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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BooksAndrew McConnell Stott: Byromania
Ahead of the publication of The Vampyre Family, a group biography of key members of the Romantic era, Andrew McConnell Stott talks to us about his former life as a stand-up comedian and the undying celebrity appeal of Lord Byron Read more »| 30 Oct 2013 -
MusicCaptured in Sound: James Harrar on Cinema Soloriens
As his Cinema Soloriens project comes to Liverpool this month, former silent film maker James Harrar celebrates 20 years of collaboration with Sun Ra Arkestra’s Marshall Allen Read more »| 30 Oct 2013 -
Music
Waxahatchee + Swearin' @ Sound Control, Manchester, 25 October
It’s far too easy to compare Allison and Katie Crutchfield: twin sisters, talented songwriters, and former bandmates in PS Eliot and other DIY favourit... Read more »| 30 Oct 2013 -
ArtAhmed & Carpenter: Aversion Management @ Rogue Artists' Studios & Project Space, Manchester, until 6 Oct
Loss aversion theory and target-based pay scales are more akin to a sales environment than a gallery, but, for Aversion Management, Ahmed & Carpenter hav... Read more »| 29 Oct 2013 -
Art
Plan for a Ruin @ Islington Mill, Salford, until 9 Nov
Islington Mill’s fifth floor is vast and doesn’t conform to traditional notions of gallery space. Windows are boarded up in preparation for the e... Read more »| 29 Oct 2013 -
ArtThe Skinny Showcase: David Ogle
David Ogle David Ogle is a Liverpool-based artist and PhD researcher at The University of Liverpool in collaboration with FACT (Foundation for Art and Creat... Read more »| 29 Oct 2013
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Music
Raising the Standards: Introducing MiSTOA POLTSA
Their live shows are chaotic and they're constantly broke, but Manchester trio MiSTOA POLTSA explain why neither they nor their contemporaries are simply pissing about Read more »| 29 Oct 2013 -
TheatreCoast to Coast: Tom Morton-Smith premieres In Doggerland
As a shoreline erodes, a brother and sister try to make a new start – and with In Doggerland, playwright Tom Morton-Smith continues his upward trajectory Read more »| 29 Oct 2013 -
Film
Scotland Film Events Highlights – November 2013
Halloween may be over, but there are still plenty of scares on our screens, from FrightFest's GFT takeover to the horror of John Travolta's flares in Saturday Night Fever at DCA Read more »| 29 Oct 2013 -
Comedy
Daniel Sloss: Beyond the Hair and Jeans
Ahead of his November tour, Daniel Sloss reveals there's much more to him than the 'young hair and jeans comic' stereotype might suggest Read more »| 29 Oct 2013 -
Clubs
Melody and Melancholia: Recondite Explores His Hinterland
From field recordings to video games via Metallica, we get to know what informs the sparse, seasonal sounds of Hinterland, the sophomore album from German techno head Recondite Read more »| 29 Oct 2013 -
Comedy
Spotlight: Liam Pickford
Comedian and ‘provincial gorgepot’ Liam Pickford identifies losing out to an Irish dancer at a talent show as the catalyst for his career Read more »| 29 Oct 2013 -
Theatre
A Clockwork Orange @ The Lowry, Salford
We all know Anthony Burgess’s A Clockwork Orange, mainly for its necessary glossary and Malcolm McDowell’s insane glare – but rape, ultra-v... Read more »| 29 Oct 2013 -
Art
Jeremy Deller: All That Is Solid Melts Into Air @ Manchester Art Gallery, until 19 Jan
Like the lines of a family tree, Jeremy Deller uses artworks, objects and historical accounts to create a personal view of the cultural, sociological and tec... Read more »| 29 Oct 2013 -
Clubs
Northwest Clubbing Highlights – November 2013
Remember, remember, the fifth of November? With our guide to the month's top appearances, from Patrice Scott to Ben Pearce via Amir, we're afraid you probably won't Read more »| 29 Oct 2013