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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ArtEAF 2023: Scotland’s International Art Fair
Edinburgh Art Fair is back with another dynamic programme of art, music, talks and workshops, alongside a carefully considered lineup of food and drinks featuring some truly spectacular art puns Read more »| 25 Oct 2023 -
MusicEnglish Teacher @ McChuills, Glasgow, 22 Oct
Two hot pots of Yorkshire gold heat up Glasgow's McChuills on a Sunday night Read more »| 25 Oct 2023 -
ComedyEsther Manito @ The Stand, Glasgow
Hell Hath No Fury is an evocative and defiant title for Esther Manito’s most recent tour, and Manito’s material and performance live up to it Read more »| 25 Oct 2023 -
BooksLet Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward
Twice winner of the National Book Award for Fiction, Jesmyn Ward returns with a stunning, defiant historical imagining of the American South Read more »| 25 Oct 2023 -
MusicThe Skinny On... Katie Gregson-MacLeod
Hot on the heels of releasing her excellent new EP Big Red, Katie Gregson-Macleod takes this month's Q&A Read more »| 25 Oct 2023 -
BooksVengeance Is Mine by Marie NDiaye
In Marie NDiaye's quiet psychological thriller, a lawyer represents a woman on trial for murder, in whose past she is inescapably entangled Read more »| 25 Oct 2023
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TheatreFemale Friendship and the AI Monster
We chat with Racheal Ofori about her new play FLIP!, directed by Emily Aboud, which centres on the relationship of two young Black women and their craving for social media fame and wealth Read more »| 25 Oct 2023 -
MusicColin Currie on the SCO's Steve Reich + performances
Ahead of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra's Steve Reich + performances this November, we catch up with world-renowned percussionist and director Colin Currie Read more »| 25 Oct 2023 -
MusicConfronting Demons: Gazelle Twin on her latest album
Exploring how childhood traumas can manifest in adulthood on her latest album Black Dog, we catch up with Elizabeth Bernholz, aka Gazelle Twin Read more »| 25 Oct 2023 -
BooksDeath Valley by Melissa Broder
Melissa Broder's third novel is a blackly comic exploration of grief via cavernous cacti and talking rocks Read more »| 24 Oct 2023 -
MusicHinako Omori – stillness, softness...
Hinako Omori finds herself amidst a darker, more driven soundscape on stillness, softness..., a natural progression from 2022's a journey... Read more »| 24 Oct 2023 -
FilmTypist Artist Pirate King
Monica Dolan brings energy and conviction to her performance as unsung artist Audrey Amiss in this biopic road movie from Carol Morley Read more »| 24 Oct 2023 -
FilmBeyond Utopia
A heart-stopping documentary taking us inside North Korea following the people taking the treacherous journey to escape its totalitarian regime Read more »| 24 Oct 2023 -
TheatreDracula: Mina's Reckoning @ Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
The National Theatre of Scotland's ambitious, genderqueer retelling of the classic tale of Dracula offers interesting elements, but some flat characterisation lets it down Read more »| 23 Oct 2023 -
MusicGlen Hansard – All That Was East Is West of Me Now
On his latest album, Oscar-winning Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard reveals another one of his multiple selves Read more »| 20 Oct 2023