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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ComedyWhat the hell is going on at... Jo Caulfield's Comedy Collective?
Comedians and comedy audiences can sometimes grow weary of each other. If you're a regular comedy-goer, you'll find your patience wearing thin with hearing a... Read more »| 01 Dec 2011 -
TheatreEscape from the Pantosphere
Get ready for Christmas Read more »| 01 Dec 2011 -
ArtGood Wives and Warriors – Mandalas, December 2011
Designer-artists Good Wives and Warriors' series of Mandala prints are inspired by Buddhist and Hindu symbolism Read more »| 01 Dec 2011 -
Music
Albums of the Year (#9): M83 – Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
M83's sixth album is the magnificent soundtrack to Anthony Gonzalez's childhood dreams Read more »| 01 Dec 2011 -
Film
2011 in Film: Year of the Scorpion (Jacket)
With another year of cinema almost done and dusted, The Skinny's Film editor looks back over twelve months of movie highs and lows Read more »| 01 Dec 2011 -
ComedyCrystal Baws: December Horoscopes
ARIESMercury is lubing up for another lunge at your orbit. Brace yourself for both good and bad news. The bad news is, despite taking a police baton to the h... Read more »| 01 Dec 2011
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Music
Machine Head: Ten Ton Hammers
Drummer Dave McClain rolls out a top five tribute to the fathers of his style Read more »| 01 Dec 2011 -
MusicMark de Clive-Lowe – Renegades
Vaguely pitched as a 40 minute sketch of contemporary globetrotting club music, Mark de Clive-Lowe's ninth studio album is an assuredly well-travelled affair... Read more »| 30 Nov 2011 -
Film
The Thing
As an inferior prequel to a superior remake, it's dumbfounding as to why the title remains the same on this insulting inclusion to the canon. Helmed by first... Read more »| 30 Nov 2011 -
Film
A Year in the Dark: The Films of 2011
The Skinny’s film writers look back over a year of dreary messiah wizards, scrapping robots and a never ending convoy of Avenger warm-up movies to pick 2011’s ten keepers. Daily Telegraph readers be warned: there’s not a stuttering monarch in sight Read more »| 30 Nov 2011 -
Comedy
Seymour Mace: "My first ambition was to be a clown"
Seymour Mace scored one of the comedy hits of the summer with Happypotamus, a show that dealt with his experience of depression. He tells us about enjoying silliness again Read more »| 30 Nov 2011 -
Music
Albums of the Year (#10): Fucked Up – David Comes To Life
Our Music team cried and dragged their heels at the idea of ranking favourites, then remembered that everybody loves a bloody good list. For your delectation, The Skinny humbly presents a document of the fine records you might have missed in 2011 Read more »| 29 Nov 2011 -
Music
Hero Worship: King Creosote
Fence Records boss Johnny Lynch, AKA The Pictish Trail, applauds his best pal Read more »| 29 Nov 2011 -
Music
White Denim – Last Day Of Summer
As numerous box sets and compilations of outtakes testify, collections recorded in unusual contexts – external to official sessions – can often r... Read more »| 29 Nov 2011 -
Music
Dan Mangan – Oh Fortune
With Oh Fortune – the follow up to 2009’s Nice, Nice, Very Nice which largely brought the Canadian singer songwriter to the attention o... Read more »| 29 Nov 2011