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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ComedyScottish Comedy Highlights: November 2023
The clocks have gone back and there's no escaping the dark. Good job we've got a stellar selection of November comedy to keep you cosy Read more »| 02 Nov 2023 -
BooksPraiseworthy by Alexis Wright
In a small Aboriginal town called Praiseworthy, locals confront the dust cloud of their ancestors and looming climate collapse in Alexis Wright's extraordinary experimental novel Read more »| 02 Nov 2023 -
MusicENOLA - All Is Forgiven
ENOLA conveys post-punk grunge for new audiences in their own distinct styling on their searing debut EP, All Is Forgiven Read more »| 02 Nov 2023 -
MusicLaura Veirs – Phone Orphans
The prolific Portland songwriter mines eight years' worth of voice memos for this sparse collection of sketches Read more »| 02 Nov 2023 -
MusicLol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee – Los Angeles
Together on Los Angeles, Lol Tolhurst, Budgie and Jacknife Lee celebrate their respective musical legacies and take post-punk to new, experimental places Read more »| 02 Nov 2023 -
TheatreEHF: I See Red @ Banshee Labyrinth, Edinburgh
Silvestre Correia's ambitious multi-media horror unsettles and re-appropriates gender Read more »| 02 Nov 2023
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TheatreEHF: Tarmac Lullaby @ Banshee Labyrinth, Edinburgh
Erin Elkin's monologue tells spooky stories with magnetic energy, but some elements of its staging let it down Read more »| 01 Nov 2023 -
BooksScottish Books Events: November 2023
Two big book festivals take place in Edinburgh next month, with book launches, poetry nights, and spoken word everywhere from Glasgow Women's Library and The Stand Read more »| 01 Nov 2023 -
MusicScottish Live Music Highlights: November 2023
November is studded with stars from the Scottish music scene bringing live performances across Edinburgh and Glasgow, from Cloth, Brooke Combe, Malka, Theo Bleak and many more Read more »| 01 Nov 2023 -
BooksThe Coiled Serpent by Camilla Grudova
Queen of the grotesque Camilla Grudova returns with a true-to-form collection of disgusting short stories Read more »| 01 Nov 2023 -
MusicThe Skinny On... David Duchovny
Best known for playing FBI Special Agent Fox Mulder in The X-Files, David Duchovny is also a musician. Ahead of his forthcoming European tour, we catch up with him over Zoom as he takes on our November Q&A Read more »| 01 Nov 2023 -
MusicActress – LXXXVIII
The latest album from Actress sees producer Darren Cunningham apply game theory and deep strategic thinking to his unique brand of experimental techno Read more »| 01 Nov 2023 -
FilmNot Your Usual: Adura Onashile on her path to filmmaking
Not Your Usual is a new series from The Skinny and Glayva highlighting innovative artists from across the Scottish scene. For our fourth instalment, we chat to actor-writer-director Adura Onashile over a warming Gallavant glocktail Read more »| 01 Nov 2023 -
Musicbar italia – The Twits
bar italia's second album on Matador this year is at its best where the individual ideas of its three members intersect Read more »| 31 Oct 2023 -
TheatreApphia Campbell on new play Through the Mud
Apphia Campbell speaks about her upcoming show, Through the Mud, an intergenerational story about the struggle for civil rights Read more »| 31 Oct 2023