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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ArtScottish Art Events & Exhibitions: January 2024
January can be a quiet month, but there’s still plenty of exciting exhibitions to catch in Scotland's galleries Read more »| 02 Jan 2024 -
FilmScala!!!
The delightfully debauched Scala cinema in London receives loving tributes from the likes of John Waters and Adam Buxton Read more »| 02 Jan 2024 -
ComedyScottish Comedy Highlights: January 2024
New Year, new (co)me(dy)! January brings Urooj Ashfaq, Guz Khan and Olga Koch to Scotland, plus a pair of new regular nights and a whole bunch of WIPs Read more »| 28 Dec 2023 -
MusicGreat Scots: 2023 in Scottish Music
Celebrating another year of exceptional Scottish music, here's our annual Great Scots playlist, featuring everyone from Young Fathers and LVRA to Bemz and Theo Bleak Read more »| 22 Dec 2023 -
TheatreScottish Theatre Highlights: January 2024
January is traditionally a quiet month for theatre in Scotland, but this year there’s plenty of shows to beat the winter blues away Read more »| 22 Dec 2023 -
FilmScottish Film Events: January 2024
Fokus returns, GFT bring a bunch of guests to Glasgow for Q&As, and Cameo host a Jonathan Glazer season – here are January's best film events... Read more »| 22 Dec 2023
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Tv RadioThe Skinny's 10 Best TV Shows of 2023
The Skinny's team have put their heads together and come up with the best ten TV shows of 2023. As well as big hitters like The Bear and Succession, look out for some surprise suggestions Read more »| 21 Dec 2023 -
MusicTom Jones @ OVO Hydro, Glasgow, 19 Dec
Met with wolf whistles from an adoring Glasgow crowd, Sir Tom Jones plays a selection of old favourites and unusual covers, his voice as good as it ever was Read more »| 21 Dec 2023 -
MusicScottish Gig Highlights: January 2024
Celtic Connections kicks off 2024 with help from gig series at King Tut's and the Hug and Pint, plus Independent Venue Week and a load more great shows Read more »| 21 Dec 2023 -
ClubsScottish Clubbing Highlights: January 2024
New Year, same antics. January's top club picks include Optimo on 1 Jan, Bakey & Capo Lee, Nightwave, Lovejoy and Simula Read more »| 21 Dec 2023 -
FilmPriscilla
Sofia Coppola’s latest is a lucid sketch of a young woman's universal growing pains under extraordinary circumstances Read more »| 21 Dec 2023 -
MusicThe Skinny's Songs of 2023
We asked each of our music writers for their top three songs of the year, and the resulting playlist is a six-hour marathon of 2023's best tracks Read more »| 20 Dec 2023 -
TheatreThe Snow Queen @ Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
The Lyceum's new production of Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale is a sparkling tale filled with humour, invention and adventure Read more »| 19 Dec 2023 -
FilmThe Boy and the Heron
Studio Ghibli legend Hayao Miyazaki returns for one last film that helps remind us what makes his beguiling brand of animation so special Read more »| 18 Dec 2023 -
MusicDjango Django @ The Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 12 Dec
Despite their latest album having struggled a little on lift-off, Django Django still belong in indie-pop’s upper stratosphere Read more »| 15 Dec 2023