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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TheatreCrown Jewel: Inside the revamped King's Theatre, Edinburgh
Three and a half years ago, The King’s Theatre closed for the most significant works in its 119-year history. With its doors reopening this August, one writer takes us behind the scenes of its renovation Read more »| 29 Jul 2026 -
MusicAlice Faye @ Spiegeltent, Edinburgh, 23 Jul
Alice Faye's take on the Great American Songbook at the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival offers a glimpse of the music that makes her who she is Read more »| 28 Jul 2026 -
MusicSonedo @ The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh, 24 Jul
One of Scotland’s most innovative acts, Sonedo leave a broad and varied Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival crowd in a state of euphoria Read more »| 28 Jul 2026 -
BooksNo God But Us by Bobuq Sayed
A delicate two-hander following a pair of queer refugees who meet in Istanbul, Bobuq Sayed's debut novel embraces queerness in all its complexity Read more »| 27 Jul 2026 -
BooksFour Terrible Parents by Calla Henkel
Two chaotic couples move back to their hometown and attempt to raise a family in this witty and incisive exploration of modern relationships Read more »| 27 Jul 2026 -
MusicIn Bloom: Lucia Fairfull on Lucia & The Best Boys' new album
Lucia & The Best Boys' new album, Picking Petals, took root in Scotland's landscapes, but as Lucia Fairfull tells us, it was a close-knit community of friends and collaborators that helped it blossom Read more »| 27 Jul 2026
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FilmIsh
Visual artist Imran Perretta makes his feature filmmaking debut with the tender tale of two Luton adolescents whose friendship is rocked by the trauma of a racially-motivated police stop-and-search Read more »| 27 Jul 2026 -
MusicLucia & The Best Boys – Picking Petals
Stepping up from their debut by fusing their electric live energy with space for introspection, Picking Petals sees Lucia & The Best Boys flourish Read more »| 27 Jul 2026 -
MusicThe Strokes – Reality Awaits
On Reality Awaits, The Strokes have fun exploring… sometimes hitting the mark, sometimes not Read more »| 24 Jul 2026 -
MusicCharli xcx – Music, Fashion, Film
Charli xcx's Brat follow-up is a bold shift in style, but beyond its singles Music, Fashion Film makes for patchy listening Read more »| 24 Jul 2026 -
MusicSpotlight On... Katherine Aly
After releasing SHOW NO PAIN [for the avoidant], we catch up with pop artist Katherine Aly to talk reinvention, influences and look to the future Read more »| 23 Jul 2026 -
MusicTime to Create: Inside Scotland's recording residencies & retreats
Hen Hoose, Lomond Campbell, AMULET and Misty-Jo tell us about the appeal of retreating to the Highlands & Islands to hone in on their musical creativity away from life's everyday distractions Read more »| 23 Jul 2026 -
MusicReady to Play: 10 years of Black Bay Studio on the Isle of Lewis
Celebrating their tenth anniversary, we meet Pete Fletcher, Cal Roden and Cosmo from Black Bay Studio, a residential recording facility on the Isle of Lewis Read more »| 21 Jul 2026 -
FilmOn the Sea
Helen Walsh’s latest is too mired in the cliches of downcast queer romance to ever do its performances justice Read more »| 20 Jul 2026 -
BooksAsh by Louise Wallace
A volcano becomes an apt stand-in for female rage in this blistering novella by Louise Wallace Read more »| 20 Jul 2026