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 and Exhibitions: December 2022
December 2022 sees a flurry of new exhibitions across Scotland’s historic and contemporary art spaces Read more »| 01 Dec 2022 -
ClubsScottish Clubbing Highlights: December 2022
We run through the last month of 2022’s club picks, including Glasgow based label Numbers hosting its first party in Scotland since 2018 Read more »| 01 Dec 2022 -
MusicSpotlight On... Humour
Following the release of their debut EP pure misery, we catch up with Andreas Christodoulidis to shine a spotlight on new Glasgow band Humour Read more »| 01 Dec 2022 -
ClubsBig Nights Out this Christmas with Skiddle
With a little help from event discovery platform Skiddle, we take a look at what's happening across Edinburgh and Glasgow this December Read more »| 30 Nov 2022 -
FilmScottish Film Events: December 2022
It's Christmas time, there's no need to be afraid, apart from at Cameo's Holiday Horror-a-thon. Plus basically all of your Christmas favourites get a showing in Scottish cinemas this December, from It's a Wonderful Life to Eyes Wide Shut Read more »| 30 Nov 2022 -
MusicScottish Live Music Highlights: December 2022
December sees Christmas gigs from Lost Map, massive shows from Mogwai and The Cure, plus gigs from up-and-comers No Windows and Humour Read more »| 30 Nov 2022
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TheatreAn American's Guide to Scottish Panto
One American begins to get to grips with that uniquely British art form – panto Read more »| 30 Nov 2022 -
FilmLynch/Oz
Alexandre O. Philippe is back with another documentary that gets obsessive over a piece of filmmaking. In this case, he's exploring the connective tissue between David Lynch and The Wizard of Oz Read more »| 29 Nov 2022 -
BooksRaising Raffi by Keith Gessen
Novelist and translator Keith Gessen ditches the idea of universal experience for something much more personal in this memoir on fatherhood Read more »| 29 Nov 2022 -
FilmAlexandre O. Philippe on new documentary Lynch/Oz
Alexandre O. Philippe takes a new deep dive into a corner of film culture, exploring the links between David Lynch's nightmarish worlds and The Wizard of Oz Read more »| 28 Nov 2022 -
FilmGoodbye, Don Glees!
Three childhood friends go on a summer adventure in Atsuko Ishizuka’s sweet coming-of-age tale reminiscent of Stand By Me and the films of Makoto Shinkai Read more »| 28 Nov 2022 -
ComedyThe Skinny on... Mr Chonkers
The absurd and immense Mr Chonkers was one of our comedy team's highlights of the Edinburgh Fringe – so we asked creator John Norris to fill out our Q&A Read more »| 28 Nov 2022 -
MusicIbibio Sound Machine @ St Luke's, Glasgow, 22 Nov
Thanks to the powers and joy of Ibibio Sound Machine, there’s a lightness that cuts through this fog-soaked winter night in Glasgow Read more »| 25 Nov 2022 -
TheatreScottish Theatre Highlights: December 2022
It's a very Christmassy theatre round-up this month, as pantomime takes over large chunks of Scotland's theatre scene in December Read more »| 25 Nov 2022 -
BooksYou Must Believe in Spring by Mohamed Tonsy
Mohamed Tonsy's debut novel is a remarkable piece of political fiction that examines the thorny legacies of the Arab Spring Read more »| 25 Nov 2022