saturday Night Fish Fry, The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh, Mar 18
It's really hard for anyone to be both the MC and the DJ and Lush was unable to find the presence to captivate the crowd Read more »| 16 Apr 2006